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Style: 45 Mile
Pattern Name: TV Antenna
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- The most powerful 2-element bowtie antenna available - 45 mile range [note: location, obstructions, and building materials affect reception]
- Receive free TV from networks like ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, CW, PBS, Univision, MeTV and more in FullHD 1080 where available
- Multi-directional element delivers range and reception in less than ideal locations
- Includes DB2e antenna, all-weather mounting hardware, and instructions (mount and coaxial cable sold separately)
- Lifetime on parts
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The Antennas Direct DB2e Extended range outdoor DTV antenna has twice the power and half the size-makingg it ideal for indoor and outdoor. The DB2e antenna is great for problematic areas such as attics. Conventional wisdom said that no improvement could be made to the bow-tie antenna design. Those misconceptions have been proven wrong with this model that has performance far exceeding original expectations. This antenna is the size of the original DB2 but has the performance of the DB4. The extended range of the enhanced db line can reach out farther and receive additional broadcast channels that you couldn't watch before. The DB2e antenna is light years ahead of the competition. No other compact bow-tie antenna can match the combination of its power, gain and value.
Antenna: Television
Brand: Antennas Direct
Color: Black, Orange, Silver
Number of Channels: 9
Impedance: 75 Ohms
Maximum Range: 45 Miles
UPC:
Manufacturer: Antennas Direct, Inc.
Unit Count: 1.0 Count
Global Trade Identification Number: 08
AntennaDescription: Television
Brand: Antennas Direct
UPC: 070071261686 853748001408 887480247480 763615838634
Manufacturer: Antennas Direct, Inc.
Global Trade Identification Number: 08
Number of Items: 1
Model Number: DB2e
Mfr Part Number: DB2-E
Built-In Media: Db2e Multidirectional Bowtie Uhf Dtv Antenna
Item Weight: 3.25 Pounds
Warranty Description: Lifetime
Unit Count: 1.0 Count
Number of Channels: 9
Impedance: 75 Ohms
Maximum Range: 45 Miles
Color: Black, Orange, Silver
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Style: 45 Mile
Pattern Name: TV Antenna
A great little antenna at a nice price, but if you live in a fringe reception area or below the peak in a hilly/mountainous area, read on. First, the backstory. I cut the cord on Satellite TV (Cable is not available in the rural area where I live) in Sept. 2009 shortly after the HDTV transition. I connected up a Channel Master CM-3016 antenna (a directional, Yagi-style antenna) that was already on the roof attached to the chimney on a five foot mast when I bought the house. I rewired the antenna with RG6 cable and used cheap "twist on" style connectors along with a Winegard AP8275 pre-amp/injector setup powering a 4-way, DC pass-through splitter going to a Silicon Dust HD Homerun (HDHR2) tuner (2 coax inputs, and one Cat 5e network connection output going to my Home Theater PC with Windows Media Center), one coax input went from the splitter direct to my Vizio HD TV, and one input going through a digital-to-analog converter box to an old, analog, tube TV. The setup also was grounded using a 4 foot copper-clad grounding rod with a 1GHz ground block between the antenna and the Winegard injector inside the house (All items are available on Amazon). I live below the peaks of two low mountains in Southwest, VA which are arranged in a kind of herringbone topography with a pass between them (sort of facing the direction of two HDTV towers) and without a direct Line of Site (LOS) to any HDTV towers (more on this in a bit...). My total out of pocket costs for this setup was about $100 (not including the TV, Home Theater PC, and UPS backup), this was equivalent to about two months’ worth of satellite bills at the time. This setup worked great for four-plus years – great picture and unlike satellite, no trouble with reception during bad weather. I was able to receive all available channels in my area, about 21 in all, being transmitted from four HDTV transmission towers, one each at 76 and 80 degrees compass reading and about 5 miles away, and one each at 261 and 262 degrees and about 26 miles away. Recently, we started having trouble being able to record channel 10 (local NBC affiliate), which is a UHF station using the 569 MHz broadcast band and is broadcasting from a tower located at 262 degrees compass reading and about 26 miles away from the house. The signal was reading low in signal strength and in signal quality based on the HDHR2 signal meter (which only provides a % reading, not decibels) in the GUI and recordings were choppy/pixelated as a result – basically un-watchable. The first step I took, and one you should always start with also, was to check the alignment of the antenna as storms with high winds can twist the antenna just enough to reduce the reception. Next always check that all connections are tight, look free from corrosion (common over time with cheap connectors), and that there are no obvious cracks, abrasions, or breaks in the RG6 cable (If you have RG-59, or unlabeled cable you should replace it with RG6 or RG6/U quad shielded, low loss cable). The third step is to ensure that your pre-amp/injector is operating correctly as the pre-amp, the injector, or the AC power block may have failed. The next thing to check/fix is to remove as many tree branches and obstructions as practical from the LOS between the antenna and the broadcast tower(s). I checked the location of the towers by searching online at the Government FCC HDTV web site (http://transition.fcc.gov) for the compass location of the towers and checking that with a compass app on my cell phone as well as cross-checking that with a cheap compass I use for camping. Finally, don’t forget to rescan for available channels on the HDHR/DVR and the TV. Doing these “quick and free” checks/fixes will solve many reception issues. When I checked these items on my setup, there was a little improvement in signal for a couple of channels, but nothing significant – especially for channel 10 which started the whole situation. Bummer! Now the real work began. Before I go on, here is a quick Bottom Line for some/many of you in hilly or semi-mountainous areas without a clear LOS to your transmission towers: Unless you are about 25 miles or less from your HDTV towers and have a direct LOS to the towers (you can see them with binoculars or a telescope), you are going to have to do some experimentation to get a good signal for all the channels you care about (or that are available in your area). Also, if you are nestled somewhere between various mountain peaks without clear LOS, the compass reading is just a guide as reflected signals come into play in your setup and positioning/alignment of your antenna(s). More on this aspect of HDTV signal reception below. Moving on... The next step I took was to replace all of the cheap, twist-on connectors with high-quality, weather-tight, PPC EX6XL compression connectors (available on Amazon along with proper installation tools - and well worth the peace of mind now that I installed them on the cables). Another general, "Rule of Thumb" (ROT) is to raise your antenna higher off the ground. Sometimes, this will help all by itself without further trial and error and can be a quick (and cheap - about $15 for a 5-foot mast extension) fix for reception problems. A couple of other ROTs are to keep your cable runs as short as possible since signal diminishes with coax cable distance (you will most likely need a pre-amp for cable runs over 50 feet), and to limit the number of breaks, connections, and/or splits in the cable as there is a signal "loss" for each connection or split in the cable (about 3 to 3.5 Decibels for each connection or split - this may not seem like much, but is actually HUGE when it comes to getting good recordings with a HDHR and Windows Media Center on a Home Theater PC). Over the past 5-6 weekends (usually just part of one day each weekend, but you get the idea on the time investment…) I have experimented with various combinations of antennas, pre-amps, distribution amps, antenna locations and compass settings for the antenna and so on. As I mentioned, if the “quick and easy” fixes above do not solve your problem, you will (almost certainly) have to experiment with adding/removing different pieces of equipment starting from the antenna down to the TV. Signal reflection from the mountains, trees, and weather (snow, rain, sleet) has made me half-crazy during this trial and error phase, but after five or six weeks of experimentation and testing I have a decent, working setup. It will be far less frustrating if you treat this as a challenge/problem to solve, rather than a quick home repair job (like I did initially). Here is my setup today that is working satisfactorily for my needs (subject to change without notice...): I have one Antennas Direct DB8 and one Antennas Direct DB2e (UHF tuned, “bowtie” type antennas) mounted on a ten foot mast attached to the chimney on my roof – the DB8 is on top of the DB2e. Each antenna has a Winegard SLA-200 Pre-amp attached (keep the connecting cable as short as possible between the antenna and the pre-amp) and they are coupled using a Channel Plus 2512 DC pass-through combiner and using one Winegard injector from an SLA-200 in the house along with one of the included 5 VDC power blocks. I then send the cable through a two-way splitter with one output going to a HD Home Run HDHR3 (it has only one coax input versus two on the old HDHR unit) tuner, and the other output is split with a two-way splitter with one input going to the Vizio TV and the other going to the converter box to the old analog TV in a remote part of the house. With this setup, fully half of my HDTV signal is going to the HDHR tuner for recordings, versus one-third of the signal to the HDHR if I used a three-way splitter (remember that each split results in loss of signal strength). The grounding block and the EX6XL connectors on the RG6 cable remain as before. The key to this setup was to first align the DB8 on the mast for the best overall reception on all channels, and then to connect the DB2e and "tweak" the alignment/orientation of it to get the best overall improvement in reception for the stations I cared most about. The way I did it was to install the HDHR3 GUI Software on my laptop and bring that up on the roof with me (connected with a Cat 5e network cable to my home network so I could read the signal readings off the HDHR3) and tweak the antenna direction while looking at the signal meter. To look at it now, the DB8 is generally facing the two towers of the stations 26 or so miles away (most of my available channels), and the DB2e (I believe) is picking up signals reflected off of the mountains as there are no towers in the direction that antenna is facing – it is facing almost 45 degrees due South of the DB8! The stations from the two towers only 5 miles away come in strong all-around even though they are technically going through the back side of the DB8 and DB2e antennas without the benefit of the signal reflector grid. The bottom line is that now all available stations are getting 100% signal strength and 100% symbol quality, while all have signal quality in the 65-75% range (some channels are on the higher side, some on the lower side of this range…antenna is oriented for best overall reception for all channels) – ideally you would like signal quality to be >75%, but this level is "good enough" to get a reliable picture and reliable recordings through the HDHR3 and Windows Media Center (I have Windows 8.1 installed on the HTPC). Bowtie style UHF antennas are not as directionally particular as Yagi style antennas, but they can’t perform miracles either. All else being equal, more bowties equals more signal reception, but you may have to experiment with combinations of different antennas facing different directions depending on where your towers are located and what is between the towers and your antennas (terrain). For some people, a Yagi and a Bowtie do the trick… It took a while to get here, but as I said, unless your have a clear line of sight and are not too far away, prepare yourself for some experimentation to get a good signal – Over the Air (OTA) HDTV is still way better HDTV picture than cable or satellite since the signal is not compressed, and there is no monthly fee to pay for OTA HDTV. My total out of pocket costs (not including my time over 5-6 weekends) for all of the items used (and unused) from various “experiments” is about $350 – which depending on your cable/satellite charges is probably 4-6 months’ worth of monthly bills. A six-month ROI is worth it to me and between Amazon Prime for movies and such and my DSL line to the internet, I receive all the programming I could ever want. Bottom line, I did a lot of reading and research and a lot of experimenting, and as a result I now probably know as much or more than your typical satellite system or cable installer and I know for certain the exact setup and quality of materials and workmanship in my installation. A good antenna installer likely would have gotten me to this very same place in a day or so, but at maybe $75-100 per hour plus retail costs of all the equipment and materials used it would have been a lot more money overall and I would not know a thing about the setup, thus handcuffing me to the installer when the signal goes bad next time (which mine did with satellite about every 6 months or so). Maybe this write-up will save you some of the time it took me to learn the basics and oddities of OTA HDTV transmission/reception in a less-than-ideal geographic terrain area. Good luck.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2013 by Enlightened Male
Style: 60 Mile
Pattern Name: TV Antenna
do your research well and if you do you will hopefully only need to order once. That is what I did and I am very happy with the DB4E antenna so far. If you are going to cut your cable TV and go with over the air signals (OTA) the biggest piece of advice I would give is this- When you go on to one of the websites, like tvfool.com, that will tell you what digital channels you will be able to receive based on your address, you may see you can get 10 channels or 60 channels. Some people have bought an antenna and complained that they dont receive as many channels as they thought but the vast majority of those digital channels are not major networks but local channels that you may never watch because you never received them when you had cable TV anyway. I live 25 miles SE of the Providence RI broadcast towers and about 50 south of the Boston MA broadcast towers. I tried this antenna in my attic crawlspace and received all the providence channels (PBS, ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX) but the Boston channels were too weak. then tried holding the antenna out a 2nd floor window and picked up the same Providence channels plus the same networks out of Boston but a lot of channels i will never watch like QVC, HSN, Univision, and all those My TV channels that show shows from the 50's-70's because i can get them all on Hulu anyway. I bought a 30 inch mount to mount it on the side of my house and faced the antenna between the Boston and Providence antennas and I pick them all up with great reception. So far, neither rain not wind has affected the reception. wind can throw off your signal a little if the antenna sways back and forth a little so getting a good mount and securing it tightly helps alot. The antenna is almost fully assembled, you only have to attach the clamp that connects to the mount you purchase and it is very easy to do. it is very light weight but even still when you are holding it trying to find that perfect location it does get a little heavy on your hands. Again the most important part of any antenna is know how far away you are from the broadcast towers, which direction is best to receive the best signal, and how high you are going to mount it. the less obstructions and the clearer line of sight, the better the reception. A side note about the reception I got while it was in the attic. I brought my antenna to my fathers house to try in his crawl space and he is only 5 miles closer to the Boston stations them I am but he got a clear signal through his roof while i did not. Even though the antenna says 65 miles+, I knew that trying to go through roofing shingles and foil backed insulation would degrade the results a little bit so i dont blame the antenna for getting that great of a signal when tried in my attic. By cutting out my cable TV and going with the antenna I am saving $104 a month. Keep in mind when you cut out cable, you not only save the cost of the rental of the cable boxes and the service but the taxes and government fees that cable charge to you. getting a digital signal OTA is free to use and there are no extra taxes or fees to pay for every month. UPDATE: i just wanted to report that 2 years later this is still working just like it did the day i bought it and i have not had any issues with reception, minus the occasional pixalation due tot he neighbors trees.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 19, 2014 by K. Cormier
Style: 60 Mile
Pattern Name: TV Antenna
I ordered this antenna because of the many positive reviews, and since I needed a high-gain unit to pull in some rather fringe-area TV stations located about 60 miles South of here. I am in the rugged, mountainous area of Western North Carolina, and most all of my TV stations are located in a Southerly direction, within a few degrees of each other, but not too many obstructions between me and the transmitters. Some are line of sight, but the ones I was after are not. I had an old all-channel antenna that was in rough shape (from numerous ice storms) so I needed something a little more dependable so I went with this one. It came rather quickly, and the box was undamaged and assembly of the antenna was simple. I put it up on my chimney mount, which is about 25 feet from ground level, and we're on pretty high ground as well. In the end, I actually gained 2 stations that I couldn't pick up before with the old antenna, so I'm fairly pleased with this antenna's performance. I also have a decent preamp which does make a difference on this antenna, more so than with my old one. Most all of my other channels come in 5 to 10% stronger with this unit, so it seems to provide fairly high gain, as advertised. It's not really, really directional in my case (which is a good thing) as most of my stations are within 25 degrees of each other in the same general direction, so I'm also pleased with not having to use a rotor with this antenna. I can also pick up a couple of VHF stations with this antenna, and they are stronger than with my old one, which was primarily a VHF unit (strange), but heck, I'll take it! All in all, it performs better than my big old dinosaur all-channel that I had before, which is what I wanted, and it's small size is a definite plus. One glaring negative for this antenna is the way the aluminum connector strip wire is attached to this unit (the wire that connects the different sections of the array, that runs down the center of the metal pole) - - these connections are just pressed against the wire with rivets and simple washers, nothing else - - simply pressured underneath smooth washers. I could actually spin a couple of these washers with my fingers, with some effort, so that says a lot for how tight these connections are. It would seem to me that a good tight riveted or screwed (or even welded) construction with toothed washers would be more conducive to long life in the weather. Even my little el-cheapo UHF bowtie array that I've had in the attic for years is tightly riveted at these critical connections!! I can't see this unit holding up without some seriously bad connections in this linkage after a short time being exposed to the elements, but I'll keep an eye on it and if that happens, it would be easier for me to just fix it than to send it back. For this reason, I did have to deduct a star from an otherwise well-constructed and nicely-performing antenna. This antenna is not exactly inexpensive, and with this rather poor manufacturing flaw (obviously a labor-saving trick) I think there are much better options available at a better price. It would probably work just fine in an attic, or somewhere it wouldn't be exposed to the elements continuously. I have since ordered a Channel Master CM-2016 that picks up almost as well as this unit, for half the price, so, at least in my situation, this antenna works "OK", but was not really worth the extra $$.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2013 by R. Howell
Style: 60 Mile
Pattern Name: TV Antenna
After the latest load of profiteering crap from Comcast, I decided to drop Comcast cable TV and try out some antennas. I first tried the older DB2 antenna in my attic and was able to pull in 9-12 stations, some located nearly 180 degrees apart (zip code 61701), but could not pull in either of the local PBS stations, and am addicted to BBC World News on PBS in the morning, so read the reviews for this antenna, found it really marked down and decided to try it. I put it in my attic using a six foot pipe with threaded ends and a mounting bracket, both from Home Depot (total about $20), and could immediately pull in 16-20 stations, including one of the local PBS stations (there are two, one uhf and one vhf). The UHF station came in clear and strong and the VHF station was identified, but too weak to pull in. They are located about 180 degrees apart. Still futzing with antenna location. I now get more usable stations for free than I had on basic Comcast cable, without a lot of garbage like home shopping channels and religious stations that I would never watch, but was paying for. Wish I had done this years ago! I also purchased the PCT 8-Port Bi-Directional Cable TV HDTV Amplifier Splitter Signal Booster, since after splitting the signal once, I lost 5 channels on my shortest cable run and 9 on my longest cable run. This amplifier let me get 13-16 channels on my longest cable run (including PBS) and all of the channels on my short cable run. Unfortunately, 7 of the 8 ports on this amplifier were DOA. Lucky one port worked, so I could realize how well this amplifier works (if it works). The seller was out of stock on the 8 ports so is sending me two PCT 4 port amplifiers. I will update this review after I receive the replacement amplifiers. HD does look much better OTA and antennaweb.org seems to be mistaken about what antenna I needed. They recommended a directional antenna. Other posts about the strength of the amplifier needed for my setup seemed mistaken as well, or perhaps the amplifier negated some of the assumptions, like having a passive splitter in line. At any rate, very happy with the performance of this antenna in my attic. Wonder what it would have done on the roof? Probably not many more stations as there are no more in range, but maybe greater signal strength, removing the need for an amplifier? Upadate: 1 August 2013. Antenna still working great. Using cheap Walmart cables, so things might get even better if I switched to better cables. Plan to do so on the cable from the antenna to my amplifier/splitter. With regard to the amplifier, I received the two quad port amplifiers and the gain on them is even higher than the gain on the 8 port amplifier (+7db vs +4db). Both work flawlessly and would recommend the quad port amplifier over the 8 port, if you don't need more than four ports. Planning to try chaining the two quad port amplifiers together when I need more than four ports and hope that the gain will be cumulative. Don't know why it wouldn't be, though, not sure that won't cause some noise problems.... Update, October 2021: Still working great. For some reason, I now get 25-30 stations. Maybe more OTA stations than before? I did eventually upgrade my co-ax cables to better quality, but don't know if that helped to do more than improve signal quality, versus signal strength. High recommend this antenna. Update, November 2021: I bought a second house about 40 miles from my current house so bought a second antenna and was able to go from 0 stations to 21 stations with solid reception just by hanging this antenna on the wall in a downstairs room. This antenna is interesting enough to look at that I may just leave it there. Couldn't be happier with this antenna. UPDATE, January 2024: This antenna literally doubled in price since October 2021 from $51.97 to $118! Still a great antenna, but the increase in price is not easy to explain.
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Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2013 by Kindle Customer
Style: 60 Mile
Pattern Name: TV Antenna
I cut the catv cord a few years ago. Since then, I've built 4 antennas and have purchased 2 commercial antennas, including this DB4e. Which antenna is needed is determined by extremely location specific inputs. Nobody else can really provide advice for your specific situation without facts about many details of the location, house, and planned setup (attic, room, outside pole). In short, YMMV. As you can see from my 5-star rating, I think this antenna rocks. Let me explain why below. The house is about 20 miles outside a metro area with VHF and UHF frequencies. Most broadcast towers are in a 20 deg beam at 155 deg from the house. Without any pre-amp, this antenna receives these stations from VHF channel 8 (RF 8 and RF-10), through UHF (RF 19-51) channels 14-69. Under DTV, there are virtual channels that get displayed on the TVs which have absolutely NOTHING to do with the real frequencies used. Hi-VHF reception - yes UHF reception - yes. My homebuilt-DB4 antenna had similar reception capabilities but it is not built for outside installation. The 2x4, romex copper and balum are definitely NOT weather-proof and I doubt the whiskers will hold up in any amount of wind. Plus, my homebuilt antenna doesn't have a rear-reflector - though using a BBQ grill would probably have worked with an attic installation. I'm a nerd for antennas. So, to get great performance in a wide range of situations where a wider beam is needed, this is a great antenna. With the addition of a relatively cheap pre-amp, stations over 50 miles away can be tuned. If you are farther away and need a narrow beam width, there are other antennas like the 43xg (which I also own) that points in a different direction from where the DB4e antenna points. The 43xg does not receive HI-VHF stations. As general advice, visit the TVFOOL website (non-commercial, independent 3rd party), type in your address to see which stations you can expect to receive from your location. This antenna alone, if pointed in the general direction of the broadcast towers, should receive the LOS and 1-edge stations easily, provided that obstructions are minimal (ductwork, metal roofing, trees, hills, mountains, huge buildings). Where I live, there are many channel collisions between the real and virtual stations, so reception of broadcasts farther away is blocked by the tuners (if a closer station virtual channel matches a real RF station, it cannot be tuned). I believe 2-edge stations would be received with a pre-amp. Of course, if there isn't any signal received at all, then no pre-amp will help.
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Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2013 by Anonymouse
Style: 60 Mile
Pattern Name: TV Antenna
We purchased two Mohu Sky antennas in the Spring of 2013 for use at our two homes, both about 35 miles from broadcast towers. Initially we were pleased with the results and glad to be off cable. One was installed in an attic, the other on an antenna mast. In July of 2013, the attic mounted unit failed, going completely dead. MOHU was great in quickly responding to a warranty complaint and we thought our problems were solved. In May of 2014 the attic mount failed again. Both times the unit was completely dead so it would appear the builtin, powered preamp was the cause. We wrote an Email to MOHU support asking for insight on the attic mount failures. After four days without response, and reviewing alternatives, we ordered the DB4E. We received the DB4E quickly and immediately installed the unit on the MOHU mount in our attic. Our channel count increased from 51 to 80! All the important channels for us read well over 90 on the TV's signal meter. The benefits we see are: 1) Better reception on more channels 2) Higher reliability without the need for power to the antenna 3) Simpler installation 4) Half the price The only downside would be the size since the MOHU sky is incredibly small. However the DB4E isn't that large or unsightly to outweigh all its obvious benefits. When our other MOHU fails, the DB4E will be its replacement as well. Still haven't heard back from MOHU support. Update 11/2014 - Well I did get an Email from Mohu asking what they could do to help. However, I purchased a second DB 4 antenna for our Florida home to replace the Mohu we installed in April 2013 hoping to get a couple more PBS stations that are lower in power. In the Chicago area, near all the antenna are located on the former Sears Tower and the antenna was easily pointed to that direction. In Florida, we are half way between Tampa and Ft Meyers, one 4 degrees and the other at 120. The Mohu is much more omnidirectional than the DB4, to the point that although the DB4 picked up the signal better in one direction, it cost me all the signals in the other. Had to send it back and kept the Mohu.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 18, 2014 by HPvet
Style: 45 Mile
Pattern Name: TV Antenna
Updated 8/14/2013; I did not like the mounted location (tough to hide cable wire) so I moved antenna to my garage roof. When I hooked it back up, no signal at all. Turns out I broke a solder joint inside antenna. Apparently there are two very small solder traces that hold the RF connector onto the antenna. Just by moving antenna (with wire attached) I broke both joints. I called manuf (with 800 # they provide on amazon listing) and they promptly sent me a replacement. It requires me to go back on roof and remove the two small bolts that hold the small circuit board on. While this is a very simple fix, it represents an inferior design, in my opinion. I tried to express this opinion to manuf but they were only motivated to ship out the failed part; not listen to end users. For this I am docking them 1 star. With that said, I put this antenna feed into the same exact splitter that was used with my cable. I have 5 branches coming off that splitter. Each TV that hangs off that splitter gets an amazingly crisp picture. I have not tried multiple TV's at the same time. The antenna does indeed work great, with no amplifier, but customer service gets only a grade B. The design issue, seemingly related and perhaps the root cause of broken solder joints, is identified below. ....... END OF UPDATE. I am 35 miles southwest of NYC (according to antennaweb.org). This site indicates the NYC antennas are 54 degrees from my house. I used my android phone, with a cheapie app, to get compass and determine 54 deg. I put the antenna on the 2nd floor roof and tightened the wingnuts on back of antenna (I used the pole that Dish Network left on the roof). WOW! the picture quality EASILY surpassed cable. Yes, I know this is not specific to this antenna but so what, I am very impressed. I moved the antenna around a bit to see how signal varied and I had to rotate almost 90 degrees away from 54 degrees before signal really dropped off. So why 4/5 stars ? The fitting where the cable connects to antenna is very tight and if you have any compression or "longer" connector boot/housing, it is a bit of a pain to get the cable connected while avoiding a 90deg bend in cable. This is not a huge deal as once its connected, you forget about it anyway. I coupled this with this cable (amazon item #: B001URD29I) and cannot believe the picture quality. Its right up there with Blue-Ray!
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Reviewed in the United States on July 22, 2013 by Cust8e0
Style: 60 Mile
Pattern Name: TV Antenna
I cut the cord, got rid of a $140/month DISH bill. I am using Fire TV Recast with Fire Sticks in all my televisions ... a great way to combine OTA DVR with streaming. For streaming I have Netflix, Amazon Prime Video, Disney+ (for my daughter), Apple TV+ (came free with phone), Tubi (tons of free channels), Pluto (more free channels) and, finally, Philo which for $20/month gives me all the prime channels I care about. A lot more channels than I ever had with DISH, and with Philo I can start any program over from the beginning. tvfool.com shows I am 40+ miles from all the antennas in the St. Louis region I care about. They were all coded yellow (attic antenna) or red (roof-top antenna required). I had a 10-year-old large (4' x 8') yagi antenna in my attic that I use with my receiver to pull in FM stereo, so first step was try it. Only got 1 station (and all its subchannels). Then I added the Winegard LNA-200 preamp, pulled in 2 more stations, but they were all the junk stuff, still no ABC, NBC, CBS. After a bunch of research I went with the DB4e. I called Antenna Direct and they said it is better at UHF than the ClearStream 4Max and the UE-MX91 (which is an old design, very directional, good to pull in a single station). The DB8e is slightly better gain, but it becomes very directional, so DB4e is better for most people. I put it up in my attic (very easy, I used Antenna Direct's 30-inch mount just lag-bolted to a rafter), connected the LNA-200, aligned it using a compass, went downstairs and re-scanned channels on the Fire TV Recast. Bam, pulling in every yellow and almost all the red channels, 37 total, more than I need. One more suggestion ... I had my DISH remote set up to control my receiver and Blu-Ray. I considered a high-end Harmony remote but didn't want to have to put the remote in a dock, plus I wanted IR in my home theater (to control projector and lights) and IR in my equipment closet (to control receiver, Blu-Ray, and old Oppo player) and the Harmony only provides IR wherever you place the hub. So I went with the Inteset INT422 for $25 here on Amazon. I pair it with an IR extender/repeater and it all works great. (I still use the Firestick remote, it's great when using Firestick, which is 90% of the time since my OTA is also through the Firestick).
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Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2021 by Audiofirst