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The Jack is as much as -10db across the entire spectrum compared to the batwing

Like stated above it is hard to beat the BATWING antenna. The JACK antenna probably is a tad better gain wise but with all the simple tests I ran here at my location looking at WASHINGTON DC digital Natl Broadcast TV Transmitter Stations that are situated on both side of DC I finally decided the BATWING was still the best for me.

The KING is apparently more NARROW BEAMED meaning you really have to point the antenna right at the transmitting station where the BATWING has a larger BEAM WIDTH. Both antennas did the same great reception for me here in Northern Neck Virginia some 50 miles away from the DC area. The BATWING was able to pick up both groups of the WASHINGTON DC transmitters with a single pointing angle. I could not do this with the JACK. Had to move the antenna everytime to pick up all of the NATL BROADCAST CBS-NBC-ABC-FOX-PBS HDTV signals... My test antenna setup was on 15-foot PVC pole in clear view towards Washington DC.

I have never used the Jensen ANHD20 OMNI-DIRECTIONAL antenna but the reviews don't give it a good rating.


I have played with one of these WINEGARD HIDE-AWAY ONMI-Directional DUAL DIPOLE antennas which also does not perform very well... It is a great PLAN B back antenna however... RABBIT EARS sitting on the roof is also a good back up antenna...


The best antenna I came up with was one of these DB8 BOW-TIE antenna DUAL PANELs using four BOWTIE antennas in each panel. The one I used each panel can be be positioned. This works great for the house setup but not a good antenna to mount on top of a RV for mounting reasons. Antenna Direct and Solid State Xtreme Signal (AMAZON) are a couple of sources for DB8 antennas.


Roy Ken

I have the same sucky antenna, at the same location my old rig with the Batwing got 12 "stations", while the Jensen on the new rig gets three, period.

I did some testing (I have an excellent background in antennas) and got similar results with a chunk of wire to the Jensen. The only thing it worked "better" then was no antenna at all.

Testing by other people have shown the Batwing with the Wing-Man addition works the best of any "RV" antenna.

When we need OTA TV we are usually parked for several days, so I picked up a Radio Shack "flying saucer" antenna, that I put up with two 5 ft sections of mast on the rear ladder of the rig.

At the same location as above, I get 25 "stations" with the Radio Shack antenna. But it is MUCH larger then any of the above antennas.

There are two rules with Antennas, higher is better then lower and bigger is better then smaller.

They used to make a motorized Wingman, but it appeared to me (last year) that either it was out of stock everywhere, so it may have been discontinued. The advantage it had, was you didn't need to be able to reach up and crank it.

have you turned on the booster feature on the TV antenna box

Sure.. There are basically two choices:

For general use, the Jack is a good antenna. But if you're going out.. Really out and away from cities and towns served by TV transmitters, the best antenna is the Winegard Batwing. It's simply the best deep fringe antenna that you can mount on the RV.

Both require holes through the roof to either steer or crank up, and both require 12v, but you probably already have that