Antenna "Booster" question
We are on our first trip with our new 2015 Coachmen Freedeom Express 23QTX. We chose a campground just a half mile from home for the first trip to make sure all was well. Thankfully all has been wel...
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joedekock wrote:if youre a tekkie, that makes it alot easier..
So... I picked up a coax cable and unplugged the line feeding the television. Plugged the Television into TV1 on this face plate. Set the switch to "on", the red light comes on. I then scanned the OTA channels with the television and BAM! Went from 6 channels to 33 channels! Im picking up channels 100 miles away!
Its still curious to me why the feed line to the television is not connected to the amp. I did find out that the faceplate with the circuit board is part of a winegard amplifier. So I guess I will be doing some re-wiring when we get back to the homestead to make sure the feed line to the television is coming off the amplifier as well.
As mentioned, the amp is in the head of the antenna. What you have in your hand is a 1x2 splitter and DC inserter for the amp. Yours is a little different on the backside and its been awhile, but there should be a small torrid transformer with 3 windings on it, each feeding an F jack. One of those jacks should have a DC blocking cap with the DC feeding it through a choke. Thats obviously the antenna. Most TV's today also have DC blocking caps built in, but some dont, so be careful to plug in only the antenna to the jack thats hot or you might let the smoke out.
