Camping with new Jack Antenna

[grhodes50]

While spending about half a day at Leisure Time RV meeting RV Guy and checking out the new Sanibel, I also picked up my LaCrosse. One thing I had them do was install a Jack antenna. This thing is great. It's fixed, so no cranking up or down. It's also omni directional, but you can turn it in order to receive a stronger signal. Can't say enough about the service department at Leisure Time RV. They're great.
I had personal business in OKC so I camped at a local KOA. It's located on the east side of OKC on Choctaw Rd about 3/4's of a mile north of I-40. Less than 5 miles from my dealer. Very good KOA campground if your in the area.
My DIL, 2 grand daughters (4 & 5 yrs old) and Lil Dude (4 months old) were able to camp with me Saturday night.
Here's a few pics of the antenna and our campsite.
Jack Antenna


Jack Antenna Ceiling Mount


Campsite


Rope Lights (best pic I could take at night)


Lil' Dude

[rracer5]

Lil' Dude looks like he's practicing reeling in that big fish!!!!

[grhodes50]

Originally Posted by rracer5

Lil' Dude looks like he's practicing reeling in that big fish!!!!

Yeah, I've been talking to him about catchin' some crappie and maybe pulling a few nice catfish in off of some jug lines.

He does like the water. While in the pool he had those little chubby legs kickin' and a big grin on his face.

[rracer5]

Camping with the little ones......nothin' better!!!!!!

[grhodes50]

I forgot to mention that I picked up close to 30 channels with the Jack antenna at the KOA in OKC.
At home I wasn't able to pick up anything before with the tt parked under the RV cover, on the south side of my house, 85 miles away from the tv stations to the north. I tried the Jack antenna when I got home today and I was able to pick up 11 channels!

[rracer5]

Originally Posted by grhodes50

I forgot to mention that I picked up close to 30 channels with the Jack antenna at the KOA in OKC.
At home I wasn't able to pick up anything before with the tt parked under the RV cover, on the south side of my house, 85 miles away from the tv stations to the north. I tried the Jack antenna when I got home today and I was able to pick up 11 channels!

Gonna have to get me one. If I may ask, what was your final cost?

[grhodes50]

I don't remember the total cost. I purchased some other items at the time, but I do know the antenna itself was approx $145.00.

[sfrye5853]

Do you have a Legend television (wanted to put TV)?

[grhodes50]

Originally Posted by sfrye5853

Do you have a Legend television (wanted to put TV)?

I did, but I exchanged it out with a Vizio from wally world. That alone improved what reception I was getting, but still not good enough.

If I had a Legend tv and it was connected to a batwing antenna, I probably wouldn't have added the Jack antenna. But exchanging the tv was my first attempt at getting better reception. It did help some, but adding the Jack antenna is what really did the trick.

[M109Rrider]

I had a huge improvement with mine for certain. Did they have to mount it through the cabinet like we talked about?

[grhodes50]

Originally Posted by M109Rrider

I had a huge improvement with mine for certain. Did they have to mount it through the cabinet like we talked about?

I didn't think it would fit in the normal position so I told them to turn it sideways. Works great, but after looking at it I think it may have fit if mounted in the normal position. Oh well.
Here's a couple of pictures that show it better.

Ceiling Mount In Overhead Cabinet


Makes A Good Night Light Too!

[skgeorgy]

Looks like they did a great job. Stupid question though, were they able to tap into you existing antenna wall jack or did they have to put a new one in?

[grhodes50]

They removed the original wall jack and placed the Jack antenna wall jack in it's place.
In the pic above you can see the original satellite dish wall plate on the left and the new Jack antenna wall plate in the middle between it and the 110v plug in.
It does have the booster button and you simply turn the booster off when connected to cable.

[M109Rrider]

Looks good. You could pop the plastic cover and turn it if you wanted. Also did you know you can turn the LEDs off with the switch on the side? you only need those on when finding a TV tower.

[grhodes50]

Originally Posted by M109Rrider

Looks good. You could pop the plastic cover and turn it if you wanted. Also did you know you can turn the LEDs off with the switch on the side? you only need those on when finding a TV tower.

Thanks. I knew I could turn the LED's off, but I thought I had to leave them on while watching tv.
As for popping the cover off and turning it around, I'll try that. They installed it sideways because I told them I didn't think it would fit the other way. Looks like it might though.

[rracer5]

Great "mood" lighting behind the glass doors......I like it!!!