โFeb-19-2015 03:45 PM
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Bob Vaughn wrote:LarryJM wrote:rockhillmanor wrote:derh20 wrote:
I am getting poor reception from my Jensen air antenna in my 2011 B+. A neighbor in my campsite, about 300 feet away with the same antenna, is also hot happy with the Jensen, butthey do get about 5 channels more than we are
. Any thoughts about the Jensen? Is there a way to increase reception? Is the bat wing better?
I found the 'TV' itself makes a big difference on how many channels received.
I have one TV that gets about 20 channels. When I put the other TV in the same spot, parked in the same spot, hooked up to the same antenna.....I get maybe 8 channels.
Each brand TV has different quality antenna receivers. So you can't compare to your neighbors. Actually if you want to prove that your TV doesn't have as good antenna reception ask your neighbor to switch TV's with you.
Also as mention above digital TV needs real tight connections and good coax. I finally broke down and bought a new coax for the new TV and got several more channels.
And lastly check where the antenna connects to the back of the TV. I found the whole circuit board for the antenna connection was loose. I took it into a RV repair and they replaced the coax unit for 65 bucks and voila I got 10 more channels!
TV repair says he sees a lot of this especially in RV's where many of us take our TV's down a lot of times each time we hit the road and taking the coax in and out so many times it loosens the wires inside the antenna board.
You bring up IMO an extremely and not well understood consideration especially with digital signals. The sensitivity, quality and specific design of the TV receiver can have a HUGE effect on the number of channels you get.
Larry
We have 2 different brands of tv's in our rv and they do not receive the same stations...
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
โFeb-20-2015 02:27 PM
LarryJM wrote:rockhillmanor wrote:derh20 wrote:
I am getting poor reception from my Jensen air antenna in my 2011 B+. A neighbor in my campsite, about 300 feet away with the same antenna, is also hot happy with the Jensen, butthey do get about 5 channels more than we are
. Any thoughts about the Jensen? Is there a way to increase reception? Is the bat wing better?
I found the 'TV' itself makes a big difference on how many channels received.
I have one TV that gets about 20 channels. When I put the other TV in the same spot, parked in the same spot, hooked up to the same antenna.....I get maybe 8 channels.
Each brand TV has different quality antenna receivers. So you can't compare to your neighbors. Actually if you want to prove that your TV doesn't have as good antenna reception ask your neighbor to switch TV's with you.
Also as mention above digital TV needs real tight connections and good coax. I finally broke down and bought a new coax for the new TV and got several more channels.
And lastly check where the antenna connects to the back of the TV. I found the whole circuit board for the antenna connection was loose. I took it into a RV repair and they replaced the coax unit for 65 bucks and voila I got 10 more channels!
TV repair says he sees a lot of this especially in RV's where many of us take our TV's down a lot of times each time we hit the road and taking the coax in and out so many times it loosens the wires inside the antenna board.
You bring up IMO an extremely and not well understood consideration especially with digital signals. The sensitivity, quality and specific design of the TV receiver can have a HUGE effect on the number of channels you get.
Larry
โFeb-20-2015 02:17 PM
rockhillmanor wrote:derh20 wrote:
I am getting poor reception from my Jensen air antenna in my 2011 B+. A neighbor in my campsite, about 300 feet away with the same antenna, is also hot happy with the Jensen, butthey do get about 5 channels more than we are
. Any thoughts about the Jensen? Is there a way to increase reception? Is the bat wing better?
I found the 'TV' itself makes a big difference on how many channels received.
I have one TV that gets about 20 channels. When I put the other TV in the same spot, parked in the same spot, hooked up to the same antenna.....I get maybe 8 channels.
Each brand TV has different quality antenna receivers. So you can't compare to your neighbors. Actually if you want to prove that your TV doesn't have as good antenna reception ask your neighbor to switch TV's with you.
Also as mention above digital TV needs real tight connections and good coax. I finally broke down and bought a new coax for the new TV and got several more channels.
And lastly check where the antenna connects to the back of the TV. I found the whole circuit board for the antenna connection was loose. I took it into a RV repair and they replaced the coax unit for 65 bucks and voila I got 10 more channels!
TV repair says he sees a lot of this especially in RV's where many of us take our TV's down a lot of times each time we hit the road and taking the coax in and out so many times it loosens the wires inside the antenna board.
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โFeb-20-2015 04:14 AM
derh20 wrote:
I am getting poor reception from my Jensen air antenna in my 2011 B+. A neighbor in my campsite, about 300 feet away with the same antenna, is also hot happy with the Jensen, butthey do get about 5 channels more than we are
. Any thoughts about the Jensen? Is there a way to increase reception? Is the bat wing better?
We must be willing to get rid of the life we've planned,
so as to have the life that is waiting for us.
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