h2guy
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old guy wrote:you have to make sure your antenna is capable of receiving digital signals
No such thing as a "digital" antenna.
There are some sold that will enhance a digital signal, but your normal "batwing" antenna on the typical RV will do just fine. Just a little more sensitive in pointing at the station.
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bikendan
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h2guy wrote:old guy wrote:you have to make sure your antenna is capable of receiving digital signals
No such thing as a "digital" antenna.
There are some sold that will enhance a digital signal, but your normal "batwing" antenna on the typical RV will do just fine. Just a little more sensitive in pointing at the station.
agreed, "digital" antennas are not necessary.
it's the tv or box that has to be.
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wa8yxm wrote:......Somewhere in your RV is a switch box, it may be a box of many buttons or it may be a wall switch plate with a 12 volt outlet, a switch, an LED and an antenna connection, often this is near the "MAIN" television. Operate the switch, turn on the light and .. job done. now crank up and aim. (This can take some doing, ask if you need suggesitons)
What if you dont have anything like this. I have a new 2004 Arolite Cub 233 (new to me) and it has a cable connection outside and a roof top antenna but I dont see any place where I can switch ir form the cable connection to the roof antenna.
Any suggestions?
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Just a thought; for our Class B, I had to get the converter box. The one I purchased did not have a volume control on the remote.. could not get much (if any) sound out of the TV with the volume on the TV turned full blast. Had to end up buying a pair of computer speakers and plugging them into the audio jack.
We now have sound! Me thinks should have just bought a new digital TV!
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Alan_Hepburn
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old guy wrote:you have to make sure your antenna is capable of receiving digital signals
If the antenna is the equivalent of a piece of wire held up in the air that is capable of gathering an electromagnetic signal from the air, then it will work fine for everything from an old Marconi radio to a modern television. There's nothing mystical about an antenna... it's what the antenna feeds that matters.
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MauryFrench
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old guy wrote:you have to make sure your antenna is capable of receiving digital signals
If it is one of the standard Winegard RV antennas it will be just fine for the digital signal. I used a old Winegard with rotted connections for a while and it worked fine.
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Bumpyroad
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Alan_Hepburn wrote:
If the antenna is the equivalent of a piece of wire held up in the air that is capable of gathering an electromagnetic signal from the air, then it will work fine for everything from an old Marconi radio to a modern television. There's nothing mystical about an antenna... it's what the antenna feeds that matters.
I found out that it wouldn't work with my crystal set however.
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tbolt2000 wrote:wa8yxm wrote:......Somewhere in your RV is a switch box, it may be a box of many buttons or it may be a wall switch plate with a 12 volt outlet, a switch, an LED and an antenna connection, often this is near the "MAIN" television. Operate the switch, turn on the light and .. job done. now crank up and aim. (This can take some doing, ask if you need suggesitons)
What if you dont have anything like this. I have a new 2004 Arolite Cub 233 (new to me) and it has a cable connection outside and a roof top antenna but I dont see any place where I can switch ir form the cable connection to the roof antenna.
Any suggestions?
All you have to do to switch between either is:
To watch antenna reception, you will need the amplifier on for your antenna. There should be a little button on one of your wall plates. It is on when the green LED in lit.
To watch cable, turn the LED off.
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MauryFrench
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Not to hijack this thread or anything, but I have a rather large antenna on my RV now; it was a radio antenna from a ship. When I have it completely horizontal it works great with the UHF stations, but sketchy with the VHF stations. After a lot of changes I find it works the best at a 45 degree angle for all stations. I am in the Houston area about 10 miles from the Antenna farm in a wooded RV park.
The antenna was free in case you wonder why I use it.
I can't figure out why the 45 degree angle works so well.
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