Antennas Direct 8-Element Bowtie TV Antenna, 70 Miles Range, Multi-directional, Indoor, Attic, Outdoor Applications, Special Bracket to Turn Both Panels, All-Weather Mounting Hardware, Adjustable Mast Clamp, 4K Ready, Silver - DB8e - DB8-E

A word about the beginning. I suggest you do a lot of research (I suggest you do just that) before making your decision. In the end, I decided to cut the cable and it has been pretty easy. To make an informed decision, you should know what is around you before you decide to purchase. I would like to draw your attention to the following In our house, we have 4 televisions and doing a rotating antenna would have been difficult for my wife and kids who were fighting over how to position the antenna. So I got the antennas and not a rotating antenna. Then I got the directional antennas for the transmission towers and pointed them at all of them. I have solved the problem. If it doesn't work for you, it might not work for others. The first is your geographical location since antennas do not work directly on the grid. In such a case, if you reside next to a mountain or adjacent to a bunch of trees and buildings, chances are that your success will not 1) Keep a safe distance from You will not get the same reception if there is one within 200' of the antenna likewise, if you point your antenna at the power lines, you will not receive what you expected. (3) Determine the distance from the Transmission tower to you and look at any obstructions that are between you and the tower. Their website has a good antenna map which was very helpful and beautiful.

Once all looked good, I used the Antennas Direct map. The item I bought is shown here. It turned out I had to go all in and do it right the first time. The parts were paid for within three months after cutting the cable. One 8-element Bowtie antenna to be used for indoor and outdoor HDTV. One ClearView 2 antenna with a splitter to reverse. One Channel Master CM3414 4-element antenna to be used indoors and outside. -Port Distribution Amplifier - 1x Mast (Then I had to replace it because it bent over in a wind storm and I replaced it with 1" pipe. I think the chimney will eventually come down You might want to think about getting 1/2 inch pipe to save yourself from having to go back up again. In our opinion, the DB8e was well built out of the box (Even after it blew over and hit the roof pretty hard) and performed as expected once it was put into use. The instructions were straightforward, and I was able to put it together in about 30 minutes (I like to Performance on the DB8e was as expected. There are no obstacles in front of me as I sit on an elevated platform in the country. I was able to receive roughly 50 channels just from the antenna. It was 82 miles away from me that the Transmission towers are located. Approximately 70% of the time, I got As a result, I was pleased and knew I would not be disappointed with the amplifier when it was added. In the end, after the amplifier and the Clearview 2, it looked like this. The experience was more than satisfactory for me. In Ellicot City, Maryland, I was getting 98% from the 82 mile tower and all of the channels were available from all the towers in the area. Additionally, I was able to receive all the channels from all television towers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (40 miles) . The other way). The towers in York, Pa, also provided me with all the channels. About 50 miles. There were 81 channels in the end. It is satisfying to know that, to know the results of the research, to know the results of that research.

Deandre Garza

| May 05, 2021

br>Kindly let me explain what I got after I've 'cut the cord' with my ISP (Internet Service Provider) and installed Roku devices on our four TVs, in addition to Amazon Prime Video & Netflix. The Netflix streaming service had a problem - local programming was missing. A 50-inch picture hung on my wall as a matter of curiosity The year is Aged 8 and a half- The diameter of the circle is 1-inch A UHF antenna was mounted on the kitchen TV, and it was pointed at transmitters in Peoria, IL, about 25 miles away, and 13 stations were received. The use of a rabbit-based approach When I hung an ear antenna on a TV in the living room, I could see 18 channels There had been a significant amount of work done to conceal the cable/wiring in the walls for these wall-mounted speakers My goal was to eschew wall-mounted units in favor of something more pleasing to the eye. No local signals were received by either of the two TVs in the finished basement. A review of multiple, attic-based sources revealed that many of the You can purchase antennas on Amazon & eBay There were eight other venues that made it to the end The Channel Master CM-46 bowtie or the Elements bowtie Though both units are somewhat expensive, the (retired) designer in me thinks that I should pick up the stations 65 miles northwest (in the Galesburg area) and perhaps 82 miles southeast (in the Champaign Obviously my ignorance led me to making an incorrect assumption (not understanding what the single, flat-topped It might be possible to have a multi-panel Channel Master As far as the distance is concerned, I decided to take the 2-mile route Bow tie with a directional pattern. A review of antennas led to the replacement of existing RG-58's A 59 coax with a tri-core A shielded RG-65 cable The sixth occurrence of the quadruplet The shielded run will only be for one run) and adding an AMP PCT-protected run This is MA2 This amplifier has four PNs. There is a 78-foot distance between run lengths, though the shortest is 42 feet. In order to do that, I had to dig through 18 inches of attic insulation, to drill holes and pull cables. As a result of the RG-induced flooding, the original fishing holes could not be used The 59th was obtained from a different source. It may be of interest to you that Amazon's "Coax Cable Crimper, Coaxial Compression Tool Kit Wire Stripper with F RG6 RG59 Connectors", which had the tools required for making specific lengths of cable, was only under $20. The crimp tool alone was over $30 at the box store, rather expensive for a one-time purchase The use of time.

Here is a comment to be made YouTube videos that describe how to add connectors to unterminated coax are helpful, but they tend to miss the fact that excellent gripping strength is needed to drive the connector enough into the coax to adequately insert the dielectric. The cable was finally inserted after numerous attempts where pliers were used to hold the connector while pushing or twisting the cable into it. It would have been helpful if a flaring tool had been available. In order to mount the antenna onto a 1-inch hole, the antenna was assembled on a chassis A length of rigid PVC pipe (O. D. ) of size 1/4" by 5 ft. The pull-down attic ladder goes into the attic via a 66" opening In the garage, I have a ceiling ladder that goes down. You max out. -1 is the size of the mounting pole It is 3/4". I had difficulty getting the mounted antenna through the 18x50" opening.

The antenna was mounted after a delay of a few minutes. Drilling two large holes in a length of 1"x6" board, span two roof trusses, and then screwing it to the truss The PVC pole is clamped down by bolts. TVFool is being used. Orienting the antennas was straightforward with a compass and a compass, and mounting was standard. My intention was not to compress an area of recently added insulation, so I climbed around the 1x4 cross framing to avoid compressing it Using braces to hold and mount my antenna on top of my trussed roof. A dropped socket wrench had to be dug out of insulation, so that turned out to be a dull adventure. I lost a great deal of weight in an attic with temperatures easily over 120 degrees. THE RESULTS
- The Kitchen (16-foot) The month - The Samsung SmartTV from years past In terms of stations, the number has increased from 13 to 26- The Den (2-3) With the old Sony XBR Series, there are now 26 stations on the smart TV* Office in the basement (6-10) In the old Sony XBR series, 23 stations were added after zero- In the basement media room, you can watch up to 10 movies The month - There were no stations in the old XBR series, but now we have 26
There were clear signals from all the stations, including those near Galesburg, 65 miles to the east. The following - There was no response from stations within 82 miles of Champagne, The following - Signals received are excellent - there is no pixilation, ghosting, or fading

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I drilled a 3/16" hole through the top of the mounting pole, right above the U-bolt. A 3 inch long 'safety' bolt (with nuts on both sides of the pole) can be inserted into the clamp and used to 'catch' the antenna should the clamp fail to tighten Bolts began to loosen, and the pole slid downward. In addition to the expensive antenna, there probably are other, less expensive antennas that would have brought the same results, but I was not interested in pursuing antenna dynamics to determine what worked. Fortunately, I learned a long time ago that I can't afford 'cheap'. Investing a little more in a good product that has good reviews and excellent customer service is better than having to replace a cheap item that fails prematurely and does not perform well. As a result, I used quadrilateral-shaped brackets There was a shielded cable running down the walls to the office TVs since it ran next to a POE ethernet cable, which is used to access the However, I read somewhere that there may be interference caused by the Ethernet cable and I was not sure whether that was necessary.


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For people with multiple TVs who may be considering cutting the cable, there is a totally unrelated consideration. In the beginning, I eliminated everything but internet, but then I realized I no longer had access to non-internet resources It was not possible to watch premium channels like Discovery, History, Science, PBS, MASH reruns, etc. a subscription to an online service was required. There are a number of these services, including. If you subscribe to DirecTV Now, the number of TVs you can stream to without paying extra is limited. The level of customer satisfaction appears to be a problem as well. As a test, I did a cost breakdown to see how I can get the greatest return on my streaming investment. In my cable package, I had 4 sets In addition to that, we also subscribed to four different premium channels (HBO, Starz, Showtime, and Cinemax), which all featured the same movies. In my case, my cable bill was over $220 per month. In the end, after comparing various services, I decided to go back to my ISP for a basic HD subscription to around 60 channels and one set-top box. Box on the top. Fibre is included in this After I switched to fiber internet, my cable bill increased to $227 a month, but now it is only $110, plus $14? The price seems to have just gone up for Netflix Ultra. As I have never used Amazon Video (video), I am not including its cost. Amazon Videos came as an extra to Prime, which I have had for years. During the first four months, the initial hardware investment in Roku devices and antennas will be recovered. One benefit of having a TV subscription is you're able to watch TV wherever you are. My set-top box allows me to access virtually every channel I subscribe to Roku or SmartTV apps can also be used to watch the box on other TVs. Except for The Weather Channel (live), one major exception is that channel. Unfortunately, I have not been able to figure out how to get it.

Angelina ROBSON

| Oct 12, 2020

Almost 90 degrees of the sky had to be covered in order to acquire ABC, NBC, CBS, PBS, Independent stations, and side channels such as COZI, Comet, ThisTV, ION, CW and others. When using OTA digital, it may break up into pixels periodically, unless you have a strong signal throughout the day. I was able to achieve 17 DB gain by pointing each section at 270 degrees to the West, and 360 degrees to the North, but I had to point one section 270 degrees to the West, and the other 360 degrees north. Although it provided coverage across a 130 degree area, it resulted in a loss of about 10 DB in overall gain. I installed a RCA preamp and received 100 % signal strength, quality, and consistency across most of the channels. The antenna on my house is mounted on a 16' mast. Although it is sure to work in an attic, snow on the roof will significantly reduce reception in New England. For example, if you go to the AntennasDirect. com website and search on DB8e specifications, you can see performance graphs that provide different elements placement angles that you can use as a guide to determine the proper alignment of antenna elements. very pleased with the antenna I purchased.

Vanessa Wolf

| Apr 08, 2021