Connecting radio to Winegard batwing antenna
I am replacing the Jensen Omni antenna that blew off last summer with a Winegard Sensar IV. With the old antenna setup the Jensen radio antenna lead was connected to a port on the back of the Jensen a...
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RoyB wrote:
Just keep in mind 12VDC is sent up to the BATWING ANTENNA when in use. Whereever you tap into RG Cable just be sure you will not get into the 12VDC that run along the same RG cable to power up the RF Amplifier inside the BAT WING housing...
Might keep your BATWING antenna from working normally...
Might also burn up something in your radio circuit too...
Just check for 12VDC before tapping into the RG cable circuit...
Roy Ken
Good point, a splitter could allow that 12V to back-feed into the radio.
