one of my favorite little antennas. I use it to pull in the ABC affiliate here in Atlanta. It's mounted in my attic. For a while, I used it for 3 stations, but thanks to the SmartKomm, I get a much better signal on the other stations on a different antenna. This little one is still going strong. I'm 28 miles from the towers, through the forest, down the hill, and in the attic. All things considered, it does an amazing job.
Use this antenna in the attic. It was okay being about 28 miles from the stations. Added a second walmart GE Yagi style also attic mounted about 20ft apart and 4ft higher. Still just ok. Then I added a 7db amplifier. Boom! Now I pick up all local channels Crystal clear, no pixels. Wish I added the amplifier a long time ago. It was from our old house and was in a box. I disconnected it from that house as it was just mounted to the wall there and not being used. I really didn't know what it was until I finally looked it up. Glad I found it in that box again.
Back in the analog days I had my antennas installed in the attic. The FM and VHF High antenna did very good, crystal clear picture. but on UHF only channle 26 I got in clear, channel 33 was acceptable and channel 42 it was a disaster. Maybe because I only had a 5 elements UHF antenna but once I mounted on my rooftop all 3 UHF channels had crystal clear picture. So only my VHF antenna remained in the attic. In the digital era if you want to mount a UHF antenna in the attic make sure you have a built in amplifier at least 20 dB, otherwise mount it outdoor. 0:00 wow 4K and 8K, excellent to bad only a few countries broadcast in 4K and experimental, 8K is only availble on internet and satellite (Turkey and Japan).
I just picked this up myself. I am about 25 miles from the local broadcast towers. I am going to mount it outside and will let you know how it does in my area. Thanks for posting.
@@NorthcoasterHobby Will do. I was going to try and get to it this last weekend but the temps were in the middle 90's. Since this will be a "new" installation I know it will take me a while to get it done and just didn't feel like dealing with the heat. Supposed to be much cooler this weekend so with any luck I should be able to get it done. Will keep you posted.
@@NorthcoasterHobby I was able to get this installed this last weekend. There are some good sized hills, lots of trees, and the town I live sits down in a valley of sorts, so there are some challenges to getting reliable reception in my area. I have to say for the smaller size it seems to do very well. I have one VHF channel that I am not picking up as of now, but I probably just need to get it aimed just right. For less than $40.00 it seems to work well. This also tells me that if in the future if I decide to go with a larger antenna I should not have any issues. Thanks again for your original post.
Stacking two of these antennas SHOULD increase to length to pick up and recieve UHF signals, why not? I have one of these, however I'm waiting for the time to mount it on my 30 ft tv tower pointed towards Youngstown, Ohio while the more straight, flat tv antennas will be set stationary towards Steubenville Ohio and one stationary towards Pittsburgh. They're all ready to go, just need to get my tower down and begin work on it.
Good luck fella with your adventure on reception. Hope you get all the channels possible in your area. I will have to make me one just for the heck of iit. Good day and peace too. vf @@danbasta3677
I bought this antenna on sale from Walmart for about $20 and it actually exceeded my expectations, the area I live is normally bad for over the air television (roughly 40 miles from a transmitter sitting on top of a mountain while living at the base of a valley) without a large antenna but I actually managed to pick up at least 30 (mostly UHF) channels without an amplifier and about 50 with a cheap amplifier when mounted outside near the roof
Not a bad Antenna at all. You should review the Televes VZenit Mix Antenna that runs about $75. We switched from the RCA to the Televes VZenit Mix Antenna
You probably have antennas where the signal fluctuates a lot more. 6ABC here just increased their power so maybe that could pick it up being not that far from the transmitters.
@@NorthcoasterHobby I heard some stories that in Canada TV stations since digital transition broadcast with lower power than in USA. Is it true or it's only in some areas of Canada?
@@NorthcoasterHobby If most people have cable/satellite subscription it is understandable but OTA television especially UHF band must be high powered, except local stations.
@@gripper32001 It’s a directional antenna. I doubt you will get any pickup from the back. Maybe if your markets are 45 degrees apart, that’s about the maximum pickup beam for this type of antenna, at best.
@@NorthcoasterHobby Thankx. I’ve been using it for about a year now. One Direction I get six channels and the exact opposite direction I get about 13 channels. What do you recommend to get both directions at the same time?
@@gripper32001 That’s good you’re getting something from 2 directions. Have a look at this one: www.nesselectronics.com/products/televes-panel-antenna-108381-4-bay-dipole-array-uhf-lte-filter-multi-driectional You could also combine two antennas and aim each in a different direction.
@@gripper32001 A diplexer or an A/B switch. Options for combining 2 TV Antennas into one Coaxial Cable ua-cam.com/video/dym7UAR22ug/v-deo.html Or there is a state of the art combiner called the SmartKom from Televes. It costs about $200.
lol why still with the labelling of support with ATSC 3.0 and 4K if any antenna doesn't matter the size or year is compatible with all the signals worldwide as long as have the required bands that is used for broadcasting and needed gain
one of my favorite little antennas. I use it to pull in the ABC affiliate here in Atlanta. It's mounted in my attic. For a while, I used it for 3 stations, but thanks to the SmartKomm, I get a much better signal on the other stations on a different antenna. This little one is still going strong. I'm 28 miles from the towers, through the forest, down the hill, and in the attic. All things considered, it does an amazing job.
Use this antenna in the attic. It was okay being about 28 miles from the stations. Added a second walmart GE Yagi style also attic mounted about 20ft apart and 4ft higher. Still just ok. Then I added a 7db amplifier. Boom! Now I pick up all local channels Crystal clear, no pixels. Wish I added the amplifier a long time ago. It was from our old house and was in a box. I disconnected it from that house as it was just mounted to the wall there and not being used. I really didn't know what it was until I finally looked it up. Glad I found it in that box again.
Back in the analog days I had my antennas installed in the attic. The FM and VHF High antenna did very good, crystal clear picture. but on UHF only channle 26 I got in clear, channel 33 was acceptable and channel 42 it was a disaster. Maybe because I only had a 5 elements UHF antenna but once I mounted on my rooftop all 3 UHF channels had crystal clear picture. So only my VHF antenna remained in the attic.
In the digital era if you want to mount a UHF antenna in the attic make sure you have a built in amplifier at least 20 dB, otherwise mount it outdoor.
0:00 wow 4K and 8K, excellent to bad only a few countries broadcast in 4K and experimental, 8K is only availble on internet and satellite (Turkey and Japan).
I just picked this up myself. I am about 25 miles from the local broadcast towers. I am going to mount it outside and will let you know how it does in my area. Thanks for posting.
I’d be interested to hear how it goes for you. Thanks for watching!
@@NorthcoasterHobby Will do. I was going to try and get to it this last weekend but the temps were in the middle 90's. Since this will be a "new" installation I know it will take me a while to get it done and just didn't feel like dealing with the heat. Supposed to be much cooler this weekend so with any luck I should be able to get it done. Will keep you posted.
@@jeffreyjones6409 Sounds good.
@@NorthcoasterHobby I was able to get this installed this last weekend. There are some good sized hills, lots of trees, and the town I live sits down in a valley of sorts, so there are some challenges to getting reliable reception in my area. I have to say for the smaller size it seems to do very well. I have one VHF channel that I am not picking up as of now, but I probably just need to get it aimed just right. For less than $40.00 it seems to work well. This also tells me that if in the future if I decide to go with a larger antenna I should not have any issues. Thanks again for your original post.
@@jeffreyjones6409 Thanks again for watching, and for letting me know how it’s going.👍
Nice review. It seems very fair.
Thank you.👍
This looks like my ge pro i rave about. This looks nice. I wonder how it would do in my area. What the price on this?
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Do you think using two of these antennas really increase the distance to receive signal at 70 miles Sir ??? Thanks
No, a larger antenna with more elements would be needed.
Got it fella. @@NorthcoasterHobby
Stacking two of these antennas SHOULD increase to length to pick up and recieve UHF signals, why not? I have one of these, however I'm waiting for the time to mount it on my 30 ft tv tower pointed towards Youngstown, Ohio while the more straight, flat tv antennas will be set stationary towards Steubenville Ohio and one stationary towards Pittsburgh. They're all ready to go, just need to get my tower down and begin work on it.
Good luck fella with your adventure on reception. Hope you get all the channels possible in your area. I will have to make me one just for the heck of iit. Good day and peace too. vf @@danbasta3677
I bought this antenna on sale from Walmart for about $20 and it actually exceeded my expectations, the area I live is normally bad for over the air television (roughly 40 miles from a transmitter sitting on top of a mountain while living at the base of a valley) without a large antenna but I actually managed to pick up at least 30 (mostly UHF) channels without an amplifier and about 50 with a cheap amplifier when mounted outside near the roof
That’s great!
Not a bad Antenna at all. You should review the Televes VZenit Mix Antenna that runs about $75. We switched from the RCA to the Televes VZenit Mix Antenna
I actually plan on reviewing the V Zenit Mix antenna soon, thanks for watching.
Where did you get it for 75$ I'll buy it right now
@@dmo848 I bought it from Menard’s.
@@dmo848 Home Depot, also Solid Signal website. It's a great Antenna
Importànt!If you use the aluminum shorting strap on the VHF elements It cancels out VHF signals & or shortens the range. I have tried it both ways
Yes- it’s easy to get this mixed up during assembly.
You probably have antennas where the signal fluctuates a lot more.
6ABC here just increased their power so maybe that could pick it up being not that far from the transmitters.
ABC 6 Philadelphia. I watch the live newscasts on their app sometimes!
I have this antenna and I get 63 channels, One time it had 81 channels come in!
I have one of these antennas an can pick stations 60 miles away an have no pixelation 40 miles is very easy to recieve
Would you recommend this or the GE that is a similar design?
I like this one better. But your location, any obstructions, and distance from the transmitter towers are all factors in choosing an antenna.
Any idea why your stations are such low power? Even the vhf lo lptv stations in my market are 3kw.
I’m in Canada. OTA television is an afterthought up here for the most part.😄
@@NorthcoasterHobby I heard some stories that in Canada TV stations since digital transition broadcast with lower power than in USA. Is it true or it's only in some areas of Canada?
@@Nicholas_Chris In our area the power levels are low. Overall OTA television has been forgotten about in Canada, unfortunately.
@@NorthcoasterHobby If most people have cable/satellite subscription it is understandable but OTA television especially UHF band must be high powered, except local stations.
Will it pick up in 2 different directions?
@@gripper32001 It’s a directional antenna. I doubt you will get any pickup from the back. Maybe if your markets are 45 degrees apart, that’s about the maximum pickup beam for this type of antenna, at best.
@@NorthcoasterHobby Thankx. I’ve been using it for about a year now. One Direction I get six channels and the exact opposite direction I get about 13 channels. What do you recommend to get both directions at the same time?
@@gripper32001 That’s good you’re getting something from 2 directions. Have a look at this one:
www.nesselectronics.com/products/televes-panel-antenna-108381-4-bay-dipole-array-uhf-lte-filter-multi-driectional
You could also combine two antennas and aim each in a different direction.
@@NorthcoasterHobbyDo I need anything special for two antennas?
@@gripper32001 A diplexer or an A/B switch. Options for combining 2 TV Antennas into one Coaxial Cable
ua-cam.com/video/dym7UAR22ug/v-deo.html
Or there is a state of the art combiner called the SmartKom from Televes. It costs about $200.
lol why still with the labelling of support with ATSC 3.0 and 4K if any antenna doesn't matter the size or year is compatible with all the signals worldwide as long as have the required bands that is used for broadcasting and needed gain
It’s all marketing buzzwords.
@@NorthcoasterHobby yep, marketing and perhaps a guidance for consumer
Too bad I'm a bit remote, as these are around $40 US.
Yes, a larger antenna with more elements is better suited for longer distances from the broadcast signal.