According to AntennaWeb.org, I am 36-38 miles from the towers and they recommend "yellow" rated antennas. Which antenna do I need?
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Get the Extreme with the amplifier, it works great at those distances. You may need to place in a window towards the transmission tower in your area. Use the included power adapter, as it produces a bit more current and seems to work better. I have used the Extreme at those distances, and I am receiving 40 plus channels.
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I am not an expert on this. I did look up my info also on the antennaweb.org site and then took into account the area I live in,. IE buildings heights, mountains and other possible blocking objects.
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ccording to AntennaWeb.org, I am 36-38 miles from the towers and they recommend "yellow" rated antennas. Which antenna do I need?
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This is a neat website I have never heard of it. I have four towers in yellow, three green, and one red according to this site. With this Amazon antenna I pick them all up with no problem. Hope this helps
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I found the fcc website better because the colors mapped to the descriptions green, yellow, red and seem to indicate signal strength vs just distance.. To the best of my knowledge, basic is for green channels, high performance yellow and green and theoretically, extreme, for yellow, green and red. I have the $35 and I can get the green, yellow and some of the red. The remaining red I can get if the weather is clear. Oh, measure how far to a window. Mine did not work well unless in a window and I needed to order and extension piece of coax cable so I could place it high in the window.
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Go on tvfool.com to see how far away the station signals are from you. If farther than like 40 miles, you may want to get a signal booster, otherwise you dont need anything except this antenna and some coaxial cable to go from the antenna to your tv. You will need a compass (or use a smartphone app) to set the direction of the antenna, and two wrenches to tighten up the antenna. Thats it.
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I live in Waldorf MD. I am about 35 miles from our towers as well. I tried 3 antennas. Clearstream 2V, DB8e, and the Winegard HD 7694P. The Clearstream 2V worked pretty good, DB8e not as good for me, and the Winegard worked the best by far. Higher is better. I ended up with the 7694 a preamp and distribution amplifier to send throughout the house. I got about 30 channels on the Clearstream but it took a lot of tweaking. The DB8e never dialed in as well. The 7694 worked great the moment I set it down.
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This is a directional antenna. You need to have a window with southern exposure and you need a clear site toward tower with no buildings or huge trees in line with the tower. If you have an eastern or western window and can point the antenna in a southerly direction, it may work. With my application I was able to pick up stations 25-30 miles away but had no obstructions and was able to aim antenna directly at towers.
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Go to TVFool.com and run a signal analysis for your location. That will tell you what stations you are likely to get and the type of antenna to buy. If you need help understanding the analysis, there is a forum there for questions.
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I agree. Look at the Firestiks or Wilson antennas if you want to thread mount it. I posted a pic of the antenna disconnected from the magnetic base if you decide to go this route.
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As with any Antenna.... It is a matter of Antenna Height above the ground versus trhe number of signals in the surrounding area... Mounted on top of my Travel Trailer I received excellent reception of stations 75-100 miles away, by using the amplifier that came with this unit... Hope that helps you.....
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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.
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That's a tough one to answer! There are SO many variables. To start with, we know the gain of this antenna - it's one of the highest, varying from 11 dBi at channel 14 to 16 dBi at channel 55. However, major factors other than the gain of the antenna are the power of the transmitter(s) you're trying to receive. They vary greatly, but go as high as about 1 million watts. Then there's terrain. Any mountains between you and the desired stations. What's the height of the transmitting antenna at the stations you're trying to receive. And using a low noise pre-amp for long distance reception is a must. However, I can give you the tools to check it yourself. First, using the Internet go to tvfool.com On the right side of the page, click See which stations you can get on a map. Scroll down to Start Maps. Click it of course. This brings up a new screen. Type in your address. Then click Map This. When the new page opens up, scroll down and you'll see a list of all the stations you should be able to get. The ones you'll be able to receive with the XG91 antenna are all of those whose number in the last column - the one called NM (dB) have a number larger than -18. So start at the top and work down the -18 level. That's your cutoff for digital TV. And play around with the tvfool path calculator. There are some other neat features, such as actually being able to SEE the signals that are coming in at your address.
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36 inches awesome antenna!!! I am in northern new jersey in the USA and I recently made contact with a station in ohio with this antenna.
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It works very well for us. Our towers are within 30 miles and covered by this antenna and its color coded system for channels all fall under this one's acceptable range.
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Don't remember what the box has but I think it's light green, for large multi-directional i.e. pretty good stuff. The antenna claims good for 70+ miles. The farthest station from my house is only 39 miles away so everything is clear, all 30 stations. Go to antennaweb.org, type in your zip code and address to locate all the stations. Use google earth to find the orientation of your house relative to the stations and aim for best reception. My Tivo has signal strength indicator for all the stations, a friend rotates the antenna on the roof until I get optimum reception. My stations are clustered N-E and S-W so the antenna was aimed that way and fine tuned using the station strength meter from Tivo. Don't remember what the box has but I think it's light green, for large multi-directional i.e. pretty good stuff. The antenna claims good for 70+ miles. The farthest station from my house is only 39 miles away so everything is clear, all 30 stations. Go to antennaweb.org, type in your zip code and address to locate all the stations. Use google earth to find the orientation of your house relative to the stations and aim for best reception. My Tivo has signal strength indicator for all the stations, a friend rotates the antenna on the roof until I get optimum reception. My stations are... » Read More Don't remember what the box has but I think it's light green, for large multi-directional i.e. pretty good stuff. The antenna claims good for 70+ miles. The farthest station from my house is only 39 miles away so everything is clear, all 30 stations. Go to antennaweb.org, type in your zip code and address to locate all the stations. Use google earth to find the orientation of your house relative to the stations and aim for best reception. My Tivo has signal strength indicator for all the stations, a friend rotates the antenna on the roof until I get optimum reception. My stations are clustered N-E and S-W so the antenna was aimed that way and fine tuned using the station strength meter from Tivo. « Show Less
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Try going to antennaweb.org you can enter your address and find out exactly what type of antenna to use, how far your broadcast stations are, which and how many channels you should receive. An outdoor antenna whether in an attic or behind any wall in your home will lose 1/3 or more of its power. Does your leaf antenna have an amp already? Too powerful of an amp will hurt your signal also. Typically, the best indoor antennas (those which are powered) will give you stations from 30 miles away. Any farther, its time to consider an outdoor model. Don't fall for any company claiming to have an antenna capable of getting stations more than 70 miles away. (Curvature of the Earth) I have this pre-amp with a clear stream 4 and get about 40 channels that are non-repeats and 73 channels all together. This is a great pre-amp. Consider a Flatwave powered outdoor antenna from winegard , checkout any of their products on winegard.com you can find them at Home Depot for about a $100. (There probably on Amazon too.) Winegard is the Mercedes-Benz of antennas, you can't go wrong with them.
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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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This antenna didn't work at all. According to the fcc website I live 35 miles from 3 stations. The antenna received None of these stations. I would try purchasing A different antenna.
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I doubt it, but an internet search may prove me wrong. But maybe you can determine it yourself. Line of site and distance are the main keys in getting reception. If you can see the transmitter tower from your roof, you are good. Otherwise, you will have to get the transmitter tower height and topographical maps of were you live to determine the height of your antenna should be. That is given that there are no other obstructions like buildings, hills, and trees are in the line of sight. And don't forget the distance from the transmitter tower.
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Your reception depends on the distance between you and the stations you're trying to get. Ones in your area can be found here: http://www.antennaweb.org/Address.aspx Over 60 miles or so, you need a high mounted, in the clear, directional antenna.I used this site and all the stations were approximately 40 - 45 miles away over basically flat terrain. I get all that are available in this area.