Wingard Batwing antenna rotation
The Winegard Sensar "Batwing" TV antenna can not be rotated a full 360°. There is about a 10° dead spot and of course sometimes that's exactly where one needs to position the antenna. Can the base...
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Tom_M wrote:dclark1946 wrote:I spend winters in south Florida out in the boondocks and am usually quite some distance from the TV transmitter sites. I have the Wingman attachment which makes the antenna more directional, so a few degrees makes a big difference.
I would really be surprised if the broad antenna beam width of this simple dipole antenna would care about 35 degrees. Maybe on a high gain antenna with many director elements.
DickChris Bryant wrote:That sounds way too easy!
If you simply notch out the bottom of one side of the rotating housing, you would reduce the dead spot to not much.
I have the same antenna and have the Wingman but have never installed it. I will install it an check signal levels vs pointing angle.
Dick
