Batwing directional handle

tropical36 wrote:

liborko wrote:
Does it bother anyone that the arrow on directional handle does not line up with the direction of the antenna? It does me. There is a 90 degree difference between the arrow on the rotational handle and actual direction of the Wingman. To receive best signal the Wingman has to point to the source of signal. Doing it from the inside of the RV without seeing the antenna would be easier if the arrow on the directional handle would point the same way the Wingman does.It does not. Installing Wingman the batwing becomes directional. I fired e-mail to Winegard and their position is the pointer on the handle is for stowing the antenna only. I say why not move the arrow on the handle 90 degrees so it points the same direction as the Wingman and you can use it to point the antenna for peak signal. . To stow the antenna the two arrows need to line up but it is totally irrelevant whether the two arrows point north, south, east or west or anywhere else as long the two arrows line up. It would mean to make new directional handle with the arrow moved 90 degrees. What do you think?

Our last 3 coaches, were as you say with the arrow and the bat wing parallel to the coach, but can you not take the thing apart and put it back together so as to line up this way? If not, then mark it, as suggested already.

No, you cannot take it apart an realign it. As has been mentioned, this is really a non-issue. The marks are where the marks are to ensure that you are able to store the antenna properly for travel without having it tear off the roof. I am sure that Winegard could move the marks around but anyone who has used their Batwing more than once already know which way the di-pole (whatever) antenna is pointed. It's more important that you know which way to point the di-pole so knowing where it's pointed is of no use if you don't know where it should be pointed. That's what the Sensar Pro becomes such a valuable tool but an app like Antenna Pointer and a compass would give you the necessary information as well. The good news is that when you are ready to leave you just need to line up the arrow, crank the antenna down and drive away confident that you are not going to tear that thing off your roof.