Replace Batwing with Dish ANT

Replaced my batwing TV ANT on 2015 178 with a Magnadyne RVTB-B dish style antenna. The batwing performance was not impressive, it caught low hanging branches and always made cover install a pain. My other complaint was the distribution box and consistent issues with the amp switch. Removing the batwing was not difficult. I had to remove the radio assy., cut the 12V AMP line and disconnect the ANT coax. I cleaned off the lap seal and removed four screws that held base on. I thoroughly cleaned mounting surface, used the existing mounts hole to install Magnadyne base. The biggest issue I had was the antenna hole through the roof was not centered in the base. There's an approximately 3" hole in the Pod interior and a 1" hole in the roof. I used a 1" hole saw to make and additional hole more closely centered on the base and that allowed me to use the same mount holes. The Magnadyne ANT has the TV and the radio ANT in the dish, so there are two coaxes that have to come thru the roof. Once ANT was installed I moved inside. The kit comes with a new distribution panel and it operates much simpler than OEM. There is no 12V wiring going from box to antenna, so that wire can be removed, there no coax from box to radio (Radio ant is in dish on Magnadyne.) You do have to hardwire the 12V for AMP operation. Outside configuration is the same as old with ANT TV and Satellite ports on front. Installation was done in about 3 hours, cost about 70 bucks. Once installed I did a channel scan and picked up 10 channels more than batwing. That was here at my house in the clear. The dish is considerably smaller, making access to roof on that side mo' better. Also in my kit I got a radio ant extension cable so I did not have to buy any additional cables. Remember before you start you need sealant. Approximately 1 tube. I also used tape sealant on bottom side of base.

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We use a DTV antenna here at home. We get many dozens of channels, including at least 8 PBS channels. The unit we use here has a built-in amp, and the amp is powered through the same coax as the TV signal. Is that the way the Magnadyne works?

   I installed a King OmniPro  omnidirectional antenna and we receive almost as many stations as we did with the crank up bat wing antenna in our old camper the Vibe. But that is only when the weather is rainy or very humid cloudy days on sunny days and low humidity there are stations that we will not get so it depends upon the weather as to how many stations we get. All stations are about 50 or 60 miles away in Huntsville Alabama there are no local stations.