Onn 150 Mile Outdoor HD TV Antenna Setup and Review
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- Опубліковано 2 жов 2024
- This is a review of the Onn "150 Mile Range" Outdoor TV Antenna with built-in rotor. You can find it for $50 at your local Walmart and it seems to be very promising but how well does it work in the long term?
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Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married. The Ceremony wasn't much, but the reception was excellent.
My grandparents had a Channel Master aerial, amp and rotator for all of my life. I don't remember them ever having a single issue with it in over 30 years. Always buy quality.
Heinzkitz Velvet how many channels they get
An estimate
Thanks for your, to the point, review & demonstration. I got rid of cable TV, 15 years ago. I bought the biggest roof top antenna that Radio Shack offered. The guy that installed it is
gone now and I wondered what I'd do if I needed antenna service or replacement. Seeing your article is reassuring that I'll be able to get a good antenna when the time comes.
Growing up in Brooklyn NY, LINE OF SIGHT FOR A ROOF ATTENNA was key. My antenna was on a 40 foot pole to get over the buildings. This guy knows what he is talking about, take it to heart.
Thanks for being such a no nonsense straight shooter of facts and information. I can see your frustration with the garbage manufacturers but keep in mind that this is the career path that you've chosen and without the consumers being mislead, you may not have the customer base that you do. The marketing departments of these companies are very good at convincing the general public to buy their products and you're not quite the global sensation necessary to stop them. My particular area has no cell service and virtually no broadcast service, but I still enjoy watching your videos and support what you do. I personally hate commercials so I don't mind streaming what I need to although I wouldn't mind sports being available because the streaming rates for that are outrageous. Good luck, remain calm and thanks again for all you do.
This is why I love people and life. We all have interests and they can be widely different. Here is a man who loves antennas and antennae accessories and is exploring this passion to its fullest. Keep up the great work and passion, Antenna Man!👍
I think he does it for a living.
Just like this one guy that loves to sell propane and propane accessories. Has his own show too.;-)
@@jimmybravo3916 Glad you got the reference! My sentiment is genuine.
I had to reply and like. It was 66 likes with 6 replies. Not good.
@KickingAssDaily Being passionate about something doesn't mean you have Aspergers.
Great video. I only wish I would have seen this 3 years ago. I’ve gone through so many antennas and spent so much on them before I tried 2 of the ones you have recommended on amazon. For my antennas I bought my own separate pre-amp from Channel Master. I never have a single issue getting all 13 English stations in my area now.
You know your stuff! As a broadcast engineer, I've been telling people the same thing about tv antennas - no such thing as a digital tv antenna. Great vid!
Bob H yes, an aerial is an aerial! As I found out a few years back when our aerial needed replacing on the top of our roof, it was only receiving about 15 channels, and was rusted up, and wasn’t a high gain. We bought a new high gain aerial and put it in the same place as the old one, got 135 stations now, including radio. Happy days!
But there’s no difference between the old and new, apart from it’s a high gain and it’s not rusty 😂
@@jonnygti 135 channels...yeah, right (and all but 3 or 4 are SD (480) which is HORRIBLE looking on big-screen HD TV)
@@jimbritttn your saying out of 135 channels, only 3/4 channels are HD? If that’s what you’re saying then you’re completely wrong, I don’t know exactly how many HD channels they are on freeview, but it’s a lot more than 3/4. And the picture quality depends on the tv, cheaper sets look worse on SD than a more expensive one for example. Mine is not cheap, nor is it really expensive, but the SD channels are perfectly watchable, from a reasonable distance away from the tv.
@@jonnygti I can get 18 channels and only one is 1080, 3 are 720 (semi-HD) and the rest are 480. I have some of these local channels on DirecTV and they are twice as bright and clear there than off the antenna.
This clear, no B.S. description, demonstration, and information makes this a TOTALLY PROFESSIONAL video. Thanks Man!
Great Video! Keep up the Great Work!
I've seen that "antenna" before! That's the thing that the soldiers of Ming The Merciless used to fire at Flash Gordon when he went to the planet Mongo. It didn't have a 150 miles range then, either.
Since we can't afford cable TV, my sister sent me one of those antennas that are supposed to give a person reception from nearby signals. Thus, here I am on You Tube.
the antenna man is the man
Great video. I'm lucky, I have one of those old rotary antenna's on my roof, I did have to replace it but that was it's twenty years ago. Since then its been through wind and snow and ice. I'm a believer in those old antennas
Hey antenna man, love your videos. As a ham radio operator, i have been experimenting with antennas for over 50 years since my CB days. I have installed 1/2 wave CB antennas on abandoned forest ranger towers, and parked my car in the focal point of a cable tv antenna array as well as made wifi antennas in the pre-security days to check my emails while camping using a found signal. Your site is very helpful and interesting...you really know your subject...great work!
I have an old radio shack U/V LPD antenna. It is almost 30 years old. the channels in our area have moved to the UHF band due to the digital conversion, so the LPD portion does not do much good. We have lost the upper part of the UHF Yagi and and it still gets all the locals and sometimes the stations about 65 miles away. You are right that the HG designation is just a marketing gimmick. Keep up the great videos.
I had this antenna when we first tried OTA and it did okay. We are about 55 miles from Portland OR so the signals are pretty strong. The antenna worked for about 3 years but then on rainy days we started noticing a loss of signal which would get better when things dried out. I went up on the roof and checked my connections and cables and all seemed fine. I took down the antenna and opened up the case to see what the issue might be; the problem turned out to be moss growing IN the antenna. When it rained, the moss would get soaked and shorted out the metal components. After the rain stopped it would dry out and the signal returned. I replaced the antenna with a Mohu Air 60 which is weather- proof and to this date all has been great.
Great video! You are Very Straightforward and Honest. You explain everything very plain and easy to understand. Thanks.
I built a Log Periodic TV -FM band antenna as a teenager and I use to pick up FM signals from as far as 310 miles away from where I live .I recorded the musical programs and the quality was so good that I could replay the Cassettes at parties .I live in Guyana and the FM Stations were in Trinidad about five of them.The antenna height was around twenty feet above my Galvanized roof.
Isn't Guyana where the Jim Jones cult was?
@@susiearviso3032yeah
I guess the 150 mile range antennas are for Flat Earthers, since they're immune to the curvature of the earth.
@Greenberg the Almighty Politics? This ladies and gentlemen, is why you stay in school.
@Greenberg the Almighty
Talking about yourself I see.
LoL, there are 10 types of people on Earth.
Those who know the definition of political and those that don't.
Tho some say that that's merely *opinion* 🤣
Flat earth morons. Can't tell the difference between facts and politics.
@@sirjames8779 AND SPINNING BALL BELIEVERS ARE THE GULLIBLE AND TOO LAZY AND TOO STUPID TO THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
I use an antenna for my TV. I get around 38 channels and and am very pleased. no cable or satellite bills. And I grew up in the day when there were only 3 or 4 channels to choose from.
Regarding line-of-sight TV signals: I live in Vero Beach, Florida, and I can remember when my family moved here in the mid-1980s. Back then it was analog TV, and before my folks got cable we were able to get free-wave TV from Miami, West Palm Beach, and Orlando. Those distances were about 130 miles for Miami, about 90 miles for West Palm Beach, and about 90 miles for Orlando. We were able to get those stations with just rabbit ears and a UHF hoop on our TV. My dad (r.i.p.) knew all there was to know about television in those days, and he once explained why we were able to get Channel 44 in Tampa (135 miles) in the Channel 17 slot (I don't remember what he said, though). Channel 44 came in snowy, as they used to say, but we got it. I'm not up to snuff on the science and technology behind all this, but what I've seen seems to be a little at odds with what's been said here.
Bro i took an indoor RCA black square antenna an put it outside with a couple bags over it an stuck it on a 15 foot pole. Best antenna ever lol
Drew V the most important thing really is height and location. When I lived in Tempe I was on the 2nd floor & my bedroom window faced South Mountain, where all Phoenix TV transmitters are. I simply hung one of those outside the window and ran coax around the room to a splitter by my bedroom TV and across the ceiling into my living room and got great reception. Located near either TV the antenna was nearly worthless.
It's good to see someone who actually understands telecom.
Mine has lasted eight years and still going strong.
What about the ClearTV one they push on TV all the time
Mine too it a dam nice antenna for the money the onn for 35 bucks walmart. This guy is a installer. I have tested to the channel master 100 with the 777 amp and the onn does dam good. Both inside at 16 feet. The onn easy and small. The 100 big and big. Both pick up same channels
Thanks for the info, I live in So. Ab. and have been looking for an antenna for this area, I was happy to see our local stations pop up. I will be checking out more of your videos to help me so that I can get a decent one that will work.
One of the best reviews of anything I have ever seen....thanks
Thanks for the support, I really appreciate it.
Very helpful and informative video. Thank you for posting.
I wondered about that antenna. I currently am using the Clearstream max 2 and wondered if this antenna was more powerful. I am glad to know they are about the same in reception. my Clearstream is 4 years old and working awesome.
I’ve had the same antenna on my roof for over three years now and it works great. It cost $25 and that included an amplifier. I get about 80 Atlanta stations from about 40 miles away.
Where did you get your antenna and what brand?
I got mine at Walmart had mine 3+ years now works great. Pick up Huntsville AL and Nashville TN stations. Sometimes I have picked up Jackson TN 100 miles away and Birmingham AL 150 miles away. Dam good for 35 bucks! Up stairs bedroom about 16 feet from ground inside.
jeddito cornplanter Brand does not matter they’re probably all made in the same place. Look at the one being shown and purchase the version that does not have plastic and you will be surprised. I paid $70 for the newer Better built version with no plastic it works 50% better. And I thought the old one worked great.
I bought a thrift store 1989 Archer 75 roof top antenna that was marketed by Radio Shack in the 1980s. I pointed the antenna to where the most stations are and scanned. I got 41 channels in liquid smooth, beautiful resolution. There is no such thing as a, "digital antenna," regardless of what the nice salesperson told you at the electronics store. The digital signal is within the band of the old analogue signal. Everyone that was told to buy a, "digital antenna," for the new signal was lied to and taken advantage of. My 1989 antenna picks up way more channels than the new antennas. Nothing beats the old yagi antennas for television.
You should do a video on that. Let people see that the older model works better.
@@rocistone6570 People will just say, "You attached it to a new antenna and have the old antenna on the roof for looks." I have had my boss call me a liar because I told her the old antenna works better than the new scam antennas. I do not like her anyway. But she keeps my cheques coming in.
Love your honest reviews, especially that you show exactly how you've improvised a repeatable (somewhat repeatable considering weather variability) test setup. Transparency and honesty are key ingredients to any good review.
Not a problem, just a story about my antenna installation:
I live in Central Ohio in a small rural town (pop. 11,000) next to a metal sided, 3 story warehouse and a grain elevator which effectively blocks signals from Columbus (40 miles away) but I have clear line of sight to Dayton (37 miles). My installer erected a Channel Master 4228HD 80 (now called EXTREMEtenna 80) on a chimney mounted mast about 7 years ago. It was one of the first of the pretty Chinese 4228's he had installed and he was fairly honest about the fact he was hoping CM would ship him one of the last of the not-as-pretty, but better designed, Indiana built 4228's. Sure enough, his fears were warranted: 2 years later the signal started failing. I call the installer, he comes out and sees that the Chinese designed balun is flooded with rain water; the instructions that come with the antenna tell you to install it upside down! He reinstalled in, did what he could to waterproof it, and added an inline CM amp and I've been good to go ever since. However, I know that the 4228HD will eventually need a replacement.
Yeah, I have an indoor flat antenna that claims a 120 mile range. It works well as long as i position it high in the house, but I'd say 60-70 miles is more accurate. For $20 it works well enough.
I have an old school antenna, works great , these new ones are junk
I have one from over 20 yrs get 8 or more
@@donnarachiele1226 I get 53 channels on my old antenna. That's minus ten religion channels. Lol
I have a 10 yo made in USA it’s been up the roof since no issues. Tried a made in China with rotator installed in my attic and the plastic parts were brittle in 6 months just in the attic. Don’t waste money and time on made in china they’re junk.
@@davidk1579 And how many channels are in English? LOL!
I remember many years ago we used a metal coat hanger and it worked.
Back in the 1980's I used 100 foot speaker wire for my antenna. I split the wire down the middle & ran 1half clockwise around the room & take the other half & ran it counterclockwise. ...
Tinfoil and rabbit ears..lol I remember being the antenna boy during the big games..lol
Mom had a nice tv that used a metal pen as an antenna. Of course, she was about 1.5 miles line of sight from the empire state building.......
I bought this antenna about 2 months ago. I agree, the preamp & rotor suck. However, I installed an amp & it works great!! It sucked in 95% of the available channels here in the Denver area, 68 channels. Mine is roof mounted 5 ft pole. No need to rotate it!! It picks up signals within 20-40 miles in a 360° range!
this guy speaks the truth people. listen to him.
For decades both Channel Master and Winegard have been the best quality antenna makers ever! Yes they cost more and that's because they are that good!
Yep they are quality built but they dont pull in even half the channels that small antenna he's showing does but it has to be outside not in like hes got it
You just can't beat an old school long boom yagi antenna up high on a mast or tower.
Rich B. We used to wrap antenna on tv top with foil; it worked!
Don't forget a good low-noise masthead preamplifier.
35 years ago I had a setup like that and was picking a T.V. station 200 miles away. most of it was flat open land and back then there was a lot less interference. If I toggled the channel between 77 and 78 I would pick up analog cell phone calls from a tower a mile away
Got a basic 75 mile yagi antenna. Put it up on a securely grounded mast, and, pointed it properly. It helps if your "line of sight" to the tv transmitter is not obstructed by trees or other objects.
I bought an old thrift store Yagi antenna for over the air television. My nosey neighbours told me it would not work. I do not know how they figure that out. The digital signal is within the band of the old analogue signal. There is no such thing as a, "digital antenna," regardless of what the nice salesperson said at the electronics store. I pointed the antenna to where the most stations are and scanned. I got 41 beautiful channels for free. They paid for a stupid looking small, "digital HD antenna," and they only get 28 to 30 channels. I paid almost nothing for my thrift store yagi. They paid enough to fill up a large sedan with petrol and it is inferior.
I'll confirm that it's junk, The rotor control is a remote with two buttons. Presumably it will rotate clockwise with one button and counterclockwise with the other. Sometimes it does but most of the time it will pick a random direction to rotate. This makes it hard to peak a signal since it may just continue rotating in the same direction with the other button. There is no indication of the direction it is pointed so mount it where you can see it. I agree it doesn't look like it would hold up outside but can't confirm that yet. I got it at Wall-Mart and it's no wonder they didn't have a display model, just had to go by the picture on the box.
I installed a GE Pro Outdoor Antenna 70 mile range and perfect reception. I ran the cable to the inside to connect with existing cable connections and it worked on all existing cable plug ins. Had to readjust it once due to a bad wind storm. People think I have cable because the picture is so good on a 55 inch TV. I don't pay cable lol!
Great video! I own an Onn brand antenna like that, it used to work good when I was brand new. Bought it a Walmart back in December of last year. Stopped pulling certain channels that it used to. I agree with you on this antenna, it is a piece of junk. I bought it to replace a homemade VHF tv antenna that used to pull in the Heartland channel on WOFT 8-2. The new antenna picks up fine.
looks like the gun the little alien had on bugs bunny.
Yes, UHF gun. Marvin the Martian. What are they not telling us?
Marvin the Martian
cool you used to watch bugs bunny too.man thats back when sex was safe and motorcycles would kill you.now they,ll both kill you.
LMAO
That little alien's gun lasted far longer than this antenna.
I agree totally! Wife bought one of these. I put it up. Our RCA antenna picks up about 20-25 channels at about 50 miles. This picked up about 2-3 channels at the same distance, even though it was about 15 feet higher. Don't waste your money.
Thanks for an honest review.
When I lived in Sheboygan, WI I was able to receive signals from Chicago, IL & was picking up signals from Indiana with a regular antenna. ...
i live in milwaukee, how would i get chicago stations ? thank you........
You 1st have to have an antenna that has 100 plus mile range, atenna rotater, but the most important thing is to have is a 4 way UHF/VHF/FM Amplifier 50-900MHz. ...
My grandparents had a Channel Master aerial, amp and rotator, in Southeastern Indiana, for all of my life. I don't remember them ever having a single issue with it in over 30 years. Always buy quality.
@@michaelrosier5379 cool - will do, thank you......
You are going to break the flat earthers hearts with this talk of horizon lines
Remember "Digital Ready" stereo speakers from the 80's? 😄
Oh yeah. They sold tons of them with that spiel.
How about the quadraphonic add ons to stereo systems. The only true quad sound was 4 tracks from my reel to reel tape recorder and a 4 channel amplifier. I only got to hear the tape one time in true quad. My headphones tore up and I gave two speakers to my nephew. And kept two for my stereo. You have to have a room set up for quad enjoyment.
That was an excellent, basic explanation. The real physics explaining antennas can be quite complex, but it all boils down to your very excellent explanation, and I love how you cut to the chase...there is no such thing as an HD antenna and TV signals are limited by line of site. It is all pretty basic and easy to understand with a little common sense. We need more people like you that cut to the chase and make people use a little reasoning on their own and not expect to be spoon fed facts,otherwise they buy not only overpriced antennas, but also they buy into the crap that politicians try to sell them. Folks, boil things down to the basics, use a little common sense before you buy or vote.
I used this one as proof of concept before I put up a real antenna. Found the right spot and how many channels I could get before putting up the big 8” winegard Works great for that at the price.
We used to live in Newton Township, PA used a radio shack rotating antenna in early 1970's and picked up the(uhf) wnep, wdau, wbre, and we could rotate the antenna and pick up Binghampton, NY stations on vhf !!!
I was able to get a Plattsburgh station from Saratoga once using this antenna on a 25 foot pole.
@M Detlef not that I remember
There tower was on top of a mountain and the signal was able to go down the river
It was the only one from Plattsburgh that I could get but I could get it regularly
it was strange because so many other stations locally were impossible to get because of the terrain
The contrast between the Northeast and the southeastwe're down in South Carolina and Florida you can pick up stations hundreds of miles away with no problem because the land is flat
one of the ham radio operators was able to pick up low-power transmissions in the five watt and less range over an area 300 miles in diameter in Florida using a 50-foot mast
In Upstate New YorkI could not pick up stations that were three miles away because there were 700 foot mountains in between me and the station
@@ocsrc those antennas work ok in the attic where the antenna is covered from severe weather. You cannot have a metal roof though.
40 or 50 miles it's ok. I still have a few channels that show good bars but no picture or sound. Buyer beware no 150 miles unless you live on a mountain top. Then a coat hanger will also work.
When talking antennas theres simply no replacement for size...a great big roof mounted Winegard has always been the best choice.
Size rules. U must have HEIGHT and line of sight. There's nothing more to it. .. .
These antennas were designed to "Sell".
Not designed to "perform".
Thousands, maybe millions of these have been sold.
Mission accomplished !
Mission accomplished is right. This is the top selling "HD antenna" on Amazon.
Yes, and sell they do. Why? Stupid people !
Just like fishing lures are designed to catch fishermen, not fish.
@@jerrygrimes8813 Bingo
@@jerrygrimes8813 Hey, That's a good one.
It doesn’t matter what box,antenna, spaghetti dish you get. You will only be able to get 2 types of channels; home shopping network and the weather channel. Apparently these 2 channels have been tested in advance to survive an apocalypse other than cockroaches. All for $99.99.
Over 50 years ago my grandparents had a fixed antenna on their roof and got Detroit and Windsor Canada which were about 60 miles away. They were usually pretty clear depending on weather. My question is: Are the new digital signals harder to get in clear? I have a new police scanner and it's not as clear as my first one from 25 years ago. A radio station that I used to have no problem pulling in from 50 miles away hasn't been clear since they "upgraded" their transmitter.
Thanks for your honest reviews.
A good old fashion antenna is still your best bet for quality TV reception!
I've converted an old VHF analogue antenna that's designed for tall towers to digital, worked a treat for UHF even though it wasn't meant for digital
Not really. Those old-fashion antennas were designed back in the 50's when there was no digital signal, only analog. TV antenna design has evolved a lot since then.
@@robertogalvez3865 Sorry
The signal is not digital. Its still analog. Only the modulation is digital. Old antennas work fine.
Junk
I've still got my big Radio Shack outdoor antenna up in my attic pointing SE from the North Hills of Pittsburgh that I bought back in the '90s when I cut the cable. I get 42 stations. WTAE is the hardest to get because of the hilly terrain between my house and its transmitter.Before HD it was grainy but watchable. In HD it's perfect.
They probably mean 75 miles one way then turn it around and you get 75 miles that way. I had the Walmart version of this antenna. Junk!
EVERY version of this antenna is JUNK. I put rabbit ears on my roof (single story home) and got more channels than this piece of sh#t. What does that tell you?
Yes this product is crap. Water got all inside the unit and fried it. Corroded everything. It picked up channels well but isnt built to last. Junk
That sounds reasonable(but even still 75mi... no, not happening) but you gota know the Marketing department is counting on the baboons who see the 150mi claim on the box and ignorantly believe 150mi in the direction its pointing.
Like most things in life, its circumstantial!
You are on the right track, Purple Turkey, but off a little still. It's 150 miles with 360 degree rotation. It picks up about .42 miles, and covers 360 degrees or 360/150.
TV stations can be picked up for many miles beyond line of sight under certain weather circumstances like tropospheric ducting. I've picked up stations over 100 miles under those conditions but it's not an everyday thing
Hey! What antenna did you do that with? A big Yagi?
That's a lie
I’m running a channel master cm3020 with a channel master cm7777 amplifier up around 25 feet
I bought this antenna. It does pick up some TV with the RF amp off, but more with it on. The remote controlled rotor quit working after no more than a few days use. It will still rotate, but not using the remote control (the button on the RF Amp has to be used -- that means I have to put the RF Amp out the window to be able to rotate the antenna where I want it, because I can't see where the antenna points from inside). I think the remote failure is due to its receiver in the antenna unit. I use this antenna attached to a travel trailer. A heavy regular antenna would be more difficult to mount. The antenna is mounted on a plastic pole originally meant for a long arm chain saw. Thus the pole is not groundable. That means any ground has to come off the coax braid. But what I have done is just leave some of the coax lying on the ground.
I think I should try a powered rabbit ear antenna inside the travel trailer & see how it compares.
I bought that antenna and for 28 dollars it works great
As far as how long it last I dont no. But of it fails on a year or so I'll get a better one. Right now it is picking up 38 channels
I got an antenna just like that it picks up stations at a hundred miles away but of course I got it 58 feet in the air.
Your gestures while explaining "over the horizon" are perfect! :)
Outrageous storm coming through and still a clear signal!!!
Good job, Tyler!!!
My family bought this exact model ( 'cept in beige plastic) and the rotor broke 2 days after install. Not a problem for me for we have a single story home with a low pitch roof and all of our stations are along the same azimuth . it is ,indeed, pretty bad with the s/n ratio in the preamp.
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If it's poor quality, just mount it in an attic. (that won't help rotor and amp problems though).
Or simply use it indoors in a window. It's obviously not the sort of antenna that you want to put outside, but if it's not exposed to the elements it should last longer.
It wont pick up signals very well up there. Just get a good antenna for the roof and leave this junk at Walmart.
Lisa N you are so right. This is the best advice that one could give. I tried to talk a man out of buying this piece of junk. He was infatuated by the 150 mile range it said on the box.
@@JohnDavis-yz9nq My dad had one of those huge yagi antennas on his roof and it had a rotor. The trees grew and the kids turned the rotor and of course tore the antenna up. We tried the Walmart rotating antenna and it worked pretty good for about a year. It pulled in 65+ miles at night. But of course, then went out. What a surprise.
@@writerpatrick will it work well inside?
I had that antenna once worked good for a while but then I the gears in the motor striped out because the gears are plastic
All preamps amplify both the signal and the noise. The amplifier cannot tell the difference. It also injects its own noise into the signal/noise that it's amplifying. It's all about getting the best signal to noise ratio.
This guy knows his shit. My exact deductions for this antenna... and exactly like he states, "there is no such thing as a 150 mile antenna, nor any such this as an HD antenna".
Any antenna IS a 150 mile antenna, if it is on top of a 300 ft tower, and has amps to restore the signal loss due to the long cable run.
Yeah, my TV antenna is a big roof one from 1983 or 86 before I moved in and it works great! You don't need to rotate it. It's dialed in to get all the major channels and their subs. But they're not electromagnets or even like them. Electromagnets are coils that get driven by power. These receiving antennae really aren't coils that you send power through from the circuit. They are driven by the signals that you're trying to receive. That's not what electromagnets do.
Have 40 year old radio shack antenna works fine and better then some newer ones. Made them in 1970s Airtex of Ohio/ S&A electronics! Height and transmission lines around your house are key along with signal from tv station
Same here. Those old antennas can get stations that small ones can't.
I had a similar one. Antenna worked great. Rotator died after 3 months. You get what you pay for.
You will never get 150 mile range. EVER. the way to do this is with a rare atmospheric phenomena known as tunneling. It happens a few times a year in some areas lasting only few hours at a time.
the "150 mile range" is from 180 degrees. as the man said "70, 80, 90 miles" (0:50 ish)
Isn’t it line of sight, a big tree Oakland a small rise of land disrupts the signal?
The reception may be better in the VHF band off of the back side of that antenna. It is a symmetrical antenna with no directors or reflectors. Those UHF loops on the front of the antenna may actually interfere with reception in that direction.
Look up : backlobe radiation , dipole
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@@richardkittle2346 UHF is mostly LOS yeah. If you get a sporadic E or tropo ducting you can get farther but that's kinda rare. As for me, i can only hit 70cm amateur radio repeaters ~35-40mi away on a 5w HT with an NA-771 or abbree 42.5 inch antenna
mine works great.. better than the other huge UHF antenna I had which only gave me 10 channels.. with this one, I get 22 channels
I would just like to add that using RG-59 cable does not produce a signal as well as RG-6 solid copper. this unit comes with RG-9 cables. RG-6 is used by all satellite and cable companies now because it carries a better high definition signal. I only know this from working for directv and having to go through 6 weeks of training to get a sbca certification to install.
I have had one for 7 months now, live in hilly western pa and I have it on a mast 33 feet high and it works very good- In the early morning hours I can get stations from Penn state,west virginia and ohio- so the range for me is about 120 miles radius with hills and trees. Not bad !
Still kicking myself for having the Antenna taken down off the roof 18 years ago. (Although it was attached to the chimney which isn't a good idea.)
Why is attaching it to the chimney a bad idea?
@@andrewalexander9492 I was told that it can put a strain on the chimney when you have severe weather.
@@andrewalexander9492 Soot coating the metal.
@@Brewskii2117 It is true only when you have a heavy antenna with a long mast like those huge HF antenna for ham radios.
I have an outdoor antenna on my roof since 1977 works great and didn't need too change too a digital. antenna picks up 53 channels.
As many of us keep saying , there are no digital Tv antennas , there are no hdtv antennas , and etc..
Only UHF/VHF antennas.
Yup those digital antennas are just a good gimmick.
Digital antennas usually mean UHF only
Don't know about their antenna, but their tablets are 10/10!!!!
I'm sure there must be different circumstances but while I agree they are very cheaply made, they aren't junk. I live in the Northeast with high storm winds and I have put two of these up with great success. So far they haven't broken, fallen apart or crumbled and everything works fine.
Thanks for the info. Darn good review! 📡👍🏻🧔🏻
I'm waiting for one of the SETI dishes to show up at a government auction then I'll be set. No more rabbit ears for me.
I remember here in Australia the old ones were made from aluminium. They lasted many years.
Nice correspondence video.
Kid you know your stuff👍
For neophytes at this stuff, antenna companies need to tell us in the manual which end of the antenna is the "front"; that is, which end points toward the TV towers you want to bring in.
Is pretty obvious, if you can't figure it out you have no business trying to hook one up.
Looks like 75 Flat Earthers were triggered by this video.
lol thought the same thing when he said your signal fades out due to curvature of the earth, lol flat earthers all mad
they like to be called flattards.
@Greenberg the Almighty I'm proud to be a round Earth Conspiracy theorist.
matthew paine there are 50% off coupons at the edge.... all you can carry.... hurry!!!
@@sighpocket5 Hey Moron, I think the Earth is round, If I thought the Earth was Flat I would be a Flat Earth Conspiracy Theorist.
I just wear a tin foil had with rabbit ears and hold the input wire to the TV while I stand on the roof.
I had my internet and cable turned off for a while and I could not believe how bad antenna TV is it's god-awful not just the signal but the content of the channels
@Good Evil LOL !!!
I made my own antenna out of wire coat hangers, a piece of scrap wood and aluminum foil. Works great.
Great content!
Lol mind blown when I saw all my local networks. Hello from Clarks summit.
I am glad I found your channel. I have been looking for someone like you for over a year and you seem to be the first person knowledgeable about how these things work. Just subscribed.
in the thumbnail it looks like a gun that should be in the new men in black movie.
I have a 9 element Yagi by Winegard up at 15' outside and am able to receive about 27 channels. Have it hooked up to small 17" flatscreen tv I use as a back up in case I lose cable service...many years of reliable service and cost less than $100 for entire hook up. Farthest station that I can reliably receive is about 65miles.
I have this antenna and so far has lasted 3.5 years without issue.
Same Here,Had Mine For Almost 4 Years With No issues.Well Worth the $40 I Gave For it.
@@Rammer_Jammer I installed mine where the Direct TV satellite dish was. Connected a 5' , 2" diameter galvanized pipe painted gray and antenna on top picks up approximately 40+ channels.
Wilkes Barre, PA? Nice! These vids are good, ever consider building your own antenna?
Will that antenna *shoot down starships in near-earth orbit?*
Only within a 150-mile range. Any distance further than 150 miles and you're screwed.
I wouldn't do that! Unless you actually bring them down immediately, they'll probably shoot back.
Only if you go "PEW PEW PEW" when you're pointing it at the sky.
Only if you back it up with a flex capacitor
I'm pretty sure it's 75 miles each direction = 150 miles total
A slight correction:
A noisy amplifier adds noise to the signal. It doesn't just amplify the noise that came with it. Basically it is like someone standing near your microphone going "hissssss" while you talk.
Yes this antenna is cheaply built and will NOT last outdoors. I am pretty sure that a good wind gust could tear it apart. But if you can protect it or put it in the attic as I have, it will last. I pull 30 channels from towers 35-50 miles away through some pretty hilly terrain. It has been the best performing low priced antenna I have found so far, and I have many friends using this antenna with similar success.
its crap i got one dont work out of the money for it too