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seaeagle2
Explorer
Aug 17, 2015

Is replacing Jensen Antennae with King Jack an upgrade

This is a different spin on the antennae debate. I have a travel trailer with the Jensen omni directional antennae. In looking at the install instructions for the Wingard and the King, I could install the King in the existing location in my TT, if I put a hinged access door on the cabinet that holds the entertainment center. The Wingard would be a major install job. I understand the Wingard is a better antennae, but would the King Jack be a enough of an improvement to justify doing it ?
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  • wa8yxm's avatar
    wa8yxm
    Explorer III
    Aug 17, 2015
    The Jack comes in two (or 3) flavors. Directional, Omni and Winegard replacement.

    A directional antenna is a serious upgrade to the Omni, No moni can outperform a directional antenna.

    The Winegard Sensar IV is the best.. Add the Sensar Pro indoor module and it gets better.
  • NERoadRunner's avatar
    NERoadRunner
    Explorer
    Aug 17, 2015
    I did exactly that on our camper, the Jensen antennas are junk. I installed a King Jack rotatable. It helped considerably but our friends with a crank up antenna seem to get a channel or two more than we do when camping at the same campsite.
  • MFL's avatar
    MFL
    Nomad II
    Aug 17, 2015
    seaeagle2 wrote:
    This is a different spin on the antennae debate. I have a travel trailer with the Jensen omni directional antennae. In looking at the install instructions for the Wingard and the King, I could install the King in the existing location in my TT, if I put a hinged access door on the cabinet that holds the entertainment center. The Wingard would be a major install job. I understand the Wingard is a better antennae, but would the King Jack be a enough of an improvement to justify doing it ?


    Yes, it will be a big improvement.

    Jerry
  • n7bsn's avatar
    n7bsn
    Explorer
    Aug 17, 2015
    I haven't compared the Jensen vrs the Jack. I have compared the Jensen vrs a random length chunk of wire, and the wire worked better.
    The Jensen is a piece of junk.
    By all accounts the Jack is almost as good as the Winegard "Bat-wing" with the "wing-man" add on. I can't picture the Jack not out performing the Jensen.
  • seaeagle2's avatar
    seaeagle2
    Explorer
    Aug 17, 2015
    I probably didn't state it very well, I could install the King Jack in a way in the existing location so I could rotate it.
  • SoundGuy's avatar
    SoundGuy
    Explorer
    Aug 17, 2015
    seaeagle2 wrote:
    I have a travel trailer with the Jensen omni directional antennae. In looking at the install instructions for the Wingard and the King, I could install the King in the existing location in my TT, if I put a hinged access door on the cabinet that holds the entertainment center.


    Both the Winegard Sensar and King Jack TV antennas need to be rotated for maximum performance ... if you're not going to do that then there's little point to the exercise.

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