I can't get over-the-air TV because there's a large hill between my house and the TV antennas. Leaf didn't work for me. Will this?
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This particular untit did not work 100% for me. It worked better than other units I tried but not enough to keep it. It MIGHT work for you. It was one of the better units I tried. My issue is not hills but buildings around me. I also tried to amplify the signal....the channel did come in a little better but still didn't come in clear and unbroken. I did get all other channels really clear, just not the one local channel. However, This was not the only brand that would not get the channel. I tried four different brands, none successfully received the channel. I am still looking for one that will get all the local channels where I live .... I cannot use an outside antenna (I'm in a condo) so I have to find one for inside. This unit was the best of the one's I tried. I would suggest you try it....you can always send it back.
1266789
It should. I called the manufacturer and he gave me directions on how to face the antenna toward the right area and wala it worked. The higher up you can place your antenna the better. They were most happy to help.
1945632
I would suggest you still try the Lava. I have one large tree in front of my home and many large trees in the back. I have had this antenna for almost a year now. The biggest factors to me are where you live and definitely the weather. The cold and rain diminishes availability of channels.
49598
not from my experience. I live about 8 miles from local station antenna site. couldn't receive it, even drove about a mile away from my home to hill, no better result. returned item.
1338597
It covers UHFmainly and as low as channel 7 VHF. It won't cover the old channel 2 that broadcasted on 54-56 Megahertz. Check your channel 2 area actual frequency, it may now be on the UHF frequency band. If so, this antenna will work but hard to predict how the hills U mention will effect the signals.
1456190
I used mine all over my back yard and it kept searching. I placed it on top the rv and it worked perfect. Trees and leaves will interfere with signal. Under the dome, the code must be set to the service provider dish, direct. This is a great product.
364300
We live in the hill country. our antenna is on our roof and we get great reception and no problem with the antenna rotating. after install we did have to go to menu in the T.V to have it search for all digital and analog signals. you might check and see if your T.V needs to do the same, before we had it do the search we could not see any channels. Also we had to point our antenna toward the city closest to us which was south west. Hope this helps.
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I sit on top of a hill in a hilly area about 10 miles from the transmitter. So I have no experience with being in a valley. My neighborhood has a lot of large old trees. I put the antenna up in the fall on the back side of my house and got good reception. When the leaves came out in the spring the reception deteriorated so I moved it to the front of the house where there were fewer trees in my line of sight to the transmitter and it has worked fine ever since. I give it a top rating.
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Hi Blair - I purchased the Leaf about a month ago. I am very surprised at the number of channels I receive. However, I cannot receive the VHF channels in my area with the Leaf. I sent an email to Mohu customer support asking about UHF vs. VHF reception for the Leaf. Their response is below. Hope this helps. Thank you for your interest in our products. I am afraid that the UHF/VHF question is not quite as simple as a yes or no question. The Leaf does pick up VHF stations it just can't pick them up as efficiently and therefore not from quite far as away as it can UHF stations. There are two reasons for this. 1) The Leaf is optimized for the UHF band stations, VHF stations operate at a lower frequency and the Leaf is a little bit too small to receive them as efficiently as a larger antenna. The Leaf could receive VHF band stations just fine but it would need to have the surface area of a wall poster to do this. (Currently it is approximately the size of a sheet of notebook paper) 2) The FCC mandates that the VHF band stations are not allowed to broadcast with as high of a power as the UHF stations. As such, you may have trouble receiving VHF stations from as far away with any antenna. This is simply because they do not broadcast at the same power level. If you live pretty close to the towers, then you probably won't have any trouble with picking up the VHF stations as well as the UHF band stations. I hope that helps answer your question. If there is anything else I can help you with please let me know.
1623229
Buy yourself an indoor leaf antenna. All the channels you mentioned and more are free if you are in range of the broadcast arrays.
1140475
Mine doesn't work very well and I am planning on trying a different brand/type. If someone recommended an outdoor type of antenna, this may not work as it's an "Indoor" model.
1990
It's not doing a great job in getting any more station in my area. My TV was already very clear.So I don't think will do a great job in Pennsylvania hills.
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I live in a mountain area of Vermont. This paper thin antenna, did NOT work at all, not even one station came in. I use a regular house top digital hd antenna and get 15 stations. Is there something better out there ?
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OK, near a window? In the city? Let me suggest this: In the center pin of your coax plug, unbend a paperclip, carefully insert it into that coax in on your tv and connect a long wire or :conductive" material to it (foil). If you rescan with that in and STILL get nothing, unlikely but may happen, it's your location. If it picks up anything, the antenna's a dud. If it works, gauge what you can get from a homebrew antenna and go up from there. This may not be strong enough to hit your local channels. I know of a 50 mile radius antenna at $60; before you throw in the towel, try the paperclip trick. THe HomeWorx is inexpensive; returns are "meh." Good luck!
1876956
I use mind on a outdoor antenna, improved my signal by 10 times. It should work for you.
1612555
If heard of people putting antennas in their attics`. I guess you could this one, too. If your attics big enough and your not to far from TV stations. Buildings and trees block tv signals, I would think an attic does the same? Putting this on a 20-25 ft. pole down the side of house & using Quad Sheild RG-6 coax 75 ohm Cable , probably would get you better signal & stations further away. Mines on a 50ft. tower connected to 50` feet of RG-6 cable down to the amp. & I`m getting stations 60 miles ( south & east) away.
608590
Actually that is my current setup. I have a Moho Leaf antenna and it works great. It also picks up TV guides for all current air tv channels.
100846
How far away is the antenna farm for that station? If it is over 30 miles away that might be the issue. You may also want to see if there is anything that is very high that may be between you and the antenna farm. If that is the case, you might be able to just raise the antenna higher.