Wingman - Page 2 - Hi-Lo camper travel trailer forum

retiredcamper47 · #11 04-21-2011, 12:05 PM

If it is a Winegard, that name shouldl be stamped in the white plastic housing underneath the bat wings.

Bob

vannooch · #12 04-21-2011, 02:02 PM

Winegard installed!
It does look different from the new ones though, will the wingman work on an 18 year old antenna? It appears to be a Sensar II.

RichR · #13 04-21-2011, 02:20 PM

You got me there. Maybe, with luck, you can track that down in the Winegard website. There could be instructions available. I know that it is just a matter of removing a couple plastic or rubber plugs and snapping the Wingman into place. There is no electrical connection. In antenna terms the Wingman is a set of directors that makes the antenna tune sharper direction wise. So you have to be turned more closely in the direction of the station, that is what increases the gain of the antenna.

RichR · #14 04-21-2011, 02:45 PM

This says the Wingman is compatible with all Sensar antennas built after 1990.

SENSAR RV VHF/UHF Television Antenna - #1 Antenna in the RV Industry!

Look in the technical documents section.

vannooch · #15 04-21-2011, 02:49 PM

Nice! You're on top of it again, thanks.

captbobster · #16 10-13-2011, 05:21 AM

I replaced the Wingman head with the Jack for $40 and the reception is great, you just pop the 2 pins out that hold the antennae to the square tubing and put on the Jack, 15 mins tops and smaller antennae with better results.

vannooch · #17 10-13-2011, 08:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captbobster

I replaced the Wingman head with the Jack for $40 and the reception is great, you just pop the 2 pins out that hold the antennae to the square tubing and put on the Jack, 15 mins tops and smaller antennae with better results.

What's a "Jack"?

RichR · #18 10-13-2011, 05:08 PM

Look here: Jack® | TV For Free

Atlee · #19 03-19-2012, 10:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captbobster

I replaced the Wingman head with the Jack for $40 and the reception is great, you just pop the 2 pins out that hold the antennae to the square tubing and put on the Jack, 15 mins tops and smaller antennae with better results.

Since the later models of Hi-Lo's were supplied with Antenna Tek antenna's rather than the Winegard Sensor, I've emailed King Control (maker of the JACK) and asked if the JACK replacement head would fit the Antenna Tek.

I'll let everyone know the answer, if I get an answer.

EDIT: I got an answer, but the answer is, we don't know. Actually they asked another question which I don't have the exact answer for, yet. I don't have the new (to me) Hi-Lo yet. Get it tomorrow.

King Control's question was whether the Antenna Tek had 2 or 3 aluminum bars in the upright where the antenna head attaches. I think they are two, but I'll have that definitive answer tomorrow.

RichR · #20 03-20-2012, 06:37 AM

I was told by King Control that it would fit the AntennaTek. But I also read on the RV.net forum that the Jack antenna may not sit quite level when cranked up. That may of little consequence however unless it is very out of level.

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