Anybody know this antenna came with this unit covered all band from 76 to 108 mhz? This antenna say on it 87 mhz, this mean for 87 mhz only?
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It works on all bands. Antenna's are a pretty complex subject (I'm sure you've looked them up and seen that) but it worked for us on many, some far from 87.0 =) And if you go to get a different antenna, so you know, I don't know if they updated the product image to show this, but the antenna connector is threaded bnc, not the standard one.
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I ran test from the low open channels to 106.9 which is where I settled on transmitting in my area. I did not see any loss of signal at 200 meters on any of the frequencies
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The antenna is not great and there may be feedback to damage the output transistor on 7w. Get a dipole online and then go to 7w.
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AM/FM reception on my stock antenna (Ram 1500) was fine on all channels. Switched to the stubby and the only channel I had reception on was a local LI station and even that had a significant amount of static. Left the radio tuned to that station, switched back the the regular antenna and the signal was crystal clear.
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Hi, KJC. I purchased this antenna for a home on a lake. I went directly to the Mohu website and entered in my zip code. It gave me a decent idea what stations I could receive. There is also a few websites that can help you get an idea what stations broadcast from your area. Try the following: www.antennaweb.org; www.fcc.gov; www.antennapoint.com; www.tvfool.com or www.antenna.tv. They will help you to understand what stations transmit the closest to your area.I purchased this antenna after some research. I am very happy with the quality of the reception and the number of stations. You might have to play with it a bit but it works great. Hi, KJC. I purchased this antenna for a home on a lake. I went directly to the Mohu website and entered in my zip code. It gave me a decent idea what stations I could receive. There is also a few websites that can help you get an idea what stations broadcast from your area. Try the following: www.antennaweb.org; www.fcc.gov; www.antennapoint.com; www.tvfool.com or www.antenna.tv. They will help you to understand what stations transmit the closest to your area.I purchased this antenna after some research. I am very happy with the quality of the reception and the number of... » Read More Hi, KJC. I purchased this antenna for a home on a lake. I went directly to the Mohu website and entered in my zip code. It gave me a decent idea what stations I could receive. There is also a few websites that can help you get an idea what stations broadcast from your area. Try the following: www.antennaweb.org; www.fcc.gov; www.antennapoint.com; www.tvfool.com or www.antenna.tv. They will help you to understand what stations transmit the closest to your area.I purchased this antenna after some research. I am very happy with the quality of the reception and the number of stations. You might have to play with it a bit but it works great. « Show Less
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Zip 95121. In the valley and low ground not on the hill. I installed this antena 25ft above ground pointing 320 NW and 100ft RG6 cable quad shield from Monoprices.com. No amp, Also splitted into 3 TVs. I get 74 crystal clear channels out of 85 channels from the scan result.Fyi ... I paid $10 for this C1 @frys. Notes: use good cable and connector. I was planning to get bigger antena $100+ but I don't think that it will give me more channel so I'm happy with this current setup costed me $35 total.
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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.
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it depends on how long you want to experiment with the FM antenna. I live in a poor reception signal in the mountains of NC and at first I could not receive more than 1 or 2 FM stations. Ihad several antennas to try out and believe it or not, I got the best result with a cheap, simple T shape vertical antenna for less than $10.00 !But the placement is critical . After several tries I hit the jack pot and was able to teceive 11 stations loud and clearr !To this day I still can tune in any of those 11 frequencies on any time of the day or night So, do mot dispair, it's not the receiver, it's the antenna !
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Check out the review with the 3 star rating By Bee. After the review, the manufacturer responded and recommended improving reception using a different internal and external antenna. I believe the external antenna they referenced is their Yagi direction antenna. They even provide a link to the directional antenna with a female connector, which is on Amazon too.
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The antenna is built for UHF frequencies, I may be wrong, but I don't believe what is broadcast over the frequency matters, but as far as I know, no one here in the states broadcasts the higher density digital signal. After some googling that suggests no new antenna is required to receive this signal, it suggested that broadcasters using it tend to broadcast with lower power output which would necessitate an antenna like this one that has a booster. I just gave my old one to my mother who was happy to get so many extra channels. Range is about 30 miles from broadcast source.
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This is a broadband directional antenna which I believe covers most if not all the cell frequencies. I misplaced the data sheet for this antenna, but you should be able to search for it online. Note that you will need to make sure the coax connector matches your cell unit, else you will need to purchase an adapter cable to interface to your device.
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Hello Brandon, yes that was my idea too. I have attached an 9 dbi antenna that was 5 times the size of the original antenna. And there was totally no difference in range
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I can tune this antenna from 10 to 20 meters and have done well DX'ing. You really need a good ground to work good DX. Put a rod into the ground and connect it to the mounting plate. That will help. There is also a radial attachment you can add on. Good luck. It is a GREAT antenna!.
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In Colorado, US I found the Tecsun PL880 useless. I could not pick up any stations on SW or LW, even with the supplied longwire antenna. Maybe it is because I live near some mountains in CO, but I was not happy with it at all and returned it after several days of effort to receive any shortwave station.
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The antenna suggested in the Amazon Ad is a dual band VHF/UHF antenna and is not the correct antenna for the 220 band. If you buy this radio look elsewhere for a 220 band antenna, and not the one suggested by Amazon.
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It's not 75 ohms according to my MFJ antenna analyzer. It's unbalanced ranging from 3 ohms to 572 ohms over the FM radio frequencies.
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The built-in antenna works fine. I have a 700 series external antenna and the 597cidi combo with an internal and notice no difference. I like the internal antenna- no mounting.
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BUT, if you look at the gain figures in the little chart (one of the images), you'll see that this antenna is essentially unity gain, with no directivity, for channels 7 through 13 (174-216 MHz).I think it's pretty safe to assume that this is a UHF antenna! (Channels 14 through 69, or wherever they stop now. Ch. 56?)I notice that some of the reviews mention this same thing - that VHF-Hi reception is poor.So you may want to keep this in mind, if any of your ATSC stations operate on channels 7 - 13.
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The stock antenna works good but I believe you will be satisfied with another antenna. I just ordered another one to try to see which I like better.