I Have Bad Digital TV Reception In My New RV

by Mark
(Effingham)

I have a new camper. It came with a 26" flat screen TV. With the antenna up, I can only receive PBS stations. My old camper with a flat screen would pick up 12 - 15 stations at the same location.

The four PBS stations come in great, but why have I lost all other stations?

ANSWER: Greetings Mark thanks for submitting your question on our Ask An RV Question Page.

You are not alone in your problem with getting good Digital TV Reception in your RV. There are a lot of other RVers who are having the same Digital TV reception problems in their new and older RVs.

There are some steps you can take to improve the reception of Digital TV in your RV.

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If you have a standard Winegard Sensar crank up antenna on your RV; Winegard has come out with an attachment (pictured at left) for their crank-up Sensar Antennas that increases db reception gain by up to 100% on DTV channels which will give you more reception range.

The attachment is called the Winegard Wingman. The Wingman Optimizes the antenna's Sensar for DTV Channels, it is compatible with all Winegard crank-up Sensar antennas and it attaches to existing Sensar head with 4 simple snap-on screws. Watch the video below from Winegard on how easy it is to install the Wingman on your existing Winegard Crank Up antenna.

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If you want to get even better reception I would recommend installing the highly rated PCT 1-PORT BI-DIRECTIONAL TV SIGNAL BOOSTER. This TV signal booster improves both off the air Digital and Cable TV signal strength by up to 32 times (15 dB). Since it is bi-directional it also supports Pay-Per-View and Video on Demand (VOD) Services. If you want to install this TV booster, you can read the answer I gave to this question How Can We Improve The Digital TV Reception In Our RV? for the easy installation instructions.

For even more information on TVs and RVing you should visit our Digital TV Tips For RVers Page.

I hope that this information has been helpful.

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