Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

My conditions: Hilly/Mountainous terrain of Seattle. Rain, fog and trees. Fortunately living on a hill and stations are located 10-35 miles away from me and all within a 100 degree fan range. Installation: In attic about 25 feet above the ground with pre-amp (Winegard LNA-200 Boost XT Digital HDTV Preamplifier) cabled into a junction/splitter that runs to various rooms in the house. Previous antenna: Mohu Leaf (Amplified) - worked OK but when rainy or foggy, some of the channels that were even 10-15 miles away cut out momentarily. Although multi-directional, noticed better reception when oriented in certain way and difficult to aim given its design. Results: Works great. Picked up 10 more channels that were rated Blue or Violet on AntennaWeb.org while providing strong / quality signal on those channels that were fading with the Mohu...even on a rainy / foggy day. This is a directional antenna, so you need to point it where the stations are located; a 5 degree adjustment can make a world of difference. Again, my stations were within a 100 degree range, but this antenna had no issue with picking those stations up. Fortunately, those Blue / Violet stations were in the middle of the range fan so I have the antenna pointed directly to those "weaker" stations. Also, the VHF was able to pick up the 3 stations that were broadcasting VHF. Some tips when buying an antenna: - Where do you live? Check out AntennaWeb.org and find out where your stations are located and see if an antenna will even work for where you live. The website will be able to guide you to see what antenna you should get (small, medium, large, directional, multi-directional, etc). - If you're splitting the signal to more than one TV over long stretches of wire, then ensure to get a pre-amplifier and place it between the antenna and splitter. - Your TV DTV Tuner. All TVs' DTV tuners (converts the antenna signal to the picture on your screen) are not created equal. Some are better than others at "catching" and converting the signal. My newer TVs (less than 2 years old) are able to pick up the Blue / Violet stations while my older TVs (4-5 years old) cannot. Also, how far the signal has to run on the length of cable can also have an effect once it gets to the TV. Hopefully, this helps.