TV Antenna

I also tried several different antennas . The KINGS JACK was a very strong antenna setup but it lacks BEAM WIDTH. I had to constantly re-zero in on the stations as I found them. Going back the BATWING with the front dipoles picks up the same distant HDTV station but in most cases I do not have to re-zero in on the station location... To me that was more important than having just little stronger antenna the KINGS JACK antenna gave me. I live some 50-60 miles south of Washington DC where it has HDTV Station transmitter towers on both East and West sides of Washington DC. I can usually get my BATWING in just the right position to pick up the HDTV towers on both sides of town. With the KINGS JACK I have to always make two zero-in adjustments and sometimes three to be able to pick up all of the Washington DC towers from my location here in King George VA.



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My best antenna in my tests was the 8 BOW TIE antenna where each of the half's could be slightly changed to spread out the beam width. This gave me very strong signals from the Washington DC metroplex area. However putting up and taking down and knowing when to move the individual panels slightly off center just wasn't RV Friendly haha... This antenna ended up on my house with both panels spread just right to pick up all of the Washington DC HDTV channels...


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My camper is the OFF-ROAD POPUP TENT CAMPER and I have a PVC POLE up one side to mount my HDTV antenna we use. This works out great for me back in the woods somewhere. Installing my pole after we setup only takes a few minutes. The BATWING Antenna survives the constant putting up and taking down just fine...


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If you have the BATWING without the front dipoles that looks like this you can really improve the reception of the new HDTV signals by adding a screw in place dipole kit.


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DIPOLE KIT
This is just my observations...

Roy Ken