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RCA VH226E Programmable Outdoor Antenna Rotator

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Features

  • Set up to 12 TV for FM stations for automatic antenna positioning with the programmable memory
  • Infrared remote control allows you to fine tune your outdoor antenna easily from inside your home for a perfect picture
  • Digital display indicates preset and antenna position during operation

Description

Fine tune your outdoor antenna from inside your home with the RCA VH226F Programmable Outdoor Antenna Rotator with remote control. Using its programmable memory, you can set up to 12 TV/FM station presets for automatic antenna positioning. The motor drive provides wind stability by locking in place for a stable antenna. Use the digital display to choose a preset and position the antenna during operation. This unit includes a remote for adjusting the antenna from inside your home.


Antenna: Television


Brand: RCA


Color: Black


Item Dimensions LxWxH: 4.13 x 4.13 x 10.63 inches


Brand Name: ‎RCA


Item Weight: ‎7.5 pounds


Product Dimensions: ‎4.13 x 4.13 x 10.63 inches


Country of Origin: ‎China


Item model number: ‎VH226F


Batteries: ‎2 AAA batteries required.


Is Discontinued By Manufacturer: ‎No


Color Name: ‎Black


Specification Met: ‎No, Certified frustration-free


Item display height: ‎8 inches


Date First Available: October 2, 2015


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    • Good choice for light duty antenna rotation.
Style: Single
Fairly simple to install by most home owners. Intended for light TV antennas, this unit will rotate ham radio UHF/VHF short Yagi or HF Loop antennas (3 ft. dia.) easily. Take care not to attempt use with high wind load antennas which can break the gear train or with extended masts above the unit that add leverage on the thin clamp castings. My installation rotates a 3' dia. receiving loop antenna with a single 5' TV mast section above the unit. A perfect fit and function at a good price. The remote control is a useful interface too. Overall, a good value for light duty installations. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2023 by RadioRepairGuy
    • Very nice, well designed, sturdy, accurate, 12 memory, TV antenna rotor.
Style: Single
RCA Programmable Antenna Rotator VH226F Review This new RCA ‘Rotator’ as it is called, is very nice, well engineered, and sturdy, but there is very little information available about it. I have installed it on my 10ft lower, chimney secured mast, and 2ft antenna rotating mast, replacing a 45 year old Radio Shack rotor. I will try to fill in a few details. 1. Case of rotor section is metal and very sturdy, but I can find no specification about maximum antenna weight, or moment. They do specify 3ft max antenna mast length, above the rotor. They specify 1.25in main mast diameter but state that up to 2 inch diameter can be accommodated. I believe the same is true of the antenna mast section. The lowest mounting bracket has extra holes that accommodate optional guy wires. Be careful when mounting the base of rotor to the main mast. There is a protruding tongue on the rotor meant to act as a stop as the unit is slid onto the top of the mast. This tongue should just touch the top of the main mast and protrude into the center mast void. If you lower the rotor further that tongue will be pressed against the side of the mast and miss align the rotor on the main mast and weaken it’s mount. 2. There is a 3 wire interface between the control box and the rotor. Max length of 20AWG 3 conductor cable is specified at 150 ft, but longer cable lengths are permitted with heaver gauge wire. (Be careful when connecting the 3 wires. They are numbered 1, 2, 3 on the control box, and 3, 2, 1 on the rotor.) The screws are smaller than I would expect and they warn of possible damage to the system if the wires are not connected correctly, 1 to 1, 2 to 2 and 3 to 3. Both units have terminal blocks for the connecting screws, and the screws have square washers that don’t rotate as the screws are tightened. This helps compensate for the fact that the terminal blocks are so small. If your wires are too big for using a U shape to go around the screws, I recommend a simple straight section of wire, maybe ¼ inch be inserted below the square washer while the screw is tightened. (Instructions specify stripping ½ inch of insulation.) 3. The display of the control unit only displays 2 digits in degrees, so 18 stands for 180 degrees. The antenna positioning is much more accurate than that, however. The motor in the rotor unit always turns at a constant uniform speed and the control unit synchronizes with the motor unit by digitally integrating the clockwise and counterclockwise motor time. Time and rotation is set to 0 degrees in both units at the same time by pressing the initial button. From that point, time is used in the control unit to keep track of antenna movements. There is no spec on the repeat-ability or accuracy on this control system, but I believe the digital time counter and memory is better than the approximately 1 degree backlash play in the mechanics. Besides the initial synchronization system, there is a auto calibration system to match the digital counter speed to the speed of the individual motor unit paired with the individual control unit. This relative speed calibration is performed at the factory, so does not need to be done by the user, but if it ever becomes necessary, the re-calibration of the two speeds, can be performed by the user. 4. There is a 12 position memory system with 12 memory select buttons. There are also clockwise and counter clockwise buttons for arbitrary control. Once a good antenna position is found, a memory button can be set to remember that position by first pressing the memory button then one of the 12 buttons. The antenna can then be returned to that position by pressing that button in the future. The memory and current antenna position are maintained across power cycles, probably by flash memory, so the unit can be powered down most of the time, and only powered up when the antenna needs to be rotated. There is a power switch on the control unit. Memory memory positions can be reprogrammed and all can be erased if desired. 5. The display on the control unit is red, and way too bright for viewing at the same time as viewing a TV. I used a cut to fit piece of black dog waste bag to cover the display. It mutes the display while making it still easily visible. The display shows the memory currently selected, A, B C, D, E, F G, H, I, J, U, or L, using one character and a two digit display of the current antenna position in degrees clockwise looking down on the antenna, divided by 10. So, 3 very bright characters need to be muted. I like this unit on the whole. It is well designed, and solid. Its speed is well chosen not too fast for big antennas but not too slow for actually getting there, roughly 55 seconds for 360 deg roughly the speed and direction of a second hand. My antenna is small, but I believe it is well capable of rotating even large TV antennas. I set 0deg West, because there are no stations in that direction. On the off chance a copy of the English user manual is allowed, in this review, it can be found here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/jbvm7kaq0bizi9h/RCA%20VH22GF%20User%20Manual.pdf?dl=0 ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 14, 2017 by gabrielle
    • Helps to be handy with steel
Style: Single
The product has good UBolts to grab the mount pole, and antenna. I welded fixtures to shim vertical and adapt to my poles. Antenna is the big winegard, no problem rotating. With free broadcast HD, I have no idea why anyone is subscribing to satellite or cable? With my $15 HD tuner DVR, I record more than I have time to watch. So, that is the only issue - make sure rotor is pointed for recordings before I leave. There is no intelligence for DVR to set the antenna before recording. No issue for me, most of what I want is in the same city with 12 stations. So easy to hit the button for the stored setting. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2023 by Cosmo
    • Ham: works very well. Time will tell!
Style: Single
I am using it with a very small ~ 4 pound moxon 6 meter antenna with very little surface area. Very happy, so far! A friend of mine has had a ?5-6 pound ham antenna up for several years.
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2023 by Hope This Is Helpful
    • Easy install
Style: Single
Remote works OK but the control box display is VERY bright and, there is no way to dim it. All in all, decent unit.
Reviewed in the United States on July 28, 2023 by arm
    • Very happy with purchase
Style: Single
Works like advertised. I'm in a fringe area and often have to "tweak" antenna position to prevent pixelation. This is easy to install and is so convenient to use. As others have said, I opened the cover and put a drop of blue threadlock on the 4 screws to prevent loosening. I've used this in cold Idaho Winters and hot Summers and it's worked flawlessly for a year and half now. I will definitely buy another if and when this one fails. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on August 3, 2023 by Steve
    • Great light weight ham radio rotor
Style: Single
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Bought this rotor to use with a vertically mounted MFJ Hi Q loop antenna. Easy to install and operate, at one 1/8 the price of traditional ham rotors.
Reviewed in the United States on August 20, 2023 by Kristopher Staller Kristopher Staller
    • Handy
Style: Single
I use mine for a 2 meter ham radio antenna rotor. You could easily spend twice this for a similar light weight antenna rotor.
Reviewed in the United States on June 12, 2023 by Dennis Deckmann

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