King Jack or Wingman antenna
I've been researching an upgrade to my stock batwing antenna. I've got it narrowed down to the King Jack or Wingman. A lot of the research I've found is a few years old. Any advice? Jack https:...
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RoyB wrote:The Winegard Sensar ("batwing") has always been a dipole design, that's what the "wings" are, a folded dipole for VHF frequencies. There's also a UHF folded dipole hidden inside the plastic cover.
When the frequencies changed a few years back my 2008 BATWING without DIPOLES ... the newer BATWING ANTENNA with the DIPOLES ... the BATMAN with DIPOLES
The upgraded one (or the Wingman upgrade) adds yagi-uda type directors for UHF. That improves the performance on UHF, but also makes it more directional. With the move to DTV, a lot of stations moved to UHF frequencies. There is currently a process underway to move stations around again, which will result in some moving back to VHF.
The King Jack is basically a UHF antenna. It will pick up strong VHF stations, but it's simply not large enough to be very effective on VHF.
