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jimw606
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Aug 04, 2014

Winegard Wingman

I would like to install a Wingman on my antenna,butI have a clearance problem.
The antenna folds down right beside the Bath roof vent, and I have a cover over that.
There appears to be ample room to lay it down on an angle, and it would be between the bath vent and the skylight.
How hard is it to change the mount to reflect this angle on the inside.

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  • Before removal of batwing antenna make sure it is in the fully upright position and signal booster is off.

    1) Unhook coax cable from batwing antenna
    2) remove spring clips from the two retainer pins
    3) remove the 2 retainer pins
    4) remove the batwing antenna from mast
    5) Place JACK antenna head on mast
    6) install retainer pins
    7) install spring clips on retainer pins
    8) connect coax cable to JACK antenna head
    9) turn on antenna booster. Red light should illuminate on underside of JACK head.
  • wmoses wrote:
    I also replaced my Winegard antenna with Wingman with a Jack head and have had very fair results. I say very fair because I have not had a chance to determine if it is better than the Winegard setup. At this point it is equivalent but on the other hand it is much smaller and attracts less wind loads. This may well be the best solution for the OP. The cost is also not prohibitive at around $60. Installation is a 5-minute job.


    Can you explain what the process is for installation of the Jack antenna.
  • I also replaced my Winegard antenna with Wingman with a Jack head and have had very fair results. I say very fair because I have not had a chance to determine if it is better than the Winegard setup. At this point it is equivalent but on the other hand it is much smaller and attracts less wind loads. This may well be the best solution for the OP. The cost is also not prohibitive at around $60. Installation is a 5-minute job.
  • A 3rd on the Jack! it`s not really an HD antenna (because there is really no HD antenna), however the Jack is optimized for pulling in HD stations. and this it does very well. I can get up to 70 stations in my driveway where before I was lucky to get 10 or so. even at other campgrounds I`ve been going to for years. a couple places I couldn`t get any stations now I can get at least 10.
  • Second JackHD. Took the batwong off caught the Jackhd on sale at CW for $37. Went from 3 fuzzy channels to 2 dozen.
  • Before spending money on the 'Wingman" and modifying your antenna, I would look at installing the JACK HD digital antenna head. Can be purchased at Camping World and was on sale I believe last week. I changed to this last year and have had great success in pulling in several more stations than I did with the batwing and wingman combo. I'm sure there will be others here that will debate this but for me it works great. Tim