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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OK, thanks for all of the replies and for the help. The idea to tee the radio antenna into the batwing lead came from this thread earlier this year.
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29559143/srt/pa/pging/1/page/2.cfm
In this thread it is not real clear where the antenna was tee'd into, whether between the wall face plate and the antenna or between the face place and the TV. When I first read it I was thinking between the face plate and the antenna, but I never gave a thought to the 12V feed up that cable to power the batwing booster and the problems/damage it could cause.
Anyway, here is where I am at on this as of now. As ScottG suggested I re-installed the Jensen wall face plate and connected the radio antenna lead to the radio antenna port on the Jensen face plate. I tested this face plate and it sent 12V up the coax just like the Winegard face plate did. I am concerned about the FM filter in the batwing amp mentioned in several posts and how it will affect the FM radio signal.
The camper is presently inside my steel shop building so I cannot test it and the last 24 hours the weather conditions have not been the best here in western Iowa. In fact, the power in our small town was out for most of the night. If conditions improve some later today I will try to get it out and test the TV and radio reception.
I still have the metal base of the Jensen Omni antenna on the roof and the hole for the coax in the roof and it would not be hard for me to install a dedicated AM/FM radio antenna if I knew it was going to be a decent improvement. Anyone have a recommendation for an antenna. Would it make sense to install an Omni antenna just for radio use?
Thanks again!
https://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/29559143/srt/pa/pging/1/page/2.cfm
In this thread it is not real clear where the antenna was tee'd into, whether between the wall face plate and the antenna or between the face place and the TV. When I first read it I was thinking between the face plate and the antenna, but I never gave a thought to the 12V feed up that cable to power the batwing booster and the problems/damage it could cause.
Anyway, here is where I am at on this as of now. As ScottG suggested I re-installed the Jensen wall face plate and connected the radio antenna lead to the radio antenna port on the Jensen face plate. I tested this face plate and it sent 12V up the coax just like the Winegard face plate did. I am concerned about the FM filter in the batwing amp mentioned in several posts and how it will affect the FM radio signal.
The camper is presently inside my steel shop building so I cannot test it and the last 24 hours the weather conditions have not been the best here in western Iowa. In fact, the power in our small town was out for most of the night. If conditions improve some later today I will try to get it out and test the TV and radio reception.
I still have the metal base of the Jensen Omni antenna on the roof and the hole for the coax in the roof and it would not be hard for me to install a dedicated AM/FM radio antenna if I knew it was going to be a decent improvement. Anyone have a recommendation for an antenna. Would it make sense to install an Omni antenna just for radio use?
Thanks again!
