Can this meter be used with rabbit ears inside a house, or only for Winegard outside antennas? And is there a better meter for rabbit ears?
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It needs a source of 12 volts to power up the Winguard panel, which in turn sends a voltage up to the roof top antenna receiver through the coax line. I do not know if there is an additional amplifier in the winguard panel to use it on a pair if rabbit ears antenna, but it is very possible for local broadcast towers.
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I posted an answer for the Wiguard panel, but there is another meter available that is available that appears to be a stand alone device, connected inline to measure the digital signal at the TV set or near by.
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I believe so. I bought this unit, at the begining it work, but for unknown reason it is not working at all now. I waste a lot of time and money.Good luck !
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Only used it with the standard roof-mounted antenna. Always turned on power booster. Digital signals might not penetrate to a set of rabbit ears in an RV very well due to their radio frequency. Never tried it with "rabbit ears".
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I think it only works for travel trailers because there is a wire that require it to be connected to a 12 volt source. Hooking it to 110 volts would most likely fry the unit. If you can find a solution for this wire, then it can be adapted to a home antenna. By the way, the home antenna would have to be adjustable in terms of being rotatable so that it can point in the direction of the highest signal strength.
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Ernest C. Nolder, Yes, there is a digital HD tuner that you can connect "rabbit ear" antennas to get local over-the-air broadcasts. There is a choice to use the tuner, or to have it scan for cable channels, or both. Thanks for your interest in Samsung products. --Mr. S
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I live in the suburbs 30 miles from city. This picked up worse than regular rabbit ears. I returned mine.
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Probably not with this version. Winegard does have a different version that is amplified. You might want to look into an external antenna for that distance though.
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at antennaweb (org) I determined I needed a small multi-directional antenna. I got this with my dvr+ and tried it inside and it worked for most of the channels but then I placed it outside under the eave (8' away) and have rarely had a problem. you can also read about antennas at the fcc (gov) site.
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I would recommend the Kaito KA-33 indoor shortwave active loop from CCrane Co. There are many outdoor antennas available including do-it-yourself projects but lightning arrestors and proper gronding come into play.
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This antenna works like the old TV antennas known as "rabbit ears", except it is made for the newer digital channels and HDTV. The antenna uses the coax cable antenna input on the TV. My guess is that it will work great no matter where you live or what brand of TV you have, as long as the TV has the correct antenna input and you live close enough to the TV station's antenna to receive the signal. I live in the Phoenix metro area and this antenna works great about 10 miles from the station antennas. I have tried this antenna with Mitsubishi and JVC TV's with excellent results. I hope this helps. This antenna works like the old TV antennas known as "rabbit ears", except it is made for the newer digital channels and HDTV. The antenna uses the coax cable antenna input on the TV. My guess is that it will work great no matter where you live or what brand of TV you have, as long as the TV has the correct antenna input and you live close enough to the TV station's antenna to receive the signal. I live in the Phoenix metro area and this antenna works great about 10 miles from the station antennas. I have tried this antenna with Mitsubishi and JVC TV's with excellent results. I... » Read More This antenna works like the old TV antennas known as "rabbit ears", except it is made for the newer digital channels and HDTV. The antenna uses the coax cable antenna input on the TV. My guess is that it will work great no matter where you live or what brand of TV you have, as long as the TV has the correct antenna input and you live close enough to the TV station's antenna to receive the signal. I live in the Phoenix metro area and this antenna works great about 10 miles from the station antennas. I have tried this antenna with Mitsubishi and JVC TV's with excellent results. I hope this helps. « Show Less
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I have no experience with the antenna you inquired about but did replace an Antenna Direct DB9 with the Winegard. The Winegard is slightly superior to the DB8. The only antenna I have tried that is better than the Winegard flat wave is a highly directional 177 foot Wineard that was just too long for the attic. The principal stations watched are about 50 miles away across some ridges and valleys and subject to a lot of stormy weather. The flat wave is doing pretty well, is smaller than the antenna it replaced and comes with a matched amplifier. kFor anything under 50 miles the flat wae should be quite adequite. David
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I have a "Jack" antenna head mounted to a Winegard directional mast. This worked perfectly well with the Jack antenna. However do not use any other gain/amplification... I only used this RFL-342 and I did not have my Jack inline amplifier connected. So just use this. No other amplified source.
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Rinoa Super-Genius on YouTube tell you all about this particular meter and how to get it to work property, hope that helps..
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Hi,I have used the simple rabbit ear antenna or you can order one of the not so pricey HD antenna`s, either one works really well.
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I bought two units. The one I'm using at my house has worked flawlessly from about a hundred feet away over the last few months. However the one I purchased for my sister -in-law sits at a slight depresion down the hill from her house and only functions sporatically. It appears to be simply a matter of signal blockage. As someone else suggested, you might try extending the transmitting antenna outside the mailbox.
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Kevin, the simple answer is a tv antenna connected to the back of tv into antenna input. Without knowing where you live or any other details it's hard to help. Connect 'rabbit ears' to back-go to menu-click on channels-click on 'air' and do a channel scan. You should get some channels. Paul
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There's NO SUCH THING as a digital antenna. TV is broadcast by radio waves. It makes NO DIFFERENCE to the antenna if the waves are modulated in digital or old style analog, they're still just radio waves. The digital decoding happens inside the TV, not in the antenna. ANY TV antenna will work. Your reception will depend on how good the antenna is, where it's placed, & how far the TV stations are. Beware those flat or mini antennas are designed for only UHF frequency reception & will not pick up VHF stations well unless they're real strong & you're real close to the station. Except for a large attic or rooftop UHF/VHF antenna, the only other antennas designed to do well with the VHF TV frequencies will be your old fashioned rabbit ears antennas. So look up what frequencies the stations in your area are broadcasting on. In many areas, they're all on the UHF bands but not always, & you can't tell by the channel number. In my area, channel 67, which has 4 great sub-channels actually broadcasts on the old VHF channel 7 frequency. Rabbit ears pick it up, but no small or flat antenna would. Meanwhile channel 7, the ABC affiliate in my area, actually broadcasts on the old UHF channel 38 channel frequency. Don't buy into "digital optimized" or "digital ready antennas" it's meaningless sales jargon. On the air TV still just radio waves. You just need a good antenna that will pick up the frequencies in your area. A big attic or rooftop antenna will get a lot more stations, than an indoor one. But if you live near a city where all the big networks are within a few miles, a cheap simple antenna might be good enough. But get rabbit ears if any of them still broadcast on the VHF TV band. Usually extending them no more than 15"-18" is good enough for VHF. If all your stations are near, & on UHF frequencies, just hang one of those little or flat "digital" antennas on a window or wall.
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I returned mine since it didn't get me more channels then the 2v but I use a winegard lna-200 with the 2v. Antennas direct has a vhf add on you can get from their website
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I have found that the antenna used indoors does not work very well.I have heard the best way to receive shortwave is to set up a good antenna outdoors and run it inside.
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better call winegard-to technical,but I will tell you that I double stacked the winegard on top in one direction and a larger rca antenna just below it in the other direction tied together with a winegard coupler,works well and don't have to rotate the antenna, got 22 clear channels. no cable or sattelite! R.COX