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Review on πŸ“‘ Winegard RV-WING Wingman UHF RV TV Antenna Booster: Easy Installation, Enhances Digital UHF TV Reception – White by Bill Howard

Revainrating 4 out of 5

The UHF stations I used to receive are now offline, they work much better now and I get intermittent reception of stats

As others have mentioned this add-on is easy to install, in my case on the Sensar IV and it required 3 mounting rivets. The sensor is already bi-directional +, this yagi mount makes it uni-directional, point the yagi nose at the transmit antenna(s) [*TX]. Unfortunately, my antenna mast can only be rotated 180 degrees +/-, so parking is required to allow the nozzle to be aimed where the transmitters are. The UHF stations where I used to make this cut are much more stable now and I get intermittent reception from stations that don't get through. Generally, my RV is about 90 miles from some/most transmitters in Dallas, which is a huge distance for UHF or VHF frequencies, which of course are limited to "line of sight". This app deserves 5 stars, but my next wish is that Winegard (or someone else) make an extension for the antenna mast and the matching coaxial cable to raise the antenna. There is no way to improve the reception quality with this improved Sensar antenna to improve An additional 10 feet of height helps, but the increased height provides more leverage on the mast tie down in high winds. Remember what they said about the height of the lighthouse in elementary school? After passing the horizon, to raise the light enough to "see" requires an exponentially larger increase to make a difference. Then there are the atmospheric conditions that degrade the light and/or radio frequencies to a point of impossible compensation. This appendix is probably as good as it gets. At this distance even the strongest stations sometimes drop out, this is to be expected, especially during the day/evening when the ionosphere is at its maximum. + You have eyes in front of and behind your head. Extend the arms (original antenna elements) straight and rotate them so that both pairs of eyes are looking directly at the center of the transmitter from a distance, ie when reception is best. My exhaust fan and Blu-ray player motors seem to be generating EMI/RF noise and affecting my reception.

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