Long Range UHF- HDTV 91 Element Yagi Antenna

I have tried two outdoor antennas before I bought this one. I tried an 8 bay antenna by DigiWave and the best UHF outdoor antenna by XremeRange sold by Top Notch antenna. This antenna outperformed either of those and was more economical to purchase. It pulled in local channel WTAE clearly while the previous two antennas did not pull it in. It is bigger than either of those and size does matter. The build quality is not as good as the previous two but if I need to replace it every few years it is worth it. This same antenna is really sold under three different names but Amazon has the best price with some selling at almost twice the price of this one. I live in a rural area with trees all around me and this antenna has enabled me to pull in 33 stations. Now this does not receive VHF signals but there are very few of those stations left on the air. One tip try to keep your cable run at 50 feet or less.

Using This in combination with Televes 560383 mast mounted preamplifier in Oceanside CA to receive over 80 channels from Los Angeles and San Diego. I had three other antennas and this is clearly the best. Channel 7 abc from La is the weakest signal being VHF frequency 7 is expected as this is a UHF only antenna. But this is only antenna to bring all other channels like 2 and 4 in very strongly. Fortunately from my location about a mile from ocean I, when I point my antenna at mt Wilson in Los Angeles the rear of antenna is pointed close enough towards the San Diego tower to pull in the major station from both cities. I also have the mcdourey long periodic antenna (and a cheap rotating yagi and this blows that away. The next best antenna I tried believe it or not is one of the compact gray rotating antenna the version with the 4 loops towards the front

My perspective of this is a written as a HAM radio operator and someone that builds my own TV antennas. First off, the summary of Pro's and Cons.....Pro's--Great for those that live further than 40+ miles from transmitters or have trees or hills in the way.--Not much height needed to achieve a good signal as I am in a low area of NC and have trees all around me.- Good build and seems like it will hold up well during bad weather (ice, wind, etc)-Great gain factor (amplification) even without an amplifier.Cons:-Destructions (as I call instructions) are terrible.-Plastic that "could" easily break if you are not careful.Overall, this is a good antenna. I am located near Charlotte and my stations are only located 30 miles away, but I am in a valley and have many trees around me. I am picking them up with no issues. When I turned it, I was also able to to pickup another market that is 65 miles away. Mine is only mounted about 25ft off the ground and with a pre-amplifier and performs well.As others have mentions, the instructions are terrible if you have never put together an antenna before. Look at the box for a good illustration of "what goes where" when assembling it. If you take your time and have patience, this is a good value.Also, for other smaller antennas that advertise 100+ miles, this is not tru unless you have it on a tall tower. This one advertises 70 miles which IS realistic given the fact that I am getting channels 65 miles away with a pre-amp.keep in mind, this is a DIRECTIONAL antenna. You "may" get close stations off the side of it like I am, but your strongest signal will come from where you point the from end (elements towards target, "V" shaped reflector at the back of it. Will post a pic soon.

Works as stated, had it over a year and no issues

I live on the south shore of Long Island approx 40 miles east of New York City, and I just installed this antenna along with a Stellar Labs VHF antenna (Part # 30-2476 - which is necessary for channels 7, 11, and 13 in my area) & Stellar Labs Signal Combiner (Part # 33-2230), and overall I couldn't be happier! I installed them in my garage rafters, with this UHF positioned higher in the peak (which thankfully in my case runs east to west), and the VHF antenna resting on rafters approx 4 feet lower and 4 feet to the north. No amplifiers of any kind, but I did run all new Mediabridge Coaxial Cables from the antennas to the "signal joiner" and then to a single "two way" splitter feeding 2 Samsung LED TVs. Overall I'm amazed at how many channels are out there FREE OF CHARGE, including "sub channels" of the major networks I didn't even know existed . Not every one of them HD, as some of the sub channels are broadcasting older shows long before HD existed, but the vast majority are all HD and the picture quality is excellent. It's evidently a cleaner signal than I was getting from cable because cable companies evidently compress their signals to increase capacity while these are pure from the transmitting towers. I even pick up Channel 55 which is NorthEast of me, and that was a complete surprise because these are both "highly directional" antennas. One final comment - I'm only using Samsung TVs so I can't speak for all brands, but these TVs make it very easy to "edit" channels (remove those with marginal quality or language you don't understand) - and better yet - the Remote Controls have a "Guide" button which displays a complete TV Guide for all stations over the next 12 hours or so at the simple push of a button. Amazing! (at least to me). Guess I've been living a sheltered life, but that was a completely unexpected and wonderful surprise. All in all - Home Run!