The only problem I have ever had with my standard Winegard crank-up Antenna was a loose set screw on the bottom side...
Since my OFF-ROAD POPUP antenna install is up on a short pole verses mounted through a hole in the roof I got to to do some experiments with different type of antennas. This was back when the LOW VHF frequency was still being used. By far the best antenna for me was the $90 very long LOWES YAGI antenna but it didn't last long from installing and tearing down for each trip. It certainly pulled in the signals however... It also hit alot of trees being rotated at the camp sites... I used the BATWING style with and without the added dipoles on the front of it and also installed one of the King JACK antennas. Both the JACK and the BATWING picked up the signals about the same but the using the King JACK antenna had to be zero'd in on the transmitter very precise sometimes... The BATWING sometimes had disruptions when aircraft were flying high overhead... I even tried one of the multiple flat arrays with bowties elements which was the overall best antenna for very long distance. This type antenna really had to most accurate when pointing at the distant transmittiing antenna from the local towns.. It also would not have lasted long having to put up and take down for each trip.
It turned out for me the Winegard BATWING antenna worked out the best. Mine is the style that has the added dipoles out front like in this google photo...
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My install using an outside pole up th side of my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer looks like this...
The best antenna for me would be the eight section BowTie type array if you could solve the install and take down problem..
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The hideaway push up antenna and any of the close to the roof mounted antennas that Winegard and Jack makes are a waste of good money in my opinion... I see alot of the newer Winegard Onmi type antenna mounted close to the roofs that look like a small space round disk... They got to have poor long range reception...
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In my book the Winegard crank-up BATWING dipole antenna is about as good as you can get. Here in Northern Neck Virginia where I park my OFF-ROAD POPUP trailer in my backyard I get to view both the Washington DC and Richmond VA OTA HDTV stations. These are both around 50-60 miles away... I use the eight section BOW-TIE array on my house. It is superb there for me picking up over 100 HDTV channels depending where I point it at... My best PLAN-B for the house when we lose our 120vAC power grid and the cable TV system goes off....
These are just my comments and I'm sure others out there will have different opinions... I just know what works best for me...
Roy Ken