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

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Heavily Edited Review (these things are tricky): This solved my no fox channel problem. I was originally aiming my rca 751 antenna towards central Connecticut (farmington has NBC and fox) NBC worked good but Fox i was only getting in the winter and only in perfect weather conditions so hardly never. NBC works year round and only goes out in bad weather conditions. I decided to give this antenna a try because I read that the bigger the antenna is the more channels it can pick up and is less resilient to wind/interference. So i put it in the attic and prayed fox would come in. Unfortunately fox would not come in in the couple of spots i tried. I couldn't figure out why nbc came in really good and fox would never come in and they were on the same mountain (rattle snake mountain, im located in new haven area). I am about 30-40 miles from the satellites. I aimed it towards NY thinking maybe it would pick up the ny stations which it did, but when theres a little wind or a little rain id lose all signal for WNBC and FOX5 NY. So thats not a stable connection. During bad weather conditions that would last a few days my new lg oled tv would delete stations. I would have to rescan the channels to get fox5 back. Very not cool. So i moved this antenna in my attic about 15 feet and pointed it north towards farmington. Moving the antenna down to a better spot got fox working but it wasnt getting the best signal. I then used an app on my phone called "Tv Signal Finder" and lined up the antenna to that. Before I was kind of guessing where it needed to be pointed, but after moving the antenna based on the signal finder im getting a much better signal now. I bought an aftermarket transformer (piece that connects wire to antenna) the one that came with it kept spinning and felt broken. After installing the aftermarket transformer the amount of channels i was getting doubled. I have this mounted vertically as well, meaning the bars in the back of the antenna are setup vertically and not horizontally. I believe i get a better signal that way. I recommend trying both ways during testing. I highly recommend this antenna, during heavy storms last night I was still getting a decent signal for both nbc and fox. I could not be happier.Edit: I am not using any amplifiers, no splitters, no combiners. I have tried all three and I think im too far from the stations to use those. Adding one of those results in the loss of the further stations like nbc and fox.

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.