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11-26-2020, 01:21 PM
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Has anyone installed a King Jack antenna and used the existing Winegard
power supply? I am going to replace mine soon and I have the Winegard switch assembly that powers the existing antenna. I can't find any info on the King Jack site...
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11-26-2020, 01:39 PM
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No issue. Looks to be the same. Changed out mine this year. The rig came with a dish/OTA combo. We never got a sat receiver & it had encountered a few less than amicable meetings with CG trees.
The King Jack is all plastic & does not fold down so if you are a tall 5er beware.
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11-26-2020, 02:03 PM
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I replaced my old batwing antenna with the King Jack and used the existing power supply. It works great! A new power supply came with the Jack but I didn't use it.
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11-26-2020, 02:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MSHappyCampers
I replaced my old batwing antenna with the King Jack and used the existing power supply. It works great!
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Sane here.
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11-27-2020, 02:25 PM
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Yes, I did the same and it works great. Chuck
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11-27-2020, 02:37 PM
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X4. The two OTA switch assemblies are identical.
Installation hint with the King Jack if you are mounting it where the original Winegard crank up was...you do NOT need to enlarge the roof opening (hole) to 2" as per the King Jack instructions. The original hole is just large enough. And yes, buy the King Jack mounting plate that covers up the old mounting holes. Overall the antenna performance is decent, but since be bought our rig with a broken Winegard I can't compare the two. I like the fact you can't forget to crank it down...
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11-28-2020, 11:57 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Alpine36
X4. The two OTA switch assemblies are identical.
Installation hint with the King Jack if you are mounting it where the original Winegard crank up was...you do NOT need to enlarge the roof opening (hole) to 2" as per the King Jack instructions. The original hole is just large enough. And yes, buy the King Jack mounting plate that covers up the old mounting holes. Overall the antenna performance is decent, but since be bought our rig with a broken Winegard I can't compare the two. I like the fact you can't forget to crank it down...
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I mounted my Jack to the same crank-up support that the batwing was on. 5-minute job!
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11-28-2020, 12:12 PM
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Alpine Owners Club
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MSHappyCampers
I mounted my Jack to the same crank-up support that the batwing was on. 5-minute job!
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I wish it would have been that simple. Our crank up obviously found one too many branches and the coaxial cable was bad somewhere between the roof jack plate and the first splitter in the basement... dead short between the shield wire and inner wire. Pretty sure it left the factory that way since the original owner had disconnected it at the box of buttons and had a set of clip on rabbit ears stored in the basement. Turned a two hour job into a two day major project.
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