Will RG6 improve my RG59 signal on my 5er

My current antenna is a 7 year old Sensar batwing with the add on "wingman" . Not very happy with what we have and the wingman did not seem to help. That is why I am suspect of the cable or connections.

I agree good connections are far more important.
On a short run you would detect no improvement in the very small gain from RG59 to RG6.

Cougarnewbie wrote:
Looking to upgrade to the Jack antenna. I am afraid that is a waste of money because the wiring into the trailer is RG59. RG6 helps cable signal, but not sure of OTA signal?

For the short distance you will be running you will find no improvement by replacing RG59 with RG6.
What kind of OTA antenna are you using now that you intent to replace with the Jack?

I would look at the connectors. The crimp style are not as good as the compression. A lot of signal loss can be in the connectors more then short runs of RG cable.

Cougarnewbie wrote:
Looking to upgrade to the Jack antenna. I am afraid that is a waste of money because the wiring into the trailer is RG59. RG6 helps cable signal, but not sure of OTA signal?

won't help enough for short runs to go to the trouble of changing it.
bumpy

KD4UPL wrote:
RG6 has less loss than RG59 so yes, technically, it will improve your signal.
However, the distances involved in RV cable wiring are rather short so the gain will be minimal in upgrading. If we were talking about a large house with hundreds of feet of cable in the walls it would make a bigger difference.
If you cable is easy to replace, go for it. If it's a difficult process of fishing new wire around I personally wouldn't bother.

I agree with KD4UPL, I receive over 52 channels in the NE Los Angeles with the original 1989 Winegard antenna and RG59 cable. We have been in CGs where OTA was the only TV and received all or more stations the CG lists in their flyer.

The original antenna lead in was three pieces of RG59 and I had nothing but trouble, whit the installation of a single piece of cable all the problems dissapeared.

RG6 has less loss than RG59 so yes, technically, it will improve your signal.
However, the distances involved in RV cable wiring are rather short so the gain will be minimal in upgrading. If we were talking about a large house with hundreds of feet of cable in the walls it would make a bigger difference.
If you cable is easy to replace, go for it. If it's a difficult process of fishing new wire around I personally wouldn't bother.

Yup, it will help.