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Receives all available UHF/VHF local & HDTV broadcasts / Provides outstanding high-definition TV reception / Can clamp to existing satellite dish mast









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Buyer's feedback: - * Antennae review ...
The Terk antennae works great, nearest tower is 50 miles! I purchased it based on other reviews.

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Buyer's feedback: - great antenna, instructions could be better
You have to remember this is a digital pre-amplified directional antenna, which means you have to point the antenna directly at the tower. I own a small bldg in Texas, where the transmitting towers are 47-60 miles away and not in the same direction. The bldg is located on gentle rolling hills with some trees. The antenna replaced a pair of rabbit ears on an old analog TV. Because of the different directions of the towers, I can only pick up 8 out of the 12 towers within the 60 miles. But of the 8 towers I do pick up, I get a great picture on 3 of the stations, and a fairly good picture on the others. I am sure if I could move the anttena around I could improve on the other stations, but hey this keeps me from jumping up and down. The reception would be better if the antenna was mounted outside on the side of the bldg, but I mounted it on the rafter in the garage.

The only gripe is that the instructions were not easy for me to understand. But in any event, great antenna. I am happy with it.

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Buyer's feedback: - * Great Compact Antenna--Great Reception and Range ...
I bought this antenna for our cottage in northern Michigan. With the digital transition, we were going to lose our analog TV reception, which was currently being picked up on a Terk indoor amplified antenna. After we bought the converter box, several indoor antennas we tried would not pick up any digital signals. I finally convinced the family that we needed an outdoor antenna in order to continue watching TV. I must say, we couldn't be happier with the results.

I did a lot of research on antennas and the proper way to install them before this purchase. I'm glad I did, because I was able to avoid a lot of the troubles that some other reviewers had.

Our cottage is in a very wooded area with tall and dense trees, and the nearest broadcast cities are 35+ miles away. We only have a one-story structure, so I knew getting a good signal would be a challenge. In our situation, a directional antenna was our only option--a multi-directional antenna would not have the range we were looking for without being very large and ugly to look at. Multi-directional antennas work well when you are closer than 20 miles to the broadcast towers. The Terk HDTVo antenna was not only small, but also directional, and the reviews were very promising, so this is the antenna I purchased.

A directional antenna poses some challenges. You must point the antenna within about 10 degrees of the direction of the broadcasting tower in order to receive a good signal--and this is especially important for the broadcast towers that are farther away (25+ miles). So for the installation, I purchased a Channel Master rotator ($75 at SolidSignal), in addition to a 5-foot antenna mast ($13 at Radio Shack) and an antenna mounting kit ($15 at Home Depot). Lastly, I went to antennaweb.org to determine the locations and distances of the broadcast towers.

The installation, including running grounding wires and coax cables, took about four hours by myself. It was not difficult, and the instructions were easy to follow. I am pretty handy at home, but I think most people could do this without much difficult and a basic set of tools. I bought a compass at WalMart in order to align the antenna directly south (per the directions) with the rotator in the parked position. This is important because this antenna is directional and you need to align the antenna within 10 degrees of the broadcast direction in order to get a good signal. I then went inside to find out what stations I could pick up.

With analog TV, we could pick up CBS very well and FOX very fuzzy. NBC was also very fuzzy. We couldn't get ABC at all most days. This antenna picked up CBS crystal clear, FOX crystal clear, and two PBS stations that we never got before crystal clear. The NBC and ABC stations have not converted to digital yet (our converter box does not have a pass through for analog stations), so I can't speak to those signals yet. But since they come from the same cities as CBS and FOX, I expect them to be very clear also. The direction (in degrees) that appears on the antennaweb.org website is accurate to within about 5 degrees of where the signal was the strongest. Be sure to have a printout of the stations in your area before you start programming your stations in the TV. Otherwise, you will get frustrated.

The channel master rotator allows us to easily rotate the antenna with a remote control, so we never have to worry about not picking up stations because the antenna is not rotated correctly.

This is truly an excellent set-up and I would highly recommend it.

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Buyer's feedback: - buy this one!
after hooking up antenna in a remote location in Pa. I received
10 channels,no need for cable ,works as advertised

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Buyer's feedback: - * A good product ...
This is a good product, easy to install in a varity of methods with installation fixtures provided. My only criticism regards the two dipole elements which collapse to the center for ease of packaging. When the dipole is opened up, the latch mechanism to hold it open is unreliable. I found it necessary to apply epoxy glue to the hinge to ensure that the dipole would stay opened up.