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Survived 120 mph winds with 3@120DG.spaced guide wires@ 15ft. above roof line in S.E. TX. Rotor a must in city.(1)19"LCDHDTV and rotor will run off of 3000 watt Honda Generator plus (2) Refg./freezers,1Light,2 fans,(coffee pot& 1000w microwave with 1 frig. unplugged)Trees and tall buildings will block signals.On good nights can pick up some stations 90 miles(Houston Tx. To Laffayette La. away but not the greatest picture) remainder of time 50 miles.

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This antenna worked good when I first put it up in July of 2008. Now since I hooked up the HDTV converter box, not much signals like it used to have. I point the antenna to a signal and other signals are stronger comming through the side doors of the antenna. What the Fox?

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I have had an outdoor VU-190 for many years but the weather has destroyed a lot of it and it still works better than the new VU-190-XR that I just instinstalled in the attic. When I hook up the two UHF Bowtie halves the signal stops on most channels, or is very poor. The old VU-190 did not have the UHF Bowtie. I would appreciate any help resolving this problem. A 190 mile range antenna it is not at this time and I would not yet recommend it to a friend.

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Even with the recommended amp reception is still weak.

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Same comments as other users. Plastic clips break easily. Once you put it up, don't ever touch it again. Plus, did not get very good reception.

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Good Reception. However, after 1.5 years most of the plastic clips broke and the elements folded back up. I fixed this by epoxying the folding elements down to the spreader. The spreader, however, is deteriorating significantly so the epoxy job will not permanently hold. Next spring I will epoxy my own heavy plastic spreaders to the top of the elements.

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won't pick up stations 30 miles away with a clear site. had a old one with bent elements that worked better. not worth it

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I have had this antenna for about 8 years. Within the first month of being installed the long elements would not stay locked in place. I had to use a very long pole to set the elements back in place - a short time later they would just pop out again. I gave up trying to reset them. Most of them have been pushed forward parallel with the boom.

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Works O.K. But I had to repair it several times,plastic clamps for the elements broke,If you decide to put this when up I suggest wrapping wire ties around the element and plastic to keep in place,high winds in the winter months broke mine.

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Buyer Beware. The plastic pieces that hold the elements in place froze and broke off in the first month of using it (installed in the winter). Unit would be a good choice for INDOOR use only. I believe there is a matching transformer issue, as mine did NOT work below 32 degrees (NO reception). Spend a little extra and get a different company's antenna. Look on the web, price + shipping is often cheaper than brick & mortar stores!!!

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I came back to check out the DTV specs on my antenna now that the DTV switch is coming. I have had my antenna for almost 10 years now. It still works great and from talking with neighbors it works better than most in this very rural area. It has withstood some very bad storms up here in the Arizona mountains very high winds, rain, hail and snow. A great antenna and I would recommend it to anyone in a rural area.

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I set this up last week and I was able to get the analog signals of WANE-TV (FWA) and WLFI (Lafayette), but unfortunately, I only get the digital signals at night.

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It gets HD with a Digital Converter signal meter can fine tune for best picture. I get channels Toronto channel 5 in HD many canadian analog stations Works GREAT EDEN NY 14057

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Just put one up for my neighbor. He's one that refuses to pay for TV. He got his digital decoder for 20 bucks and got me to install his antenna. We tried his decoder with rabbit ears, got some channels but not our local ABC.
Its a big antenna but what a huge difference it made in bringing in the digital channels. Never knew there were so many digital channels available, maybe could have gone with a slightly smaller antenna? Not sure what difference it would have made but the ABC channel that never even registered the first time, now comes in but just barely so I guess maybe we did ok.

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Alot of work assembling it and it feel apart over the winter. Northern ohio winters are bad, but come, this thing fell apart in one year. Piece of junk so I threw it out.

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Over the years I've had good performance with RS antennas. Of course they were TANDY then. But I will get me a new antenna to replace the joke rabbit ears to be replaced. I live between Indy & Ft.Wayne, so the bigger the antenna is a no brainer. Being a tech dude retired, the tv stations are telling us all you need is a set of rabbit ear antennas. DUH! Ok if you live in Indy? But not in deep fringe area in MUNCIE? So to get DIGITAL you need a real tv antenna! We have cable. Over the last 2yrs cable has removed at least 6 channels stating they went digital! Yet our bills did not change? What a RIPOFF! So I'm renewing our antenna system. OH YES I owe a couple of hundred dollars that I have to pay a collection bureau after they ripped me off for those stations I allready paid for! By By CABLE DUDES!

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When I ran digital channel setup, I received 15 digital channnels. I live in Beaver Falls, Pa;
about 40 miles from Pittsburgh. I do not have a rotor. I also pick up 4 more standard stations, that I did not have before.

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I upgraded to this antenna from my smaller and older outdoor antenna and it works great. I would encourage anyone buying this antenna to buy cable coax instead of the split wire because it provides a clearer picture. The antenna comes with an adapter for cable coax.

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I have it 70 feet high and not a good signal

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I installed 2 radio shack Antenna no# Model: VU-190 XR The reception is great. Put up approx. 4 months ago. As for durable? To early to tell. So far so good.

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Purchased this antenna to receive digital channels on my plasma tv. Installed an older powered rad shack 25dB signal amp. The siginal strength increased dramatic for the digital channels.Highly recommend for attic use.

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I installed this antenna about a couple months ago along with the Radioshack 30 Db preamp and a Channel Master rotator and am for a large part impressed by its performance. Television stations from Portland OR about 65 miles away come in very nicely along with FM stations from the same area and even further. I have received FM stations from as far away as 1,100 miles and also TV stations from that same range but this was under abnormal conditions. The only problem I am noticing with the antenna is a tuning issue at 50-70 MHz or TV channels 2-4 but it could be just this particular unit. Over all, a good value but a bit awkward in install and easy to assemble I had the thing out of the box and fully assembled in about 15 minutes.

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This looks just like the antenna I bought from Radio Shack for $90 in 1985 along with tripod, mast, coax, and later, an signal booster. It has worked fine all these analog years at two locations, feeding my home network of three TV's, two VCR's and stereo receiver and has stood up to many a severe summer thunderstorm. Now that digital is here, it pulls the lower channel stations fine but the channels above 40 aren't received too well or not at all (most of the local stations' towers are 30 to 45 miles away. Since one of my DTV tuners has analog pass-through, I'll continue to use the old antenna until February 2009. If I don't get good digital signals after the changeover, then I will most likely buy this antenna and hope it lasts 23 years like the first one.

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I picked one up for [$]. This is an extremely large antenna so I was mindful of how much room was available for attic mounting. The reception is good over the whole spectrum of UHF, VHF, and FM but it seems to be stronger on the VHF side of things. It will pick up the low channels which many antennas have problems with. I live about 30 miles from most of the TV transmitters and have no problem picking them all up. It is highly directional so the one or two antennas that I'm not pointing directly at are rather weak. I have switched over to HDTV and it picks up all the local HD channels with zero dropouts. The box registers 90-95% signal strength so I'm satisfied. I can only imagine what could be picked up if it was roof mounted. Put this thing on a strong pole and/or tripod, because its big, heavy and a strong wind will stress your mounting system. Theres no way to make something this big look pretty, so your neighbors probably will think you are trying to contact the andromeda galaxy with it.

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I installed this antenna and was really impressed with the signal I was getting. Note I said was getting the antenna has been on my roof for a year & a half and now it is shot. it is missing most of the aluminum probes and the reception is gone because of it. Now I will have to install another one and I am looking for something with a better warranty....

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I was sad to see radio Shack discontinued this antenna for a short time. Just today did I see it again.
I live in South East Florida and this antenna had the best reception of any antenna I tried. I have easly spent over $1000.00+ on antennas. Yes I am an antenna nut. Hurricane came and twisted it into a mess. Went to purchase another and no more. This antenna is the best BANG for the buck. I have spent $250.00+ on a single antenna. None compare to this one.

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I was pleased with how many stations that I was able to receive, even though we're over 40-50 miles away from all TV stations and our house is surrounded by pine trees. Before I bought this product, I went to antennaweb.org; based on my address, this web site indicated that I could not receive any TV signals. I went to the Carthage Radio Shack store and the manager said that this model of antenna will work just fine (on a 20 foot pole); he was right. It's nice to have HD signals on the network TV stations; I'm receiving 1080i on CBS-Shreveport, and 720p on ABC-Shreveport, CW-Shreveport, Fox-Shreveport, and Fox-Longview. There's also a few stations coming in at 480i. Next, I'm going to buy a TV antenna preamplifier, for a signal boost on these 480i stations. I would not have expected this reception from so many TV stations, since we're so far away from the broadcasters and have pine trees surrounding us for miles.

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great antenna,been on my roof about 11 years.
in the winter we get really strong winds,
sometimes over 100 m.p.h. looks a little
ragged these days but still about 90% signal.

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I have only had the antenna a few months.
It has a Strong Signal but after a winding day about four of the plastic element holders broke.
I had to use nylon wire ties and super glue to repair it.
My OLD antenna was up over 20 years, went through wind and an ice storm just find.( but would not work with my new HDTV)

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Both myself and my parents own a 190 and have only had one element bend between the two of them..which happened in a 60-mph wind storm. If Radio Shack still makes the model 210, I'd go for that... it's a tad more powerful..especially for UHF. This unit is very directional...which means you'll need a rotor if stations are all around you. Mine pulls in Seattle, 30 miles away, strong despite hilly conditions. It's bulky getting it up in the air for oen person..but not heavy. My only complaint is the plastic "snap in place" connectors as opposed to the older models with metal connectors. Mine have held up, but once connected...you can't fold the elements back in without breaking the plastic. So if you sell your home .. the antenna stays. I'm anxious to see how the UHF elements work for HD. With HD becoming mandatory soon, I'd probably get an antenna made for that type of broadcast only. If you have one of those long UHF only antennas, you'll probably be in better shape for HD than with this type.

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I bought this antenna thinking it was my best bet to pick up Denver channels, which are about 60 miles south of where I live. I worked quite well, until the first wind storm we had. We only got wind gust of around 30 miles per hour, but the plastic on this antenna is such poor quality that it could not hold the very long and flimsy VHF elements in place, I lost about half of them over the course of 2 weeks. Once the plastic broke, the elements just bent themselves all over 'till they fell off. Funny thing is that we don't even watch VHF and I bought this thing to pick up the HD signals. Which it still did, I'm just tired of picking up aluminum elements off the ground all the time.

I have since found much better quality antenna products for even less money at other local and on-line retailers.

My advice: Use products from a company that make the antenna model DB8 - Mine picks up even more HDTV channels (I now get Colorado Spring Channels from over 100 miles away) and the wind does not do a thing to it. Even in gusts up to 60 mph, the other day

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I installed this over a year ago and so far, I have lost 4 elements to the wind and others have bent. It is made of fairly weak aluminum. Also, the wire that has the co-axel cable adapter broke ? I had to take the antenna down to make the repair. Also, two of the plastic stops that hold the elements in position broke ? so now two elements are out of position. Other than the fact that this antenna is fragile, it does provide a fairly strong signal. I can get signals from as far as 30 ? 40 miles away. Just a warning though, if you live in a valley and have hills between you and the TV broadcast towers, good luck getting a signal ? you?ll have to get it really high.

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It handles wind very well. I am on my third antenna. It does not handle tornados nor pecan branches very well though. I pick-up a low power VHF and UHF from 45 Miles away without problems. It does not overpower the channels within 20 miles.

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Have a total of four T.V.s running off this, Have a splitter at the top w/signal amp([$] R.S.)going to my HD L.C.D. T.V., and I live in Salem Or, and Get Portland Or. stations great, digital and analogalong with U.H.F.. Distance of about 48 miles.

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This Antenna was put on a 20 foot pole, and used for a digital- television. I live at the lake of the ozarks, at about the Warsaw area. I try to get Springfield and Jefferson City, but it is sometimes a little bit hard, even after I thouroughly inspected its connection. I can get about 5 analog stations from both places, 10 altogether. During the day they are very snowy, and hard to watch, and I get 1 HD Channel, but that is PBS and is from Sedalia, yet that rarely comes in. At night, I can get about 5 digital channels sometimes. I found out that it seems to come in better during warmer weather, and the signal stinks in the winter. If you live on flat ground or have a huge tower, it might work better, or even great. I advise you to get something much stronger if you live in a place like I do, between hills. I have to say that after messing around with my amplified bunny-ears I got about the same digital reception.

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When the temperature goes below 30 degrees, the reception is so snowy it is difficult to watch a program. Antenna is installed and grounded correctly, yet the Radio Shack store where I bought the unit claims to have never heard of the problem. I have a 30 year old beat up antenna that comes in better. I'm sorry I wasted my money on this unit.

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Stop buying cheep junk.

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I previously had a VU190 when I was at Waco and could recieve all the way to Dallas using a preamp even though it was inside an attic! I live in Beaumont now and hoped to receive Lake Charles using this antenna but have had no success with or without a pre-amp. I even mounted it outside on a 20 foot pole and used [...]pre-amp but the signal was still far to fuzzy to view. I recently installed an 8-bay flat antenna which is able to receive Lake Charles. This antenna seems to be a mixed bag. Good Luck.

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[...] I had to install it in the attic, because I live in an Apartment complex. But [...] I'm getting HDTV signals like never before. I've spent more in the past and gotten less!! This is a great antenna.

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I have changed the direction by hand a few times and I am amazed at how many chanels I can get better than I could with cable.When I add A rotor to this antenna I'll get many more chanels and I'll be able to fine tune them all in. Great antenna for the money and it really pulls in the fm stereo.

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I bought this unit from our local [...]after purchasing a new TV on black friday. I have never had cable and only watched what I could get off of the rabbitt ears on the top of the TV. Easy to assemble and definately helps if you have someone to help you. I put this on a 25' pole and mount the pole to our house and ran the cable inside and hooked up to the new tv. I had 6 channels before with a antenna ontop of the tv. Now with this I get 30 channels of HD channels. Definately worth the buy and time to put up.

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The matching transformer is cheaply made and the threaded connector came apart when I threaded the coax onto it. I had an extra lying around so I used it instead. This antenna brings in all the local analog and digital channels and then some. Very good antenna. Supplies signal to 6 TV's with a splitter and no signal loss. Matching transformer could be made better.

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We live about 75 miles southwest of CO Springs, CO. We live in the mountains and this antenna picks the CO Springs and Pueblo stations very nicley. Watch the wind loading. I origianlly used 3/4 inch black iron pipe but switched to 1 inch after seeing the antenna in a high wind.

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We live in Rochester, NY and this antenna is pulling in even Toronto TV stations! I have it up on a 45 foor tower with Rotor and Amp.
It's a great antenna for the cost... $99 on sale when I bought it.

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this is the best antenna i've ever bought. i get every local channel in crystal clear, even channel 2, and coming from anybody in and around chicago, that's saying something right there. i live right by ohare so i used to get constant interference with an indoor antenna from the airplanes going by all the time, and when it's the busiest airport in the world, it's alot of flights, but with this, the picture is perfect. it's huge, light weight, bit difficult to navigater up a lader with it once it's assembled. use the "optional" stability arm, it really help in high winds to keep it on target. i picked this antenna up to get the high def broadcasts, but i split the signal with a monster 4 way splitter to get local on my bedroom tv, which is not high def, everything comes in crystal clear, this is the best reception i've ever had, and i've had cable and dish. i love it, i think everyone should own one.

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I live near Sacramento, but this antenna can pick up more than Sacramento. I can pick up Chico, Santa Rosa/Rohnert Park, San Francisco, and San Jose TV stations. I have my antenna mounted about 38 feet off the ground. The downside of this antenna isn't just the fragile elements, but the weight and bulkiness of the antenna as well. If you plan to install one, make sure you get help in raising the mast up - especially if the mast is tall. I strongly recommend using a rotor (analog or digital control) if you get stations from many directions as I do. This antenna does very well in pulling in both analog and digital (HDTV) signals. The picture I get on my 19" HDTV set/PC Monitor is outstanding! The San Jose and Chico HDTV stations come in just as clear as Sacramento and no snow or dropouts! Impressive!

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I love my outdoor antenna. I was so supprised how many channels I was able to recieve living in ruel part of Saucier Mississippi. With this antenna I am able to pick up between 10-15 channels. I do recommend getting a rotator for you outdoor antenna, to go from mobil channel to new orleans channels and Jackson mississippi channels and for me I have to point it south for local wlox out of gulfport Ms. We had a bad storm come through the area 2 weeks ago that had 60 mile wind gust. I was very pleased on how well it went through the storm. there was a couple of elements that needed to be popped back into place cause they tried to fold back in, but held up just fine.

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I bought one of these back in 1989 when I purchased my home vowing to NEVER pay a cable bill ever again, did the whole shooting match, antenna, mast, cable, rotator, and booster amp. It had been on my roof (about 23 feet in the air) and I couldn't believe the TV and FM reception I could get, I regularly got Buffalo and Cleveland stations as well as a multitude of Canadian stations, sometimes Detroit and Pittsburgh from time to time, there is a lot of hills and stuff around my area, I quit counting after about 25 stations and that was just TV, FM I could get stations ALL across the band with it so needless to say I was very impressed. One of the longest elements broke off about 2 years ago and it didn't diminish the reception one bit and here in NW PA we get lots of winds and snow, if that was the most damage after all those years then I certainly got my moneys worth and then some! Unfortunately I took it down to get roofing done with plans to put it on a 40 foot tower and damaged the UHF yagi and broke the boom (It was either drop it or fall off the roof, I chose the former!) I will get another very soon and get it on that tower and then see what it will pick up at double the height! Like the title says, "Best bang for the buck!" Believe it.

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I am about 65 miles NE of the DFW towers and tried a couple of indoor HDTV antennas and received some analog and digital channels with a lot of interference. Installed the RS 160" Dual Boom antenna (15-2156) on a 20' mast with the High Gain Signal Amplifier (15-2507) and using 150' of RG6 shielded cable. I seem to be receiving all of the HD channels out of Cedar Hill along with some of the analog channels. It is too early to determine the longevity of the product, but after a couple of days, I have to say it is doing it's job. The digital channels are nice and clear and I do not have to pay for cable or satellite. www.antennaweb.org does not indicate that we should be able to receive the DFW HDTV signals, but we are are getting them just fine. Maybe, I will try to add another 10' to the mast and a rotor.

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Great Antenna, Great Customer Service. Before purchasing this antenna, I did considerable research, which included talking to manufacturers and distributors. Having called Radio Shack, I spoke with Don C. at the Painesville, Ohio store. Don was very friendly, extremely knowledgeable and very courteous. The following week my wife and I drove to the store and made our purchase. The antenna was not in stock at that time but was there in three days. We also purchased the 30 db amplifier, rotor, cables, mast and other accessories that were needed. The performance of this antenna exceeds what I had expected. We receive channels from nearly 200 miles away. The quality of the reception is great. Thank you Don and thank you Radio Shack.

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I'm located 100 miles from broadcast stations and while the reception is great, I have found the antenna does not hold up well in Ak. winters. Build up of ice and snow makes the unit heavy enough to snap the main booms. However, I've been able to reinforce the booms with heavier material and it functions fine in the analog range for all available channels. I recommend this unit to anyone but it will require reinforcing the main structure to endure the Alaska winters.

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I was looking to get Minn/St.Paul stations about 100 miles away. I've got some pine trees slightly in the way. Even with an Amplifier it wouldn't pull them in at all. Alot of it has to do with terrain but I was dissatisfied with the performance of this antenna. I just expected more than it could produce. It did receive locals from about 50 miles away really well. Would recommend it if you are not trying to receive braodcasts from over 100 miles.

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This antenna is a great UHF/VHF antenna. The set-up is quick and the design will even allow it to be folded back up if you need to move (as I did). The installation on my 20' mast was a little scary, but it has no problem from wind (other than turning the pole a little). I think wind damage is proportional to the direction the wind is blowing. Great reception (40+ miles away) with no pre-amp, and split three ways. Highly directional, so a rotator may be necessary, it wasn't for me though.

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I GET TORONTO STATIONS 90 MILES AWAY PRETTY GOOD. ITS NOT PERFECT BUT GOOD ENOUGH. I WAS HOPING FOR BETTER PERFORMANCE BUT AM NOT DISAPPOINTED. YOU NEED ROTATOR IN THIS AREA.

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This is the best antenna that I have tried. It pulls in channels all the way from mobile sometimes. It brings in anything within 100 miles clear all the time. Great buy...if you have snow on your TV, get this and an amplifier and it will be clear and you will find stations you didn't know existed, well at least I did. Also a rotor is a great idea so you can point it at other tv markets to see what you can get. I get stuff from 8 different markets here.

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Before I put this antenna up I could get 1 local channel good and 1 local channel pretty fuzzy off Rabbit ears. I can now get 5 local channels and 2 channels from Montgomery, over 100 miles away. Not to mention I also get 4 HD channels in addition to the normal. With the addition of a $50 amp I am able to split the signals to 3 different tvs with no real degradation. I have it mounted on a 18' pole off of my porch, I live in a very low lying area surrounded by tall trees, I can't imagine what kind of reception I would get if it was mounted on my roof to get over the treeline. I would suggest this to anyone that needed to increase their reception, the only caveat is that the size is MASSIVE.

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Just put this on my roof 4 days ago on a 5 foot post with a chimney mount.I figure that puts it about 20 feet off the ground. The house does set in pretty high location with a clear shot to the south.I did purchase the signal amplifier Model: 15-2507 which advertises a signal boost up to 30dB.I do recommend it to anyone in a rural area, it makes a good bit of difference. The overall constuction of the attenna is good and it is lite weight.It was easy to assemble and mount. I did not bother with a rotor because I get all want for stations from the south. The stations I get are 3,8,18,24,and 61 out of Hartford "good". Channels 22, 40 and 57 out of Springfield excellent.These are digital quality pictures. Can't tell them from satellite reception. I will say if had invested in a rotor and pointed to the east I would get 2,4,5 and 7 out of Boston which come in very faintly off the side.As far as realibilty goes I gave it (1) because don't know yet. I will see how it holds up in the long run. My overall satifaction at this point is good. 12/31/06

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Assembly was a breeze, pretty self explanatory. If you don't need a manual to sharpen a pencil, you won't need a detailed instruction booklet for this either. Great reception, bigger than the picture though...so be mindful of it's awesome size!

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Somehow I got this antenna in my attic (I had to assemble in my attic). I pull in channels I didn't even know were there.

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This antenna has improved our reception. The instruc-tions were not too helpful though, since there was no drawing showing the final assembly.

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Absolute great antenna.....If you get the amplifier and antenna rotor! I liked the ease of putting it together and the fact it is lightweight. The only factor that comes into play is that if you live in an "on the fringe" area you will need the AMP and the Rotor. We pick up about 20 HD Stations with that setup and 0 stations without it. Of course I knew I would be in a situation going in that I would need need the extra equipment, so that isn't a surprise. But, I would have thought I could have picked up something without it. So my advice is to research not only the antenna but also if you will need other equipment.

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In use 6 years, wind colapses reflectors, one broke off 9/06, up on chimmney (38') to get reception, not easy to move reflectors back in place. Some stations 25 miles away not as clear as other stations 25 miles away. I'm in a rural area on a ridge.