My BATWING RV antenna will pickup the two greater Washington DC NATL BROADCAST CLEAR TV channel groups in perfect style. This is some 50-miles PLUS North of us here in Northern Neck Virginia.
I have experimented with this same setup mounted up a PVC POLE just clearing the eve of the house on the north side and it performs even better. I have also played with the KING antenna and get same results. I do however like the BATWING over the KING antenna as I can tune in the two groups of the Washington DC HDTV transmitting antennas at the same time position setting which are located on the East and West side of town. The KINGS antenna requires re-positioning to get both groups of transmitters.
My best results was using one of those 8-BAY Solid Signal Xtreme Signal HDB8X VHF/UHF Outdoor TV Antenna (HDB8X) antennas from SOLID SIGNALS $69 which has a small separate panel position changes for the two 4-BOWTIE panels. This allows peaking up on both HDTV location in Washington DC some 15 degrees apart without losing any performance.
The even bigger thing is this is ALL FREE TO THE PUBLIC - FULL BLOWN HIGH DEF TV... We watch CBS channels almost all the time here - got to have my fill of all of my NCIS type shows...
All of these antennas I played with require 12VDC going up the RG Cable feed to power up a PRE-AMPLFIEIR mounted inside the BATWING WING and KING antenna and just below the 8-BAY antenna mounted on the antenna frame.
I am currently working a permanent location on my antenna pole that goes up above the North side of my house with several VHF/UHF antennas mounted on it. I have the perfect spot of about 48-inches below a horizontal bar and the peak of my roof. Once installed and both 4-bay panels properly pointed I won't have to touch this antenna again...
I was very impressed with the HDB8X 8-BAY BOW TIE panel antennas.
Roy Ken
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Roy - Carolyn
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