Antennas Direct 8-Element Bowtie UHF Outdoor HDTV Antenna, Multi-Directional, 70+ Mile Range, 4K 8K UHD NEXTGEN TV – w/All-Weather Mounting Hardware

I went from being able to get one channel on an upstairs tv to getting all available from nearby cities. The nearest towers are 40-60 miles away. The ones in the 40 mile range came in immediately. The ones in the 50+ range took a little bit of troubleshooting. First off I am not fully done. The antenna is mounted on the roof. It took a few tries to get the antennas pointed in the right directions. Once that was done, the most important channel Fox 6 was in and out and digitized when a 5 way 1000mhz splitter was installed on the line to split the line to two tvs. When this was removed, I received all stations beautifully. The worst on still had 2-3 bars and was keeping steady and clear. I tried a 2300mhz clear sky splitter from radio shack. This seemed like it worked, but before to long it was showing some digital marks and every so often blacking out completely. So I am back to just on tv working perfectly. After doing some research and contacting Antenna Direct I decided the best action would be to get a powered 4 way distribution splitter. It should be here tomorrow. I will try to update the results. The next step would be to get the pre amp installed and try that. UPDATE: After installing the 4way distribution splitter made by antennas direct, everything is working great. Every so often when a storm is to the south, the weakest channels 4 and 6 will go in and out. I have bought a preamp to try but the channels go out so little that I have not yet installed. So far it is turning out to be one of the best investments I have made in a while. I will update once I ever get back on the roof and install the preamp. Conclusion: I ended up spending close to $250 dollars to get an antenna for over the air tv that would work. This will pay for it self in months by canceling cable tv. It was not to much work and anyone handy who is not afraid of heights can easily mount to roof or attic (loss of 10-15 miles in attic). Install antenna and connect to only one tv first to see what reception you can get. Then split the line to see where you are at. This will help you troubleshoot if you may need a pre amp or powered splitter or both. Goodbye DirectTV and Cable TV. Getting over the air TV is more than enough. For the nights that we want a little more and for the kids entertainment, we also have high speed internet with two Roku boxes. One Roku box in each room. Netflix is around $9 per month and Hulu Plus is around $8 per month. Between these two services there is more that enough to watch. Hulu is free on the computer to check out and see all the new shows available. Also we have had Amazon Prime for the shipping, but as a bonus you also get Amazon prime video that also has a large collection of stuff to watch. All in all for around $32 per month we have way more selection that satellite or cable every offered, and it is all played off the Roku box when ever you want. WELL WORTH IT!

Very happy with the antenna. We are 70-80 miles from TV towers and it picked up 20 channels. It is mounted 30 feet up on our roof. We do have a good line of sight with no obstructions. Seems well made and should hopefully hold up to the Kansas wind. We have one antenna pointed south and turned the other to the east as there is another tower that direction. Works great.

Live in Upstate NY where we are about 50 miles aways from three different major market cities. Pointed one of the 4 bowtie bays toward Binghamton and the other toward Syracuse. After scanning the TV for newly detected/received channels, happy to report that multiple channels were received from both cities. The unit was easy to assemble. Very happy with the performance! Update: The antenna is attached to a metal pole. Will spin in the wind. The clamping mechanisms of the antenna appear not to dig in sufficiently to keep it in place with wind. Yes, there are two clamps but one uses the plastic housing for the UHF combiner and cannot be tightened sufficiently to prevent the antenna from spinning in the wind. Update 2: Contacted support for the spinning issue. Was told to use duct tape and cable ties to effect repair of the outdoor antenna. Seems a NASCAR guy was on the support desk. They did not say if I needed 200 MPH duct tape or just regular tape. Unacceptable solution.

After numerous power outages lately (that also invariable knock out our cable/internet service), I figured I'd try to get my old rooftop antenna wired up and working so I could run on generator and catch the local news at least. I had previously run some RG6 to my antenna, but it was years since I tried to pick anything up on it, especially after a lot of the locals moved from VHF to UHF. The old yagi covered both ranges just fine, but it was in rough shape... I'd guess it's probably 30+ years old, maybe more. Well, it didn't do that great. I picked up a grand total of 3 UHF frequencies with enough signal that my TV actually recognized them. And one of those was so intermittent, it was basically unwatchable. Then I bought an amp, because I'm running nearly 100' of coax and I figured I was probably losing enough signal that it degraded too much. Same result though. I even took my little TV to the roof, hooked into the antenna directly, made sure it was pointed the right way, and got the same lousy results. So... I did my research and figured that for my situation, I'd try a bowtie instead of another yagi. Pulling the old antenna down was probably harder than putting the new one up. The nuts on the bracket had rusted nearly solid, but I finally got them going. Installing the new one was only tricky for me because I have a parallel mast attached to the main mast, supporting a ham antenna higher up. So it was a difficult job to get the new brackets in place, but that was my deal, and I finally made it work. I hooked up directly to the antenna and was pleasantly surprised that I was now able to pick up 7 frequencies (I won't bother listing how many channels that is since that includes subchannels...just suffice to say, it picks up way more). My only real gripe is that for me, there are some stations that I pick up better if I tilt the antenna above the horizon... maybe 10 degrees? It's too bad there's no easy way to add this tilt to the setup besides adding spacers to the lower mast bracket to achieve the desired result. But adding that tilt makes all the difference... I pick up 3 more frequencies that I didn't before (10 total now), and the others come in stronger. That's because some of the channels aren't quite line-of-sight. Maybe that, and the nearby vegetation (lots of tall trees) make aiming higher a better solution. One interesting thing... I have the VHF add-on on order, but it hasn't shown up yet (shipped separately). I was surprised to see that this UHF-only antenna actually picks up a couple of the local VHF broadcasts. One of them was strong enough to tune and watch just fine. But when I tilted up to improve UHF reception, I lost that VHF channel. I think it'll come back okay once I actually add the VHF antenna to the setup. But anyway, I thought that was a tidbit worth mentioning. I mean, that channel went from 60% to 29% just by tilting up a few degrees. Weird. It's 37 miles away so it was probably a fluke I picked it up at all without any specific VHF elements. It's Fox 13 in the Seattle market, FYI. They do have a UHF translator that's lower power, but I can actually get that okay even from 28+ miles away.

Recepción normal, no esperes que incremente mucho la señal, aparte es muy pesada y requiere un mástil con tensores para que no vibre tanto.

Easy to assemble and to install. Martin from Antennas Direct advised me to buy this type of antenna, and he was right. With a compass and the coordinates from TVfool.com, and finding the best spot on my roof, I installed the antenna with no problem. I recommend with no hesitation Antennas Direct for everybody needing an antenna. Don't forget, the antenna that is needed, is not necessarily the same for every house. Antennas Direct was an incredible help. Before, I was receiving 8 channels, now I'm receiving 13, sometime 14. There are two towers in my region and each of the two sections of the antenna is directing to one different tower. I can't get more channel because that's all there is where I live. Those who are not happy with this antenna, don't blame blindly the antenna. There are different reason why it might not work for you, take time to read how it works. Topography of your region, trees; density, size, and height of buildings between you and the towers can affect, etc. The position on your roof can affect too. This antenna is very good.

I am in Laval, QC. Installed the antenna in attic of 2 storey house with split heading to 110 and 200 deg and got 33 local and US channels. Works excellent in normal weather conditions. Do not know yet how it performs during snow/rain.

Aún no la instalo al 100% para poder dar una mejor y más completa reseña, pero los materiales se ven de buena calidad, espero sea duradera y cumpla con su propósito

This antenna allows for 2 separate 4 bays to aim at 2 transmitter locations or all 8 bays aimed at one group if i only had one location to aim at i would probably use a single long range antenna but this works for me because i have multiple locations to aim at and receive signals from across lake ontario ...i use a compass and regularly pull in 40 channels. It would be nice to have 4 separate 2 bays to aim .. i have an inline booster i havnt even tried yet so if you have a clear path with 1-2 locations to aim at this antenna is very good !!!!!!