King Jack HD RV antenna

Campfire Time wrote:
Short answer to the OP is that yes, the Jack is better than the basic batwing. If all you have is the batwing right now, the Sensar add-on is $20 cheaper on Amazon, and that alone is a good reason to buy it. I don't think you'd be unhappy with either the Jack or the Sensar add-on though.

SoundGuy wrote:

Actually one can, the common misunderstanding being that if one receives more stations with the Jack antenna than the Sensar IV then it obviously must be "better".

True the numbers don't lie. And yet at the end of the day, that's all that really matters to most RVers is more channels, isn't it? I see no reason to replace an existing Jack unless TV is REALLY important to you. And yes, I realize that to some folks it is. On the flip side, if one doesn't have either, the Sensar is certainly the better buy.

But realistically if someone has a Jack that isn't picking up more stations than the basic batwing, then there is another issue that needs to be fixed first.

The Basic Batwing still performs better than the Jack, and if you remove the Wingman, while it may be closer in performance to the Jack, the VHF performance is still WAY better than the Jack. Look at the test above..

People are going to come back and argue that all stations have moved to UHF anyway, but thats simply not true. Additionally, there is another FCC auction/ repacking coming soon, and without going into all the details, ONE of the incentives is to move existing UHF stations BACK down to VHF where feasible, and THAT completely changes the game for the Jack whose performance is significantly poorer on VHF. There is a reason that the Winegard has that big 'ol "Batwing" attached to it. That's its VHF elements.