TV Antenna, ANTOP Outdoor / Indoor Digital Smartpass Amplifier HDTV Antenna 80 Miles Multi-Directional VHF/UHF High Gain Reception with Tools-Free Installation and 40ft High Performance Coaxial Cable

This product seems to be well made and appears sturdy. It was fairly easy to install on the pole which I had made and sunk into the ground & attached to my house. It is about 80 miles to the only television tower around this part of rural northern Montana. It has received 2 local main channels and 9 other channels but did not pull in the other main local channels like Fox, A&E, CNN, etc. When it is cloudy the reception deteriorates and the picture breaks up but still able to hear the audio. It is better than nothing so have decided to keep it. Time will tell as to how well it stands up to the high winds I get from the S.W. The antenna positioning bolt had to be tightened by a socket (15mm) wrench and I also had to use pliers to tighten the two wing nuts on the U-bolt provided to attach to antenna pole because the tightest I could get with a screw driver and my fingers respectively did not withstand the small storm that moved through shortly after I got it all done; the wind was able to tweak the direction of the antenna out of alignment, so had to reposition and tighten everything the next morning. I have it approx. 6' above the height of the eaves of my house and there is nothing blocking the sight-of-line to the tower.

I live 40 miles northwest of Atlanta. I am about 300 feet higher in elevation than Atlanta. It's mountainess and heavy in forestry. I have had two WA-2608 HD Amplified Antennas. Still have the second one and wanted to give this one a try. There are nothing wrong with the WA-2608's at all. They are $25-$35 depending on who you buy them from. They are compact and easy on the eyes. The downside to them (my opinion) is that the materials aren't the highest quality (hence the price) and the rotating motor is very sensitive and the slightest hiccup with it will cause it to burn out and your stuck with a stationary antenna that has a slight wiggle and if wind hits it, you lose signal. The biggest plus with it is that it picks just as many if not that same as this one. If you're on a budget, go for that one and nothing else, trust me.Okay, now on to the Antop 400B. Right off the bat, this antenna looks just like the cellphone box antennas you see on cell towers but smaller. Very simple design and even simpler to install. The two key features of this unit and why I bought is:1). The 3G-4G filter it has. No other brand has such a thing. Why is it important? Well those signals can hurt your reception depending on how many phones or wireless devices are near it and transmitting. Most people don't notice much, but techy people like me see it and it bothers me like an eyelash stuck in my eye. If you turn on and turn off the inline filter, you will notice a channel drop or two as well as a few that may be a tad snowy or reduce their incoming signal resolution from let's say 1080i to 720i to compensate. Again most people don't see much of a difference from 1080i to 720i, but it bothers me like a bad bug bite that won't stop itching. 2). It's Omnidirectional!! Why is that such a big deal for me to yell? Well, that means that no matter which way it's facing, it picks up just as many if not the same amount of channels even if it's not facing the closet broadcast tower to you. This is by far the best feature. Any other antenna, and I mean any other one, needs to be pointed directly towards your closest tower. A few degrees off and your watching nothing but PBS, Spanish or religious channels ( if you're in to that, that's fine and no intention on offending you) and you have this thing you just spent good money on not doing its job to full capacity. Even though it's Omnidirectional, point it the best you can at your closest tower and you are golden.Super Bonus Features!Easy on the eyes. No one even knows what it is and it looks like it just needs to be there. I live in an HOA neighborhood and they can be a little dramatic on outdoor appliance decorations such as Antennas and Satellite Dishes. My backyard directly faces 40+ foot trees that go on for 100 yards before the next clearing. It just so happens that's the same direction as the closest tower to me which is 35 miles away. This thing cuts through those trees like a knife through butter and manages to pick up 43 crystal clear SD & HD channels for Free!! My other Antennas picked up about 3/4 of those channels and when bad weather came along, forget it, they were useless. Also, I used the same mount as the old one on my patio roof which is 15 feet high and it works flawlessley. It's weather proof and water tight so no worries about metal parts and thin plastics corroding and cracking after short term exposure to the elements. One last super bonus which I think all will enjoy and is not advertised by Antop is....Drum Roll Please!!!!!!!! The freaking ability to split the signal multiple times without an amplified splitter and loss of channel quality!!!! I have seven, yes seven (and no I'm not rich) TVs in my house. They range from 24" to 65" and all flat screens. With 90% or more Antennas out there, if you split a signal 2-3 times, you need an inline booster or your pictures look like garbage. Because this has a built in amplifier and because that amplifier is in the antenna and not at your TV or splitter box, the signal does not degrade in the slightest and all outlets receive the same signal, period.Trust me, this unit is worth the $130 hands down. It's the BMW/Mercedes of Antennas. You want the Kia of Antennas (I drive a Kia and love it), then get the WA-2608 and enjoy free TV for 2 years before the materials degrade or the motor burns out and you're on the roof more times than you want to be adjusting it and reprogramming your TVs again and again. I absolutely enjoy free TV and love saving $60 a month on basic cable packages and so should you!!

After a long a search of antennas on the market I settled for this one. From reading the reviews what's clear is if you get what you deem good reception, you love it, if you don't get good reception you hate it. Unfortunately there are factors outside of your control in determining which one will work for you. What I finally determine was the best strategy, is just to make sure that you can return it if it doesn't work for your particular location.With that said, I ordered this one from Amazon, on a Monday, had it delivery on Tuesday. In my situation, I was planning it to be an outdoor installation, but on Tuesday night I of course want to see how it works so did a temporary indoor hook up. I live near the top of Phinney Ridge neighborhood in Seattle. My tv room is downstairs in a half daylight basement. Not a great place for reception. And to make matters worst, the room is located on the far side of house away from most of the transmission antenna. But to my surprise, I picked up about 26 stations and most had great transmission quality, some station had pixelization errors. I'm sure that if I played around with the antenna in the basement I would have found the acceptable sweet stop to put it. I did notice that for even stations that I was getting good transmission, it was susceptible to pixelization error as we moved about. I think that's a testimonial to it high sensitivity. It can pick up signals so weak that objects live people moving in the area effect transmission.On Wednesday, I connected to a temporary location near the roof of the top. I connected outside my house where COMCAST use to enter my home. I received all 26 station with no pixilation errors. There are 4-5 stations that the tv scan finds whose signal is two weak to receive. By the way, we had snow that night in Seattle. The snow did not affect reception.This weekend I hooked the antenna up to its pernament outdoor location (bottom edge 2 feet above pick of house) and hooked up a second bedroom tv. Reception is the same for both tv's.This morning, I turned my CenturyLink prism STB's back to them and shut that service down. I was paying $146 monthly for their service. I no longer have to spend my time scrolling thought the hundreds of entries of stations that I don't get unless I want to even pay more money.For Seattle people, all the major networks broacast at 1080. Some of the more local stations broadcast at 780 and a few at 420. Sure, its not the same amount of content you can get from the cable providers but I'm happier with what I get now from Over-the-Air.So bottom line, I'm very happy with this antenna. What made me go for this one, was, that it had a 75% approval rating, it was multi-directional (I really didn't want outdoor rotor) and it not too unsightly. I was also strongly influence by one review, where the reviewer conjecture that the signal was being amplified back by the antenna. He though, after hearing a relay click sond in the antenna itself, that the power is transmitted to the antenna, where the signal is amplier and that the ampified signal is then sent from the antenna to the tv; as opposed to sending the unamplified signal to the signal booster. I don't know it that's what its doing or not, since non of the antenna manufacturers really describe their antenna design, but if that's true I like the sound of that approach, so that was the sincher for me; and if it did't work, I'd return it a try someone other antenna.The one I purchased is the Antop AT-400B. They is also an Antop 400BV which costs about $50 more and the claims to have a 10 mile less reception distance. I could not really discern a difference between the two so I went for this one. In the Seattle area, an 80 mile antenna might be able to pick up the Victoria, BC transmission towers. I don't think I'm picking up any reception for those towers from my location. The digital broadcast info that I see on my tv doen't make it clear from what antenna the station is being broadcasted from.