Wingman RV Antenna Booster

I was getting 1 of the TV channels somewhat meaning it would come in but would break up every minute or so freezing and leaving artifacts across the screen making it hard to follow a show (naturally it's the 1 channel with something worth watching). Sometimes saying NO SIGNAL No matter how I adjusted the antenna it would keep doing it, Also when I had the antenna positioned to get 1 channel in good then others would do it or not come in at all. What a pain in the posterior.I installed it Monday when it arrived and now I can get thru the whole show without it cutting out at all (it's on that channel right now and hasn't broken up or cut out yet 44.1). Also it now picks up all channels in a wider range of antenna rotation.I'm in NE Alabama about 30 miles from the nearest big city and about 60 to 80 miles from where I think this channel is broadcast from so it definitely is helping.I just scanned for channels and before I picked up 12 digital and 1 analog for a total of 13, now it picked up 22 digital and 1 analog for a total of 23. So 10 more channels. The analog channel sucks either way and only 1 is breaking up so 9 more with good picture and sound than before.So I am real happy with it!!! Installation was a breeze and only took a couple minutes. I wasn't sure when I read the negative reviews but now I am very happy with it and I'm keeping the rubber pads that were removed to install it and will be removing it when I sell or trade this trailer in and putting the rubber pads back on so I can put it on the next trailer I get.It works and shipping was real fast too.

Without moving the RV in my before and after my results were astonishing. I have two TVs in the RV and results were the same. Before I installed I raised the antenna and rotated it to a position that allowed me to install the wingman without moving the antenna. I then went inside, scanned for channels and had 6 total found which was better than I expected. I installed the wingman in about 10 minutes (most of the time taken dragging out the ladder). basically you pull out two rubber feet off the bottom of the RV antenna, the wingman has two holes that line up with these feet and you use two supplied plastic rivets where the feet used to be. The wingman has its own rubber feet so the old ones are excess.After the install, without moving the antenna or RV, I rescanned the channels and had 33 (not a typo). Now I admit, most are pretty much worthless and several were the same network just on different frequencies, but a lot has to be said for that kind of difference. Definitely worth the money and a breeze to install. I've taken two trips since installing (1600 to Las Vegas and 3800 miles to South Florida) no issues (as in I didn't lose it) and when we used it to watch TV we had many channels to choose from.Update: 25 Jun 14One thing I forgot to mention in my original review is that my antenna on my motorhome was NOT amplified. We traded in the motorhome for a bigger 5th wheel and I removed the Wingman very easily by unscrewing the Philips head rivets and gently pulling them out expecting to use on my new RV. Unfortunately, (or maybe fortunately) the new RV has an AntennaTek Signal Commander instead of Winegard. The new antenna is amplified too and the literature says it is designed for digital and analog signals. Although from a distance it appears that the wingman would work, there is a bit of a difference in the area where the wingman is to mount so a modification would be necessary to make it work. Since the new RV has an amplified antenna and I already get 30 channels parked within 15' of were I did the motorhome test above, it is not worth the effort. Hope this helps.

This was very easy to install. I did a channel scan before adding this part and then again after putting part on. It did add 3 more channels in my area which is very remote. So it does increase reception. Only thing that is not so great is that it does catch trees more with the added metal parts. Have to be more careful when driving under low trees.

I have a 2008 Fleetwood Tioga that we are currently living in. The campground that we are parked at doesn't provide cable, so we have to use our batwing antenna. We were able to receive 20 local channels, but we couldn't get NBC. Checking on the internet told me that the closest NBC station (channel 12) was over 50 miles away, and would be difficult to pull in. I considered replacing the batwing with a newer antenna, but after reading the reviews of this Wingman, decided to order one and give it a try. Installation took only a few minutes, and I went back into the RV and set the TV for Channel Search. I knew the Wingman would make the antenna more directional, so I had aimed it in the approximate direction of the NBC transmitter. After the search finished, I tuned to channel 12, and to my surprise, I had a great picture. The TV's strength meter peaked at 25%, but it was enough to pull in the channel. My other channels that previously registered about 80% now all registered 100%. I hadn't made any other mods to the system besides adding the Wingman.

Does it improve reception? Yes. Does it always eleminate the pixeling from hd channels? NO, most of the time yes, but when you least suspect it, or REALLY want to hear something, the HD channel freezes up! MURPHY's Law applies!Easy to install, no drilling, don't even need a screw driver. Took longer to get up to the Antenna than it took to install it.I'd buy it again because I picked up more channels, and it eleminated most of the pixeling, but don't expect it to be 100%.