Connecting radio to Winegard batwing antenna

pirlbeck wrote:
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 amplifier face plate. As this pickup camper only has one TV, can I just connect the radio antenna lead to the second TV connection on the rear of the Winegard amplifier face place, same as it was with the Jensen antenna? Or would it be better to tee it in the coax before the wall plate?

How will this affect AM radio reception? Is there any way to improve the AM reception?

Thanks!

Most small antennas with amplifiers like Winegard have a FM "trap" built into the amp. The trap reduces the amount of FM signal passed by the antenna. This is done to prevent FM broadcasts from overloading a TV tuner on some of the channels.

You will get SOME FM, but not all that much.

As far as AM, not going to improve that, antenna length is far too short for AM wavelengths, so doubt the would be any improvement and I suspect the antenna amp does not have enough bandwidth to pass or amplify the AM band.

Best bet for the AM/FM radio is to buy a external aftermarket auto replacement antenna..