KING OA8201 Jack HDTV Over-the-Air Antenna
I'm thinking about buying one of these because I don't watch tv a lot while away from home. Has anyone else installed or have one? Are they worth it?
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dodge guy wrote:SCVJeff wrote:
Does it work? Debatable. Is it the best? Absolutely not.
Dodge Guy and I (along with most others on this forum) will never agree on this. The truth is that the Winegard Batwing is by far a better antenna than the Jack. It is significantly better on UHF and head and shoulders better than the Jack on VHF that it's not even designed for, and that's going to be an important issue in the next few years as TV stations start moving back onto the VHF band. Like I told him more than once: if a Jack out performs a Batwing, then the Batwing is broken, and unfortunately that's a true statement more than it should be.
If you are interested in the testing I did on this, that even Winegard has used on their website, let me know and I'll find it when not on an iPhone.
No problem with me! but then there are far too many broken Batwings out there. many, many of us have replaced the Batwing and are very happy with how the Jack performs! there are way too many positive before and after`s with the Batwing to Jack to say that all of them must be broken! my tests are real world! 1 or 2 weak stations before and 10-12 strong after! and I`m not the only one. Sorry!
I suspect very few people with a good working batwing go out and buy a Jack. Why would they? It'll be interesting to see how many Jack complaints we start seeing as many TV stations move back to VHF where the Jack performance is quite poor.
