Channel Master Digital Advantage 100 – Directional Outdoor HDTV Digital Antenna – 100 Mile Range, Yagi Design, Pre-Assembled, Extra Long-Range Reception Power, UHF/High VHF Support for Free OTA TV

I purchased this antenna to receive both UHF and VHF signals from my local stations. 100% of the TV towers I'm wanting are located in the same spot 20.1 miles away. I live in Gilbert, AZ and the towers are on South Mountain for those familiar. I attached the antenna to my house between my first and second floor, outside, pointing towards the towers. While I cannot see the towers with my eyes, there is not much in the way (no huge tree or house right there). I then ran 100' of RG6 cable to my main cable box on the other side of the house to distribute the signal to the TVs inside. I did not use a pre-amp or signal booster at all, and the signal does pass through a 4-way signal splitter.I was able to receive all my local channels with very good signal quality using my HTPC and an HDHomeRun DUAL receiver. This includes both UHF and VHF stations. I even receive some of the other not quite local stations or low-power stations as well, but I don't watch them, so I comment too much on their signal quality. I get around 80% signal consistently, which equates to NO pixalation or audio drops. The signal is consistent, which is excellent as before I'd have to constantly move my bunny ears around to try and get the best signal that day.In the future I might need an 8-way signal splitter and if I do, I'll either add a pre-amp to the setup or boost the signal at the splitter itself.The build quality is quite good. It comes pretty much assembled, and you'll need to snap some of the elements into place (rotate until they lock). It's aluminum, so it's lightweight. It's medium sized for antennas, large enough you can't just hide it, but it was small enough my wife didn't notice it at first (I installed it while she was away). It seems very durable, I didn't notice anything of concern, but I've had it up only a couple months now.

I recently purchased this antenna to help pull in some fairly close stations, since my old antenna met with a terrible fate during a recent storm. The transmitters were all in a southerly direction, within a few degrees of each other, and were mostly 30 miles or so away. This unit works very well, and I feel it is more or less exactly what it is advertised for - - 35 mile range. There are, however, a couple of stations that my big old dinosaur antenna picked up that this one just barely gets, that are around 60 miles away, so this antenna should NOT be considered for fringe or hard-to-get stations. It is just too small, physically, to be considered long-range. It works very well for medium-range, though, as I get 16 digital stations crystal-clear, and is very easy to set up and install. It comes in a box about 7" square and about a yard long, and you can have it folded out in a couple of minutes. Very lightweight and included a nice heavy mast pole clamp, and balun with good, long leads. This unit would also be great to install in an attic, since it's so compact. If you live in an urban area, or are fairly close to the transmitters, this is the best antenna you can get for the $$ and it will work fine. I'd go as far to say it will work for most people as a general medium-range antenna with decent gain, especially with a good pre-amp. Channel Master makes good quality products, and this one is no exception and it does what it should. No more, no less.

I. Indoor or OutdoorThe choices that are out there for indoor/outdoor antennas are many, and most are really good. After living with indoor antennas for a while and using one indoor antenna outdoors, decide that it was time to try an outdoor one. The tossup between this and the RCA ANT751, but in the long run the Channel Master 2016 won: why this one, simply the price. Even though there are some good indoor antennas out there, they all have the same problem: not every channel will come in with the antenna in the same spot. That was the main reason for opting for an outdoor antenna, that and I'm about 27 miles for the transmitters.II. Setting up the AntennaAfter receiving it, as it was a hour after sun down and to late to install it, took the 18ft Coaxial cable going to the wall and hooked the antenna to it. Every single channel came in beautifully, getting about 3 to 4 bars of 5 in signal straight with Media Center on both turners: With one turner get all 5 bars. My old Digital Flat Amplified RCA Antenna has an amplified box, so decided to keep that hook in for the simple reason that I'm slipping the antenna signal. The Amplified RCA Antenna worked great, but would say that it is not omnidirectional liked it claimed, for it worked better pointing the flat side to the broadcast antennas. Did not cause me any problems until I add another turner for my Media Center. One of the problems I ran in to with the RCA antenna is when either watch one channel and recording another, or recording two channels. One of the channels would not be recorded because of signal drop, mostly with the NBC, and/or CBS channel affiliates and some times FOX. This did not start happening until I spit the signal; so for outside use and one device the Flat Panel RCA Antenna works good. After setting up this antenna and installing it on the old Satellite Dish Mast, have not had any drops in channels, not even in foggy snowy weather. Even though I did set it up using the Low Noise VHF/UHF Amplifier from the Flat RCA Antenna, did not have to.III. Pros:A. Large surface area from grabbing ATSC signals.B. No Low Noise Amplifier needed.C. Easy installation.D. At 27 miles from transmitters and using two turner devices, get Digital TV Signal at 50- 60% without Amplifier; 70 - 85% with Amplifier.E. Free TV.F. Receive ever Digital Channel without pixelization or channel drop off.G. Windows Media Center starts Live TV faster.IV. Cons:A. Does not come with Mast.B. Coaxial adapter does not fit in mounting clamp.C. Not really a con for me, but maybe for some. Hi-band VHF only RF Channel 7 - 13.V. Final Thoughts:This antenna does not come with a Mast, and it is stated as so; but the picture makes one to think it does. So don't do what I did and not order one with it. That is why it pays to read a little bit more before order. Picking the right antenna is a key to watch HDTV, and one of the keys to help you decide on which is the right one, is knowing where the transmitters are. A great web site for that is (antennaweb.org), not only does it tell you how fare away the transmitters are; it gives you the direction (in compass form); and it gives what the RF Channel is. The RF Channel is not always the channel you see listed. I am happy with this antenna, and so is Media Centers DVR, no longer do show not get recorded because channel drop off.

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