Help with Antenna
OK, we have a sensar III Antenna on our 2015 Montana. Stupid question but we want to know once and for all. One side is wear the cable go in. Other side is flat and has winegard on it. Then we hav...
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I had been having issues with TV reception for the last few weeks after a major windstorm here in Glendale, Az. I got tired of fighting with the junk antenna someone previously had installed, a cheap Wally World $29 special. After doing some research, I found that my RV originally had a Winegard antenna. A Winegard escutcheon plate was on the ceiling, and a Winegard power plate (RV-7042) was on the wall. So I contacted someone to install a new one. I told him I wanted a Sensar IV and a Sensar Pro. I had a few minor issues with the install. The original wall plate had an external coax connector for the TV in the bedroom. The Sensar Pro has no provision on the living space side to connect the TV. I installed a coax pass-through plate, but the connections on the S-Pro are male, and the pass-through is also male on both sides.I used a 12" coax jumper to resolve that problem. It's hidden in the wall, so overall the installation looks factory.
Now to the performance of the antenna. The installer fooled around with testing it. The Sensar Pro design forces you to do a little research. I found the info for the channel numbers, instead of the virtual numbers.It seems the majority of transmitters are in the same area somewhere around 15 to 25 miles as the crow flies. The installer decided to use 26 (45.1 DTV) as a random channel to aim at. The antenna was sort of aiming 90° from the transmitter. The Sensar Pro signal was 69. I tested the TV reception and found some channels I wanted didn't work. I settled with the installer and sent him on his way. I now had the time to fool with it. I chose channel 10 after some research. I visually rotated the antenna to where I thought it should be, directly towards the towers. I turned everything on, and the signal was shown as 70. I figured good enough, and ran a new channel scan on my TV. Lo and behold I had more channels showing on the list. I checked the reception quality on the screen of both TV sets. All the channels I watch, and then some, came in perfectly. I marked the the direction with a majic marker on the ceiling plate so I could repeat the direction if I had to put the antenna facing the direction for lowering it. I am very happy with the results and performance of the Winegard Sensar IV (with Wingman) and the Sensar Pro signal strength meter.
Now to the performance of the antenna. The installer fooled around with testing it. The Sensar Pro design forces you to do a little research. I found the info for the channel numbers, instead of the virtual numbers.It seems the majority of transmitters are in the same area somewhere around 15 to 25 miles as the crow flies. The installer decided to use 26 (45.1 DTV) as a random channel to aim at. The antenna was sort of aiming 90° from the transmitter. The Sensar Pro signal was 69. I tested the TV reception and found some channels I wanted didn't work. I settled with the installer and sent him on his way. I now had the time to fool with it. I chose channel 10 after some research. I visually rotated the antenna to where I thought it should be, directly towards the towers. I turned everything on, and the signal was shown as 70. I figured good enough, and ran a new channel scan on my TV. Lo and behold I had more channels showing on the list. I checked the reception quality on the screen of both TV sets. All the channels I watch, and then some, came in perfectly. I marked the the direction with a majic marker on the ceiling plate so I could repeat the direction if I had to put the antenna facing the direction for lowering it. I am very happy with the results and performance of the Winegard Sensar IV (with Wingman) and the Sensar Pro signal strength meter.
