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Picked up more stations than I expected
I looked around at quite a few antennas on Amazon and ended up choosing this one. While the antenna was on the way I used TVFool.com to view on a map where different antennas are located in my area. I picked a heading with the most antennas and then averaged the heading from all of the antennas in that general direction.
Once the antenna arrived I put the thing together. It took about 15 minutes. Not the most straightforward assembly, but not too bad either.
After putting the antenna together I climbed up into the attic and installed it as high as possible. I used my iPhone to level the antenna and also to point it at the exact heading I had averaged out before.
Lastly, I scanned for channels on my TV. For the first half of the scan it did not pick anything up. I began to expect the worst. Shortly after the TV tuner began picking up all sorts of stations. In total I ended up with 68 total! Now a lot of these channels are terrible, but they're also free, so...
All in all I'm very happy with my purchase. I pick up all of the major broadcast networks, a few cool random networks, and some junk channels. I have had zero interference or drops in picture. I have since ordered an HDHomeRun tuner to pair with my 4th gen Apple TV. Between Netflix, Hulu, and the Channels App (getchannels.com) paired with this antenna, I'm set!
February 2016 · Electronics · verified purchase