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Works great.

Great product

Great reception

good item and fast ship

This is the best antenna I think I have ever bought Well worth the money

Having installed one of these for a friend on his rental property, I knew that it was effective for receiving TV stations from a fair range. Yet, that house was on one of the highest points in Racine and was near the lakefront, pointing toward Milwaukee (30 miles from the transmitting towers).

However, this one went on my house, down in a valley, a few miles further off the lake. I was already receiving Milwaukee with my in-attic antenna, but had not picked up any of Chicago (60 miles away). I mounted this one on a 5' pole on top of my chimney facing 170* south. I was shocked to see that I successfully picked up all stations (2, 5, 7, 9, 32, and all the minor ones as well) on my first channel sweep! I coupled it in with my other antenna, and with a few modifications got them working together to pick up both markets. We now have 78 channels and are EXTREMELY happy with the unit. I'm not using the rotor at all, rather relying on two antennas to get a better spread. I was also not aware that this came with a 50' coax cable, which was a nice perk to save some money. All in, with pole and standoffs to mount, I spent around $48 for this setup! Very Happy!

I refuse to pay for cable TV, therefore I've been using rabbit ears for a long time. However the new condo I moved into has terrible reception, and I got most of my exercise by walking back and forth from my chair; to the TV to adjust the antennae. I noticed that my neighbor had an outdoor antennae indoors, so that's when I decided to go shopping for one.

Not only does this antennae get great reception, it has a remote control to adjust it with. So now I don't have to get up to adjust my reception anymore. It doesn't come with a stand; so I built one out of PVC. Keep in mind; mines inside, so it doesn't need a lot of support like on your roof.

Best antennae I've ever owned!!

Great crystal clear reception on two 4K tvs. I installed this in my apartment. I had a flat hd amplified antenna and I didn't get good reception on all my over the air channels.

Works great! I had an indoor antenna after recently cutting the cord from Dish. I was able to pull about 16 channels. That was all that was listed on all of the antenna maps online. But I knew there were more in the area that weren't listed. I connected this antenna and there they were! Now I live in a rural area about 75 miles away but they came in clear! I mounted it on old Dish Network mount using a piece of 3/4" EMT conduit about 12" long sitting inside the post mount. I used existing RG-6 coax that was left after I removed Dish. I was VERY skeptical about buying a $35 antenna so my expectations weren't all that high. Boy was I surprised. I even installed a splitter outside and used existing Dish cables that went to another TV and that too has all the channels. Using this plus DIRECTV NOW app. ALOT CHEAPER!!!!!

I'm cutting the cable cord. I have Netflix, and Playstation Vue but I don't get local channels so I wanted to get an antenna. I was told that I live in an area that would not get a signal and I was told wrong! I'm about an hour north of Jacksonville in S.E. Georgia (heavily wooded). Before even mounting it to the house I plugged it in and held it in my hand facing Jacksonville and got 25 channels. So instead of mounting it to the roof or something I just mounted it on a piece of PVC in the attic and ended up getting 30 channels! All I wanted were the local channels for News and Football but there's a bunch of extra ones. The picture quality is amazing too, better than what I got with cable! I Highly recommend.

Works great. Boosted my OTA channels from 6 to 40+. I got this and 3, 10 foot top rails for chain link fence which put it 20' or so above the roof line.
The best thing is that I can now pick up several great channels plus REV'N, an all day car channel. (saves me from Dr. Phil)
The rotation works but the directional buttons are not always moving the unit in accordance with the control.
The only bad thing I see is that it works with only one TV at a time. If you try to split it, you get a yellow fault light. I used a switch and had to turn off/on the unit to re-link with the antenna. Not a big deal for me, I just went back to my older roof antenna.
It comes with 50' of coax so there is plenty for a pole mount.
One caution: be sure your OTA receiver is a good one. I have a Magnavox receiver that will not pick up the stations my flat screens built-in receiver will. IF you don't get a jump in channels, it might be the receiver. I am picking up stations nearly 100 miles away.

this is a good antenna, it didn't give me better tv reception like I expected. fast service.

Works good

I don't really think it is 180 miles, but we pick up many stations, very well, within about 60 miles. Pick up about 30 stations and we are in a heavily wooded area. No more cable bills. Lots to watch!!

Did the job got ch. what I was looking for.

I have ordered and received 3 of these type antennas. Two of them worked with one working excellently. I am able to receive 24 channels where previously I only got 4 channels with the set-top antenna. I am not sure what is ailing one. The area that I am trying to receive channels is obscured by trees and some buildings are possibly in the way for a direct shot for what the internet says is the best case scenario for aiming and receiving channels. In each case I have these two antennas at 33ft (3 X 11ft fence top rail.) There are a few semi local stations that are coming in on both the Amplified HD Digital as well as the set top rabbit ears. I am triangulating between Wichita, Tulsa, and OK City by about 90 miles each. I just haven't gotten the proper aim or the antenna's amplifier gain is lower on this particular antenna. Even though the units are mostly housed in Plastic, it appears to be durable and sunlight (UVA) resistant gray Polyethylene or Propylene plastic. The accompanying cable provided with the unit is of a good grade. I bought these 3 units to "cut-the-cable" and monthly fees at all 3 of these homes. I am planning on installing the 3rd one at the problem location to prove whether it is just the available reception or a problem with the unit. All-in-all these items, if they all perform should give me sufficient television to "cut the cable". I bought 3 of these antennas, mast poles and guy wiring for 3 installations and have one unit that is working fantastically and I have not yet tried installing the 3rd purchased antenna so I know that 1 is working super, 1 is marginal, and 1, I haven't installed yet. I still think that there should be roughly 20 channels available in each of the 3 locations which will provide a viable economic alternative to the cable that I was buying for the 3 locations monthly. Each antenna, mast and guy wires averaged $100 total each 1 installation as the antenna, mast and cabling were about $33ea. in each case totaling $100. I am hopeful that I can all 3 installs to work satisfactorily.

Construction is study enough for colder climates. It remains to be seen if the item will hold up against the South Carolina Summer sun. Works as advertised and pulls in signals very well. Does not have to be too elevated to pull in signals. We are in a slight valley with trees all around, and the item is nowhere near high enough to 'see' over the horizon, but it picks up signals well. Obviously, the higher up you put the antenna the more channels you will get. Does NOT come with an in-line surge protector. Because this plugs DIRECTLY into the television, I would recommend a surge protector the can handle coaxial cable so the until plugs into the surge protector and the surge protector plug into the TV.

The antenna arrived quickly in good condition. It was easy to assemble and mount onto my mast. We live in an area that is noted for having poor reception so I was pleasantly surprised when I was able to pull in 130+ channels. The antenna is relatively small, so it requires the use of the amplifier at all times. I'm not sure how the rotor is supposed to work exactly, but I have found that if I manually aim the antenna and then fine tune using the rotor, it is satisfactory. The rotor control is weak and the range on the remote is short, but I will not use the rotor unless I have to change the location or strong winds move the antenna. Over-all, the antenna is quite satisfactory.

I was very skeptical that this antenna would pull in distant stations any better than some more expensive ones we had tried, but this thing is amazing. We typically get 5 or 6 stations, with this we are getting 18 digital channels, some from as far as 125 miles. The major gripe I have is there is no indication of which way antenna is pointing. And since remote control is IR, you have to be in line of site to receiver. And from there I can't see antenna. So it is very iterative and annoying to change direction, and in our area you have to do that due to locations of stations. It needs a N-S-E-W indicator. Otherwise it works better than any antenna I've ever tried.

I bought the Amplified HD Digital Outdoor HDTV Antenna because I was tired of paying $95 for my Dish Network bill.
The Antenna shipped fast and was well packaged. Assembly was a snap. Just a few screws to mount the rotator motor, and a couple screws to put the signal receiving bars on.
The Antenna is made of mostly plastic but seems to be heavy duty so hopefully it will last.
As far as how well the Antenna works I live roughly 60 miles from the closest broadcast channels. I was able to pick up 8 channels just by putting the antenna in the window. I need to get a pole mounted outside so I can get the Antenna up higher in hopes of getting channels from another town the opposite direction.
So far I would recommend this Antenna.

This antenna works pretty well. We are approximately 50 miles (road) from a major city, and we are able to pick up quite a few channels with this antenna. We erected a hollow steel pole where we wanted to place the antenna, and attached it to a wooden fence with some "C" shaped holders, so that we can manually turn the antenna when we need to make it face a different direction. The remote to control how it turns, never worked for us, so we resorted to using the pole method. We did try to mount it in the attic, but it did not work for us, maybe we are just too far away from the transmissions.

Really didn't increase my TV at all. It's supposed to be 180 miles. Still get the same 3 Chanel's I got with my cheap rabbit ears.

The Amplified HDTV Antenna does not perform as advertised.

It works okay , but I expected better .

Could not receive signal 100 miles away.

I'm 170 miles from Mason city I pick there station up on a clear day in morning . 60 mile station every day I think it has something to do with the problem geisha in the atmosphere but not sure

This is actually a well-designed antenna, and once I resolved some problems, it works well. The directions for assembly are horrible. The kit requires some assembly and they left out 4 screws. Not only that, the direction sheet list certain screws, that are different then what is described in the directions. The remote control was DOA. I had to resolder a cold joint on the board. So the bottom line, probably ok if you get a good one. or be ready to do some handy work. Also, it does come with two a cables, one form the antenna to the controller, and a short one from the controller to the TV..

UHF performance is decent. VHF performance is nonexistent. One of the six stations here is VHF (and of course it's the one I'm most interested in) and where I can get spotty coverage of this station from bunny ears It's absolutely dead with this antenna. This is a bad VHF antenna. Not good at all.

"150 miles" might be possible in perfect conditions, say from one mountaintop to another where you can see the TV transmitter tower with a telescope. But for fun I pointed the antenna at a distant city and I was able to pull in some channels from 70 miles away.

As other reviewers noted, the rotor is quick, which can make it hard to dial in--especially if you aren't able to watch the antenna as you click. Another quirk is that though the remote has two buttons to make you think that one is left and one is right, they both do the same and should be labeled "TURN RANDOM DIRECTION" (there is a single button on the power injector labeled "Rotate", and this is I suppose much more accurate). You pretty much have to have eyes on to aim the antenna in a particular direction.

That said, once you have your stations all programmed into your television, the antenna is somewhat easier to use. If you hold the button, the antenna will turn and reverse when it hits the stop (i.e. if you keep holding the button, it would rotate 360 degrees left, then 360 degrees right, then 360 degrees left, and so on). So this way you could tune to the station and then just hold the button until the channel comes in. Not all that useful if you want to use your DVR.

The antenna does work! The instructions and directions were very poor in explaining how to make it all function. We are on a deer camp in the Texas hill country South of Llano, middle of Central Texas and do receive AUSTIN local channels about 90 miles away on this anteena. However, could not get San Antonio which is 120 miles away. The remote does rotate the antenna but no degree measurement. Made in China, it is of very poor quality........could not believe until I was putting the pieces together. YOU do really get what you pay for in this Antenna Kit. All parts were in the box. I did the install alone, however, would recommend you have a second person to help adjust antenna and TV.

It's now been over a year with this antenna and it is still receiving channels. I am half way between Charleston SC and Savannah GA but the Chas channels are tough to get. I only have it mounted 6' off the ground and have bought some pvc pipe to get it above my roofline and this should help quite a bit. One suggestion for people that have bought this and lost channels is to replace the cable. I bought the amazon basic cable and the signal strength Improved greatly (it's cheaper than buying another antenna) Like most, my rotating drive has failed because the motor they use is woefully undersized and I had found plastic chips jammed in the drive gear. All in all it does what I need and works even in a downpour, unlike our directv.

I decided to cut the cord and pick up the local stations over the air. Originally I purchased one of the flat panel antennas you can hang on the wall, with advertised 50 mile range. The towers are just over 25 miles from my house. It picked up most the channels well, with the exception of FOX and when the wind or rain come the picture would go in and out on most all the channels. Decided to try this outdoor one with the 150 mile range to see if it would be more reliable. The antenna its self is kind of cheap looking, plastic parts, etc, but it seams study enough for hanging out on a pole. Assembly was easy, connections are easy, just to note, you only need to run the coaxial cable outside to the antenna, the amplifier that gets the 120v is inside next to the TV. It picks up a few more stations than the indoor 50 mile range one does, and it gets FOX really well, but it gets CBS worse, go figure. Also it has the same problems with wind and rain. So in the end, I switch back and forth between the two, and if its windy or rainy I watch Hulu.

I was able to assemble the antenna within about 15-minutes. It would have been quicker but one of the mounting holes was off center and not aligned with the rest; I had to drill a new pilot hole. The tolerances of the hole and the antenna pipe were tight; I had to sand the pipe end quite a lot to make the unit fit. Once I finally got it together and on the roof, I was able to receive stations from about 45-miles away, I have not tried any other directions for further stations. The one thing it is missing that would be extremely helpful is a direction indicator. I know the direction of stations particular stations but I have to move the antenna a little bit, go outside to check the direction then come in and do it again until it is in the proper location. Then I have to reassign stations. Other than what is mentioned above, stations do come in very clear.

Was really affected by transmitter interference

It's no better than the antenna I had it was waste of money

So far I cannot get recieption. Have on a 20 foot pole. Have reset TV to antenna. Don't know what to do now, sure not happy about it. Also did not recieve any instructions on how to assemble and suggestions on setting up.

All the parts were not included in the box. Called, they sent them out. Installed it and never worked. Sent it back. Waiting for a refund!

Not as great as it's made out to be. This will not detect all the HD local channels. Shop around.

Normally I like this design and have good results. As far as pulling in a signal this antennae is good (if not great). I frequently receive signals more than 100 miles away. The pre-amp is certainly a must in digital antennas. The reason for two stars is simply - when I recieved the antennae the rotor didn't work out of the box. I was more or less expecting the rotor to quit soon after installation but I certainly wasn't expecting it to arrive DOA. That being said, if you don't mind turning the antenna by hand - it's a good antenna.

Antenna came but some screws were missing and it was impossible to assemble without them. I don't have a hardware store nearby to try to find the right size because everything I had on hand didn't fit. I tried to contact the seller, but seller did not respond. I had Asurian protection, and they were clueless too. No help. They said to go back to Amazon. Thankfully, Amazon DID come to the rescue to help me out. As far as I know, antenna probably works, but as of now it remains without the base. I held it up and connected the coax cable, and I did get some channels, so I gave it 2 stars. If you get one, have a hardware store nearby. It seems as if the turning mechanism would work if attached, but I don't know how accurate it is.

This antenna appears to be highly directional and, during my testing, I was able to receive signals from transmitters about 75 miles away. HOWEVER... it's directionality also created a serious problem for me. I am able to receive signals from several distant transmitters, one to the West, two to the Northeast and several to the Southeast. That means the antenna must be rotated frequently to permit reception from several sources. The antenna was mounted on a tall mast and not in a direct line-of sight from the control (including the remote) so it was very difficult to aim it precisely in the direction of the transmitters. Unless the antenna is accurately pointed, the signal is unusable. Other motor-rotated antennas include a control/display that indicates the direction of the antenna. After a few days of struggling, I gave up and returned the antenna.

If you only need to point the antenna in one direction or in a narrow range and are willing to experiment, you may find it to be useful for you, but it was poorly suited for my needs

Well it works bringing in far (70) miles or so stations. I has to be mounted on a pole and the pole needs to be mounted onto a building or house. It was easy to put together. But the motor that turns it to fine tune quit after TWO moves, not 360 moves but like maybe 45-50 degrees. So I had to go back up the ladder and back onto the roof twice to see what happened, nothing was loose so i moved it by hand. I don't get all the channels I should. So I found a happy medium. Two stars because It's junk.

I live about 50 miles from Modesto. With my $99 Walmart amplified antenna I get 24 channels. With this one I get 11. The adjustment feature is really useless for me. I ended up just aiming it where I got the most channels. But in the end I just put the Walmart one back up. I was hoping it would give me more channels as it says it can go 150 miles. Well that's funny, the Walmart one says 60. Also if I turn it off it's amplification it gets zero channels. Turn off the Walmart one and I still get 6.

When I first put the antenna up I was very happy with it. I received 19 digital channels even though my house is in the middle of the woods. However, one day later I am receiving about half that many channels. Most likely that wouldn't be a problem if the antenna would rotate the way it is advertised. Unfortunately, after only one day the motor is apparently burned out. Which means I either have to put up with it or climb on the roof to manually adjust the antenna. Additionally, assembling the antenna is not as easy as it should be. There is a square metal rod that fits into the base that was so difficult to get in I had to disassemble the case in order to insert it. I wish that I would have purchased a more robust antenna.

After 2 hours of assembly Climbing Up on the Roof adjusting it and the poor instructions I went from 6 channels to one channel unbelievable I will never purchase from this company again it claims to have a hundred and 80 mile range yet the TV station 10 minutes up the road will not come in I followed the instructions to a tee I gave one star because it arrived

It suck to be real honest

installed this antenna and no signal what so ever. i have an old antenna on top of my house, and its missing several parts and i at least get 3 channels. i also bought another antenna about 2 months ago cheap antenna with a booster and got 65 channels , but quit working. i have tried everything to get this to work. i have a 50 foot teloscopic pole and no signal at all. tower is 25 miles from me.

Poor construction, I would stay away from this one

The antenna is bad, I received a full refund after a prolonged exchange with the seller trying to get help to make it work. The seller did what they could to help, the manufacturer was unhelpful.

180 nope closer to 20

It lasted a little over a year. Motor controls never worked, but that was fine since I pointed it in the direction I needed it and didn't want it to move. All was great, then it quit working. The light on the outside doesn't come on anymore. I am buying a replacement that is similar but a bit more robust. I will replace antenna first and then control box to to see where the point of failure was and report back, I assume it is on the antenna side since it doesn't light up and the box still does. I will also be taking it apart and hopefully just replacing some minor component so I'll have a spare.

I wish I could pin down a failure reason, it was working fine through lightning storms and through winter freeze, then just failed out of the blue on a beautiful day with no wind or significant heat/cold.

It just doesn't work. I installed it per instructions but even the first day I received only 2 stations- a CBS affiliate 40 miles away and a PBS station 14 miles away. The antenna advertising says it reaches 120 miles, and I know there are more than 20 stations within that distance. The second day as I was watching the CBS affiliate the station slowly faded to black screen, and I couldn't receive either station. Plus, the antenna rotator didn't work. I had to stand on my 2 story roof and manually rotate the antenna while trying to receive any TV stations. Emails to the company never received a reply, including my request for return and refund instructions. I finally bought another antenna and receive over 20 stations. Very disappointing.

I tried this antenna out and according to my LG OLEDE5P set, there was no signal strength - that's zero, as in none, nada. I also tried out an old rabbit ear antenna with a bow tie antenna for UHF. I managed to get one local station with that but again, I got nothing with this antenna.

If you buy it and decide to send it back, don't force the back reflectors to fold back up again. They lock into position and you will damage the cheap plastic housing if you force it. You'll need to figure out how to unlock the reflectors to fold them back up.

Lots of plastic components, Has to be from China. However I had a Mohu Leaf 60 indoors and didn't get VHF 12.x or 25.x (ABC and NBC), both stations are 22 miles away. Florida is flat. So an expensive Mohu 60 mile indoor antenna wasn't cutting it. I stuck this on a 25ft pole and now get both channels crystal clear. All starions near me are in same general direction. Other option I considered was the Mohu Sky or Winegard or ChannelMaster products.

Update bought May 24 and it died on July 6 2016. The power light on the main unit on antenna no longer comes on. I live in North Florida and outdoor heat was 97 degrees last week. Didn't survive the heat being outdoors I bet. Plan to look at the Mohu Sky 60 on same pole.

I selected this Antenna based on the Description on Amazon. The Antenna looks special but the looks are deceiving. I wasn't able to get channels from our local station 12 miles away. With lots of up and down the Ladder making adjustment I finally got 2 stations.
I was able to receive the two station for about a month; then the Amplifier quit working. Junk, don't buy.
The Rotor is unbelievably poor design. There is no indication of where it is pointing. You need to go outside and see where it is pointing. When you push a button, one time it will rotate left... The next time it may rotate right. Very poor resolution. I purchased a simple C shaped Antenna for less money and it got all the channels and one I didn't know existed.
Don't waste your time or money, it isn't worth it. It may work at first but it will fail.

Bought, Installed (after having to clear flashing from almost every assembly hole with a drill), no instructions, no short wire from box to tv, no way to tell what way the antenna turns without seeing it, and the control box hums and chatters like it has 10000 volts going through it. NOT UL LISTED. On top of that, we got less channels with it while it worked than with a piece of coax thrown over a tree branch (what we had before). LESS channels. Box has to be powered at all times for the 'amp' to work. Only mine didn't. It bitched up and gave an orange light within 5 minutes of powering up, and then I started to smell electrical smell and smoke..by now the transformer in the box is literally growling and chattering. Return requested, lucky it DIDN'T BURN OUR HOUSE DOWN. Thanks amazon, this can go with the pc that shipped with bad ram, and the roku tv that arrived broken. Im starting to wonder if Amazon doesnt buy the returns from major companies and cross their fingers! I go through a reputable online seller like Amazon to AVOID things like this happening. Hasn't done me a lot of good. :(