tv antenna - no/poor reception
Maybe I expect too much from our tv antenna, but we rarely get any reception. It's not at all like the crank up type we had in the 5er. There's no crank handle. It must be hard wired in? We don'...
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In "straight stick antenna", do you mean a whip? I've seen only a few whip antenna used for TV and they don't usually work well. They are usually attached inside on the TV. That sounds like it could be your problem.
VHF TV antennas are usually balanced, meaning the signal element and ground element are the same size. Some have "rabbit ears" which are usually mounted on the TV. The work marginally at short distances. That would give you a 300 ohm balanced line. UHF antennas are usually a loop, about 10 inches. They will usually pull in signals a bit better than the VHF.
Most campers have a whip antenna for the radio.
I previously had an Omni-directional antenna. It was a disk that mounted on the roof and didn't work too well.
Currently have the crank-up directional Winegard with an amplifier. It pulls in stations from 50 miles away pretty good.
When we're traveling we watch almost no TV, but we do like to check the weather. I think it's worth having even though your smart phone will give you more weather info. The smart phone won't work 50 miles from a tower.
VHF TV antennas are usually balanced, meaning the signal element and ground element are the same size. Some have "rabbit ears" which are usually mounted on the TV. The work marginally at short distances. That would give you a 300 ohm balanced line. UHF antennas are usually a loop, about 10 inches. They will usually pull in signals a bit better than the VHF.
Most campers have a whip antenna for the radio.
I previously had an Omni-directional antenna. It was a disk that mounted on the roof and didn't work too well.
Currently have the crank-up directional Winegard with an amplifier. It pulls in stations from 50 miles away pretty good.
When we're traveling we watch almost no TV, but we do like to check the weather. I think it's worth having even though your smart phone will give you more weather info. The smart phone won't work 50 miles from a tower.
