My garage is approx. 60 feet away. I can get about 2 bars. Where does this antenna go? Near the router, in the attic, garage? Another product?
629258
It would mount outside of your building on a pole (unit comes with mount but not pole) point it in direction of where you want signal. Run cable indoors to poe injector (included). Then another cable goes from injector to your router / modem / Internet . Program and enjoy 100% signal.
629259
Just had mine installed. I get 2 bars from my pool area which is about 50 ft. From the router and dish. Very happy with this product.
629260
out side looking at the router, my house is 250 ft from garage with steel walls and it works fine.
366553
Well, what is your definition of works? For me, this unit receives good signals fromup to 20 miles away. It picks up stations as far away as 30 miles (we're rural) but keep in mind that it is mounted high in my 2 story attic. When the weather is bad the 30 mile signals are intermittent.
2247302
I use a JacobsPart wifi Router in a mobile home from my son's wifi about 300' away (I cannot even pick up FM radio without an outside antenna). I get 3 bars which equals good signal. It works great. Of course I am not on the computer that much, but it works aytime I connect. And his home has aluminum siding to pass thru also.
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I have a 2800 sf house, with the router place in the room above the garage mounted on a wall vertically. The single to the other side of the house is ok, 52mb out of 145mb. I will be installing a shelf to mount horizontally to try getting a better signal, just have not gotten to it.
624494
You need the amp as close to the antenna as possible. In my case it is just a 3' cable from the antenna with the amp mounted on the mast holding the antenna to the roof. You are losing signal strength with every foot of cable from the antenna to the amp so you want it to be as short as possible. The power supply on the other hand can go anywhere. Typically it is near the TV or the distribution point for the rest of the TVs in the house. The power supply can be in the attic if you have 120VAC outlet to plug it in there or it can be in you basement or living room.
1684325
I have mine mounted on the wall of a 3 car garage (inside). It reaches most of the two story with walkout basement house fine, as well as the backyard and pool area. I get a weak signal in an adjacent shop building, and use an amped range booster set up for the ubiquiti to feed my computer there. With that in mind, saw no need to mount it outside as I had initially planned.
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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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I have picked up from that distance, without a lot of things blocking your signal. You can put this antenna outside when you use it, but if I do put it outside, I don't when it is raining, I always bring it back inside later on. Put it up high outside. There might be something you can pick up between your house and the Library that you didn't know about. Try different directions with the antenna itself. I love mine, using it right now! Good Luck!!
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I got 50ft from the antenna inside and 50ft from the amp to the indoor antenna. This kit works great! But I would look into the 75db version for better indoor range. It really depends on your signal outside. If you have some service outside then it will probably work great. I have no service at all outside or in and now I do:)
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I would guess 5' based on a quick but not careful measurement. I am in Seattle; the antenna is in the attic and the cable connects to a splitter which runs coax to a computer in one room and the tv in another. Works great without the amp; in fact if I use the amp the signal is unusable.
1985738
My antenna picks up signals from transmitters 50 miles away, but a friend picks up signals that are 90 miles away. We live where it is flat with no obstacles to block the signal.
763745
We had to get a booster box. We mounted the antenna and booster box in our attic. The farther away from the TV's the number of stations were fewer. It solved everything when we got a booster box.
1396960
I used to use two coat hangers and one half of a truckers twin antenna set, hanging just over the main window in the house. Worked great, I could reach 30 to 40 miles, all the while being in the foothills of the allegany mountains. I have not tried the Esky antenna for that type of reception. yes on the metal shed
1315754
Depends on how many walls the signal has to go through and a bunch of other variables. My base station is about 100 ft away from my garage. If I stand just inside my garage no signal. Stand just outside the garage I get a signal.
1714351
I have mine in the attic because of zoning ( no outside roof antennas ). Regardless of the name, it is a little directional. I can get all the stations south of me (15 miles) or all the stations north of me ( 40 miles ) but not both. So mounted it on an antenna rotor, works great. Been using it since they all went digital and no cable bill.
1187112
I haven't installed my unit outside yet. I have it plugged in inside the house. I rent camper spaces and the people in the camper about 500 feet away had to hook up a receiver to get good reception in there camper. I think if I had it installed outside they would pick it up fine. My neighbor has one and he picks it up good all over his farm and can get 2 bars half a mile away. He mounted his on top of his tallest barn. If you aren't able to get enough bars maybe you could put a receiver/router thing on (I don't know what they put on but it was something they already owned)
1016977
Depends on how far the cable runs are. You might need a video DA to amplify the signal. Are you installing the antenna in the attic?