Cutting the Cord with an Antenna? Avoid These Websites
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- Successfully cutting the cord with an antenna takes some research online, but some websites can lead you in the wrong direction. In this video, I list a few websites that should be avoided when cutting the cord with an antenna.
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The FCC site is helpful but not super accurate.
I get a bunch of channels that are not shown on there.
Some of the channels they say I should get are over the hill from me.
A bit of advice for people is to get a set of rabbit ears at the thrift store and give it a try. It costs you very little and for most people a scan will find some stations. It then becomes a question of how much effort is needed to get the stations you care about.
I had basic cable and I could never find some thing worthy of the hundred dollars a month to watch. When it’s free, there’s always something good on.
Thanks for putting the correct context on this easily misunderstood process, Tyler.
Absolutely correct. I tried Antenna web, it said none was available but when I scanned my TV, it 76 channels! Now some are Spanish or selling channels but after talking tose out I still had 52!
You are the MAN! The AntennaMAN! Thanks again Tyler!
You are the man, Antenna Man !
Thanks for all you do.
Subscribed from Detroit 🇺🇸
Very good channel for us cord cutters.
Thanks so much for the contribution Tom.
I have two indoor antennas, one from Channel Master and one from Antennas Direct. Happy with both of them. 👍👌😃
Both are great models and included in my Amazon store under the best TV antennas category.
I just like your videos. They're just cool to watch. You got content that I'm kind of familiar with. Thank you.
I appreciate you watching my videos Robert. Look for my poll tomorrow to help decide which video I make next!
I just know one thing..... Tyler IS the man who knows about this antenna. reception, TV service..... and SOOOO much more! I've watched Tyler grow up on TH-cam and he's NEVER sent me in a wrong direction. I trust Tyler to 100%!!
Thanks, Antenna Man! I followed your advice installing two outdoor Winegard antennae in my attic. I had to use two pointed NE and SW with twin cell tower filters to grab the best stations 100+ miles away in my rural area without ghosting. They've worked seamlessly for 5 years thanks thanks to your advice. Clear, HD OTA reception.
Honestly, I can't recall which website I used almost 7 years ago. The antenna I went with was listed as #2 in my area and you (Tyler) highly recommended the antenna (it was a TH-cam review on a rca outside antenna) & went to Walmart. Found it for $50, followed your videos to install it & covered all videos for best signel.
Thank you! Learned so much from you and appreciate all of your videos and knowledge!! Such an important video- Thanks again!
Thanks for watching my videos!
A useful rule when looking at reviews of antennas is: I the range claim is over about 80 miles, the review is not accurate and the antenna is likely to be junk.
Also: There is no such thing as an "HD antenna". A set of rabbit ears from the 1970s will pick up HD signals just fine. It is the TV or tuner that does the decoding and that is where the smarts are.
There sort of are HDTV antenna differences from ATSC antennas, but that has to do with other tech and political changes as much as digital modulation.
In markets with no more VHF, UHF only panel antennas with high gain and low directionality often work well.
There is no more need for low band VHF in most markets.
Amplifiers need to handle intermod from tight channel packing, and cell usage on frequencies formerly in TV bands, but no longer need the wide dynamic range for distant and close transmitters if the user is focused on one or two antenna farms FCC mandated to be closely colocated, unlike former ATSC site spacing rules. Cell band cutoff filters are often needed, and their spec's have moved down again as 600 band joins 700 band.
Call carriers are harded to identify as to conflicts, as licensing of them has changed from frequency cluster and specific tower sites, to general allocations over large regions, with 5G often implemented with massive numbers of short range sites.
Where I currently am in a rural Chesapeake Bay site within distant fringe reach of Norfolk, Richmond, DC, and sometimes parts of MD or NC, and "ideal antenna" is really at least 3 antennas and a network of combiners, filters, and amps, with a high gain UHF panel aimed towards each less extreme distance fringe transmitter cluster, and a high VHF plus UHF yagi (like an older extreme fringe yagi with the lower end boom elements removed, and mounting point rebalanced) on a rotor, on an absurdly high tower to get over 80-120 foot trees.
No one's going to order that based on an online site, though the better sites Tyler discusses do help a lot trying to track which actual RF signals are being sent from where, and who's using which for NTSC 1 or 3 primary or subchannels and what virtual identities (but those change in ways few sites keep updated well).
Also, remember physical FM traps on yagis, ahead of amp filters, as amp gain can substitute for more antenna gain with NTSC, as AM noise isn't an issue any more (often addressed with high directionality for gain and interference rejection), but overload and intermod and potential Channel 12 harmonic generation in badly installed amps can be serious problems.
Most people live in areas with fewer critical issues, and where two UHFpanels with cell filters and mediocre amps if any, into a combiner, work better than a fancier antenna and rotor, without the nuisance or conflicts if feeding multiple tuners.
@@lokiva8540 Amplifiers are really a different topic than the antennas. It, however is true that you almost have to work at it to make an amplifier mess up a signal badly enough to make trouble for TV signals. Any competent design of amplifier from the analog age will work on todays signals.
@@kensmith5694 That claim is flat out wrong, as it's overgeneralized and has exceptions that make it falsifiable, due to the issues previouosly mentioned.
All ATSC era VU amplifiers cover a frequency range wider than the truncated post-auction TV bands. Some older ones that are VHF only are useless for most NTSC systems. Some crappy ones overload too easily, or have intermod susceptibility tighter channel packing aggravates.
Generally it's better to think in terms of "antenna systems" than antenna hardware alone, as mounting, coax or other transmission line, weather and lightning management, gain structures, directionality, etc, all have to work in the needed application. One nice element mismatched to needeed parameters or crippled with other problems isn't desirable even if it's a really nice antenna but for different applications.
Rebar, distributed ground systems, nitrogen cylinders or air driers and compressors, ice protective cages, and tower segments equivalent to scale model range tested models, can all be part of antenna systems, along with deicers, radomes, etc., albeit more common to commercial facilities.
How many people are aware that in cable systems that play nice with area broadcasters, that most do but some have long term corporate feuds, the cable signal is usually a private feed, historically on coax but these days often as IP over fiber, and that OTA antennas are used for backup or distant stations and not primary local channel feeds? IOW, it's best to reduce use of transmitters and receivers where possible, both for system quality and reliability.
@@lokiva8540 You are not correct and you appear to be attempting to baffle people with technical jargon.
A crappy design does exist but they are not all that common.
Intermodulation makes frequencies at the sum and difference frequencies for the inputs and both the sum and difference will tend to be out of band so nobody will notice them.
The channels are not actually more tightly packed than what many people had in the past all the way back to analog days. I can remember channels 2-5 all being used.
I may address the rest later but clearly a set of rabbit ears working fine to receive the ATSC is a perfect counter example.
On my channel I show that a stewpot will work as an antenna.
@@kensmith5694 That's BS. You clearly lack relevant engineering knowledge, including studies of channel adjacency packing published in professional engineering journals and done on tuners and market conditions around the US.
Antenna Man - the wife and I decided to cut the cord. Right now I'm streaming Frndly and we're using rabbit ears on several TV's. Interestingly, you briefly showed a map of where I live on this clip. We live right outside of the little town of Bessemer - southwest of New Castle, PA. We had a huge Antenna that we had installed over 25 years ago that we had removed when we had a new roof installed last fall. We also had Direct TV which we decided to get rid of several years back. More recently, we suscribed to our local Comcast cable to allow my daughter and wife to more effectively stream over the internet during Covid as both are educators. The fellas that installed it did an excellent job with the wiring and even came back to correct the wiring for the big outdoor Antenna which we still had up. We decided to cut the cable cord as mentioned at the beginning of this comment since prices just kept going up and up! And I had the Amish fellas that did the roof save the wiring which I feel is in very good condition. They wrapped it up and tucked it in - up in the northwest corner of our second story. I say all of this to find out what is a solid smaller Antenna that I could install up in that northwest corner of the house. We just need to point it toward Youngstown, OH to get the local networks and perhaps a few more channels. If need be, I can subscribe to your website but really all I need is a reputable small Antenna brand recommendation. Since you're in PA, would you know or could you recommend someone to help install it. I just turned 65 and climbing up on ladders to install antennas might be a little more than I care to tackle.
My man Tyler. Please do your side to side head bob and Bla Bla Bla on every video. It was glorious. 😅
Great info Tyler, thanks!
Tyler's recommendation for the Range Xperts XPS-1500 was spot on. I have always lived about 60 miles from the nearest TV stations, and at half the size, it beats out 10' - 12' boom antennas from name brand manufacturers. After looking up Antennaweb I thought I would be lucky to get a dozen channels, but with this jewel, I get 50, and two of them (CW,ABC) are now low power. I spent half the money, and got more reliable channels than I have ever had. On a side note, I am curious why the FCC would allow major networks to go low power in a semi rural community, because my old system would not have picked up these two networks despite the size and cost of it.
another informative video by the antenna man himself. thanks for all you do for us cord cutters 👍
Thanks
Wow what a fantastic resource for such a niche market! Well, maybe not that niche, but certainly I haven’t come across anyone with this much expertise yet. My family and I are ready to “cut the cord” and save money.
I admire, and love your forthright honor, and candor in offering important counsel on behalf of this MOST important aspect of communications in our nation, Ryan. Optimum reception of Radio, and television should n e v e r be taken for granted.
And a very heartfelt thank you.🌹
What is the warranty on Channel Master antennas?
One year. See link below: www.channelmaster.com/pages/warranty
You go the extra mile when it could have been Googled. Thank you.
You should have also mentioned the fake reviews on Amazon and referenced your related video. It’s amazing how the crappiest antennas get lots of 5 star reviews. Also, there are lots of antennas that mention 4K when there is only one ATSC 1.0 station in the country broadcasting 4K. The FTC needs to crack down on this sort of false advertising.
For years when I've been called up and asked by family and friends about antenna TV, I ask if they have a small paper clip and they usually do. I tell them to unfold it and stick it in the antenna port and do a channel scan. All of them have received at least a few channels.
Yes, that works in some areas as shown in the video below: th-cam.com/video/mEt_SgL5pDw/w-d-xo.html
@@AntennaMan I just watched that video. 😁 Good job!
@@zapaholic Yes but not as good as my Super HD Ultra 4K antenna with a 93 million mile range.
@kensmith5694 , there's nothing quite as satisfying as watching the 856th Annual Saturn Ring Surfing Champions? (I wonder how much of a delay that signal would have? )
@@zapaholic My antenna uses a forced quantum singularity to do dimensional quadrature rotation allowing me to see the signals before they are transmitted. Some day all antennas will use this technology.
Thank you,Tyler!
I'm using an RCA model antenna and it picks up the channels I want.
Any antenna from about the late 40s on (when they reorganized the channel frequencies) should work either indoor or outdoor depending on your needs. You don't need any of those fancy 93-million-mile range 4K HD AI 3D Ultraviolet gamma x-ray antennas Amazon promotes.
Good afternoon from Alabama. New here just subscribed, an needing correct information.
If you haven't cut the cord already, my TH-cam channel will lead you in the right direction.
Now if tropospheric ducting could be eliminated. Atmospherics on propagation suck even when running an amp and filter. Most towers are fifty or so miles away. Antenna is good and so is the cable. Professionally installed. Just weakening signal over long distance through atmospherics, is what it is.
Antenna Web seems accurate for where I live. The one problem is the box has to be checked antenna has to be 30'+ above ground. After moving, to where I am, I saw some antennas on 30-40' poles then I realized it had to be that high for line of sight.
Used TV fool years ago. It was a very helpful website. It is a shame they don't update there info.
Tvfool was so cool along time ago
Wait, somebody is trying to scam somebody or misrepresent the truth? The hell you say.
I have tried several sites you have mentioned in earlier videos which list the channels I am supposed to receive. They all show I should get a handful of channels. I live in NW Lehigh County, south of the Blue Mountain. I am able to receive several dozen channels including the Philly network channels and not able to consistently receive e.g. Bethlehem PBS station. I can receive the WB PBS station.
Dave.
Do you have any videos in your Playlist about how to install outdoor antennas?
The most I have is the video below which shows ways to install an outdoor antenna but I do not make videos with step by step instructions for liability reasons. A lawsuit was threatened against my TH-cam channel a few years ago after a guy fell off the roof installing an antenna I recommended. Since then, I am very careful about what I post. th-cam.com/video/pSKOVYFPGuo/w-d-xo.html
@@AntennaManoh wow. I can't believe someone would try to sue over that. Crazy.
Anyway, thank you for replying.
@AntennaMan I literally can't find a professional in my area to install an outdoor antenna. Everyone I emailed said I'm too far away...so I reached out to friends...and I don't trust them with the task.
I might reach out on your site and get a recommendation at least..since I haven't purchased any equipment yet.
Again, thank you.
I saw one on Amazon that claimed a 928 mile range. That is stupid. An transmitter is sending a signal line of sight, it doesn't follow curvature of the earth. Higher your antenna, further you can receive a signal. Most TV antenna reception is about 20 miles, a roof mounted antenna will get 30 to 40 miles. Also, transmitter direction falls into the equation, that is why you may have to aim your antenna to a watchable signal. Digital is a lot more sensitive to antenna aiming then analog was.
What's your opinion on overkill on antenna height? Being triangulated in the middle of dead space between Milwaukee, Chicago, and Madison (in order from nearest to furthest), I keep thinking about having as gigantic a tower as I'm allowed installed. Is there a height that just no longer helps you. I suppose it is all line of sight depending on terrain though, which is why i thought to overkill as much as (financially) possible!
There isn't really overkill on height at least that's feasible in a consumer antenna installation. It's not like you can put up a 500 foot tower in your back yard.
@@AntennaMan so the higher the better is the way to go, within reason of course. Both aesthetically and financially.
@BlackSmokeDMax . . . I recall decades ago living in a rural community in Idaho, where the local cable TV provider had a tall reception tower used to capture TV signals from Salt Lake City (over 200 miles) and Boise, Idaho (over 80 miles).
Hard to estimate how tall the reception tower was, but it was taller than the nearby three-story buildings. The TV antenna structure resembled an AM radio tower, complete with guy wires for support.
@@bloqk16 hell yeah, I need one of those.
Lol, I wish, but really I guess I'll see what the max antenna tower size a local outfit will install for me.
AWESOME VIDEO. Thank you antenna man for sharing your tips ❤❤❤
Great information 👍
Thank you, Sir. Have a nice day.
RCA, Channel Master, Antennas Direct, Winegard and Televes are the brands I can trust. :D
Thanks
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Any recommendations for program guide sites?
I used the Range Xperts UHF YagI for the UHF channels from Nashville Tn. and the STELLAR LABS Deep Fringe Directional Antenna Hi-VHF Yagi. for the channels out of Chattanooga Tn. I am about 90 miles from Nashville and about 70 miles from Chattanooga and the both work great. I am using a 40ft. pushup mast and a mast mounted VHF/UHF combiner amplifier to combine the VHF and the UHF onto a single RG6 coax. I have a 4 tuner Tablo that puts it on my local area network so I can watch it in any of my TV's.
With little notice, our cable TV provider just dropped cable service & switched to internet streaming, only ~ surprise! 🙁?
And I was so mad... that I didn't cut the cable myself, sooner.
Bought an amplified Mohu Leaf Supreme indoor antenna & receiving all 40+ channels that Channel Master's search map shows for our zip code. The reception is clear & the variety is excellent. There was a little sporadic pixelation at first, a few duplicate channels, but it's stopped now. Also have a dozen+ new channels in addition to what I had with basic paid cable. (Although I lost TBS. Meh...) That said, indoor antennas can be a very worthy tech investment, agree, & it doesn't hurt to try one. Super happy that I did :)
(I live within 50 miles of 2 broadcast antennas, flat terrain. It took 3 antenna repositionings & channel scans to go from 11 received channels to the full 40+ available.👌)
the nearest signal tower (dvb-t2) is about 23km and im easily able to find all the channels using an old broken left pieces of an antenna (not in usa).
No METV toons in 32506 yet!
Not getting it in 45419 yet, either. I did a search here on you tube, and I found a channel called Smiledude02. Looks like he's recording Casper and Company in particular, lol.
I have "Google TV" on my Sony smart TV, and I found out they have a Rocky & Bullwinkle" channel! Seeing as how the closest station airing "MeTV Toons" is the (low-powered, low VHF) Spanish channel, around 25+ miles away, I'll have to make do with that & my library of cartoon DVD's. Imagine, 24 hours per day of Rocky & Bullwinkle!
67202 either 😭
Which timeline are you guys in? I think I somehow skewed into a tangent and ended up in an alternate 65,535
@@cynthiamurphy3669WHIO-TV 7.4 in Dayton.
Would you consider doing a video for antenna masts? I see fixed antenna masts on the sides of houses. Can’t figure out who sells those!
I already made a video on this topic below. Make sure to check out some of my other videos as you likely missed more in addition to this one: th-cam.com/video/pSKOVYFPGuo/w-d-xo.html
Good info as usual Tyler - but is Televes a U.S. company? I thought they were a European company. I trust they make good antennas, I don't question that (your testing and some other TH-cam videos I've seen on them confirm they are good), but simply wonder if they are a U.S. company. Keep up the good work.
He makes that error a lot. Televes is a major brand and is competent. Their antennas are often a good deal for the money
Televes is a pretty reputable manufacturer, based in Spain.
Thank you for your information. Where can a but a signal meter to gauge a channel reception level?
One of the cheapest is the thing built into the tuner boxes. Homeworx boxes and a whole lot of others have the feature and cost you about $40 at the most.
Hey, Antenna Man, I don't got WLNY-TV Channel 13, which is owned by CBS Paramount as an New York Independent station, yet because it's still blocked of where I live and that's not fair to me
WLNY actually broadcasts way out in Long Island and isn't licensed to serve the NYC area.
@@AntennaMan And why not, man?
@@AntennaMan But ain't WLNY supposed to broadcast in New York City, instead of just Long Island, man?
@AntennaMan Hey Tyler, can you make a video on low vhf attic antennas? Most of what see on TH-cam is outdoor directional antennas. Could these outdoor directionals be used in the attic too? Thanks! Awesome channel btw, been following for a couple of years!
You can put any antenna in the attic. It's better to put a decent high gain outdoor antenna in the attic than a small junk antenna marketed as an "attic antenna." As far as a video on low VHF antennas, I made a video on the topic but it performed poorly so I unlisted it. You can watch it below: th-cam.com/video/6otvIew5tqo/w-d-xo.html
@@AntennaMan Thanks Tyler! I’m using a Clearstream 4 Max which works great but misses the high and low vhf stations. I’m thinking about buying a Winegard HD8200U with a Televes combiner to help with the low vhf. I’ll check out your video. Thanks again!
@@AntennaMan I'm confused - what performed poorly, the video or the antenna?
@@brucelipsitz7545 The video. I occasionally unlist or delete underperforming videos to optimize the reach of my channel.
In the early days of the internet, I used to lurk on a forum where many users built their own. Wish I could remember the site lol
I'm not interested in "cutting the cord"... because I never had the cord to begin with! 😂
I get some decent stations, but things get wonky like the channel will cut out if a car passes by on the street, or if I cross my legs when on the couch, etc. Definitely gonna do either an attic antenna or maybe outdoor.
Hopefully, things will improve for you under ATSC 3.0.
Question: Offtopic: Can Plex or something else be configured as an online TV guide for Android TV for OTA antenna channels? Using my antenna for tuning, I would like a channel guide where I can see the channel lineup (from the TV, not a mobile app) to allow me to select channels from the TV screen? Unlike LG and Samsung, Hisense has no Live channels configured to the antenna channels. I do not have a Homerun box or Zapper Box, etc., because I do not require DVR and those devices, especially Zapper Box, do not market a device absent the added cost for a DVR. I just need the guide. (I am not a full cord cutter. I have YTTV and other streaming apps. But I like some OTA channels, but lack a visual guide on my TV screen for OTA channels.) I tried the HomeWorx box, but the guide is way too plain. There's no tradition full guide, much less any graphics.
Sir, can I get the same reception with antenna in attic as an outdoor setup on a pole?
Yes, the attenuation of one roof is negligible to radio waves. they make antennas and signal amplifiers for attics.
See video below. Make sure to check out some of my other older videos as you likely missed more in addition to this one: th-cam.com/video/TGmKDhL3lTA/w-d-xo.html
I’ve been a member for 2 years W
I greatly appreciate it!
Wish it were easier to find the exact locations (like a map) of transmitters for every station.
Rabbitears.info shows a map if you click on "current search map" towards the top of the reception report.
Dang I didn’t notice antenna web could be “bad”
Yes, as mentioned in this video it can mislead a potential cord cutter into thinking an antenna won't work at their location when one will.
I find TV fool is the easiest to use, but it could use an update.
I live in the Southern part of Illinois and have been searching for a company that installs outdoor TV antenna, does anyone knows a company that installs TV antenna? Is there nation wide company that installs TV antenna?
I have a large old antenna we're I moved maybe 20 years old will it work still
Old antennas can work just fine as an antenna is an antenna. There's no such thing as an HD or digital antenna. What matters is how the antenna is designed to pick up specific TV frequencies. Ironically, most older TV antennas are better designed than newer antennas that are typically smaller in size.
@@AntennaMan thank you
What do you recommend for a good indoor antenna for my TV? I live in bottom of apartment building here. No trees around to block.
How far to the transmitter towers?
I suggest a set of rabbit ears like folks used back in the 1970s bought from a thrift store for about $10. You may also need to buy a "balun" to adapt from twinlead to the coax cable.
The nice thing about it is that they date from so long ago, you can claim to be going retro on purpose.
Rabbit ears can be adjusted and since they sit on something, you can rotate them. This will let you optimize of the station you are watching.
Ge outdoor antenna shaped like a C is the best and cheapest that will get most of all folks something to watch
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Is there a device that will take your antenna's signal and relay it via your home's WiFi? Or maybe there's another way to send the signal wirelessly?
wouldn't be possible for meto be a Antenna user if I couldn't put my Antenna outside. Unless I'm with CBS and nothing more
I found that out about antenna web when I put in the address for one of my houses and it says I don’t get any channels when in fact I get 64 because I’m only an hour away from a major city
Thanks for sharing and proving that this is a problem with the website.
Does anyone know if people can hack you with a large antenna? 🤔
Tyler, What about the FCC Reception Maps page?
This is another good website that I should've mentioned but it doesn't list low powered/translator stations so rabbitears.info is the best.
Rabbitears site is good, and by far most accurate, albeit not perfect. In a good way, where I used to live it showed stations that were rated as "Poor", yet got 82% with an indoor antenna. However, I've seen it VERY RARELY go the other way where it said TV 40 in Springfield, MA can be picked up in "Radio-Free" Athol, MA. Nope. If a signal meter can pick up and display strength in the very low single percent range, that's what you got. More often than not I'd say it's very good. I intentionally picked addresses with very different reception abilities, and it reflected them all, just that one rare Athol incident. Nothing's perfect. :)
How about FM home stereo antenna? Lots of us use vintage audio gear.
See video below. th-cam.com/video/lxbJXiV_xOY/w-d-xo.html
I was told once to keep the antenna in direct line with the tv. Just wondering if that's still true with it being a digital signal tody.
I'm not sure what you are asking unfortunately.
Nope, has nothing to do it with anything. How the antenna is aligned with the broadcast signals is important, but with the tv? No
@@AntennaMan having the antenna above the TV . So the TV is as vertical to the antenna as possible.
@@craigneiger6566 Nope. Don't need it. In fact, you should NOT even consider it. That said, GE and Phillips make antennas designed for this, specifically to clip onto the top of the TV. My parents and I have the same antenna (we have 4 total) that are designed for this purpose, specifically to clip onto the top of the TV. We got the clip on bar antenna because we wanted to get the antenna up high without having to mount an antenna onto the wall. The only reason you wouldn't want to have an indoor antenna in a "random location" is because you don't want the coax running across the wall.
@@matthewjbauer1990 my antenna is outside
Not impressed with the channel lineup where I live and there's an issue where a channel is listed as DEFY but instead of "Pawn Stars", it's a totally different show. I am not even sure who to report this to or how. There are channels I wish I could get.
I noticed the same "DEFY" issue here in Kansas City a few weeks ago. I read in a comment on one of these videos (You have the BEST commenters & fans, Tyler!) that the media conglomerate that owned DEFY sold it, & the new company moved "Ion 2" onto that platform. Yeah, I miss "American Pickers" & "Pawn Stars". There's not much on TV on late Sunday afternoons!
Is an RCA antenna okay?
Some RCA antennas are okay while others are not. If it's made of metal, it's probably good. If it's made of plastic, it might be junk.
@@AntennaMan That’s strange, because I have an antenna that’s made of plastic and it works fine
@@nicotorres5965 I have a metal antenna that was damaged in a storm. I was able to straighten out the elements and reinstall it. I don't think plastic would have been repairable.
Early ATSC 1.0 tuners were not very good. AntennaWeb accurately showed the approximate reception for these early signals. They probably never updated their algorithm when better tuners came to market.
maybe those websites have been bought by the cable companies to discourage people from cutting the cord. connecting all my tvs to an antenna was a great thing for us financially. Not sure why it took me so long. we waisted so much money for years with cable.
TV Fool is inaccurate as it shows ABC WVNY as channel 13.1 when that channel moved to 7.1 a few years ago.
I won't go to websites I try to ignore them and not buy any junk antenna from them right Tyler my coat hanger antenna does good Indoor for now not complaining about what channels I'm getting 44 so far not bad with a channel master amplifier is it does signal meter accurate on a 2010 Toshiba smart tv
Right in the middle of your video, TH-cam interrupted for about five minutes, with an ad for the "rewave antenna". That's the one that looks like a sex toy, and claims to get everything on TV from every source on earth and in space. That was followed by an ad for solar panels, that make the power company pay you.
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The scams are thick on the ground, that is for sure.
Iptv still the king. Antenna for back up
Frankly, when it comes to antenna reception; it's better to be conservative than overly optimistic about station sequestering otherwise that depicts your reviews as being no better than the ones that claim 200 mile coverage from their products!
Antenna Web sucks ass,they don't list more than half of the stations in my area. BTW when PBS Az built a new tower for my area, they offered free Channel Master indoor antennas for free, and they're excellent antennas
I live in Southern mn 1 get about 25 channels on antenna. Not the news channels like news max fox informative channels. Westerns like Grit ect wife likes house repairs channels. What would be a good streaming choice thanks.
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I thought Televes is Spanish?
They have a US division with local staff so I would consider the company US-based.
Rabbitears does not give correct information for southern colorado or both New mexico most incorrect or outdated
Can you get Santa Fe stations?
So long as it's got HD then it's good enough for me!
LOL! Others may not get the joke
This is all funny archeology for Western Europe. Large masts transmitting TV signals belong to a primitive technology of the past. No cable? Get a dish. Great reception and distance doesn’t count.
He uses a non- scientific signal meter. Not a tech bench or lab grade one. To be fair.
It's still a signal meter and is better than probably any other "testing" done on these antennas. More scientific signal meters would confuse the average non-technical cord cutter (the average viewer of my TH-cam channel) since they don't understand measurements like dB.
It may not be linear etc but I use the same one and it clearly is monotonic. Thus tuning for maximum works.
I'm sending back the channel master you recommended. It's junk.
Please send a follow up email if you signed up for my antenna recommendation service as you are likely doing something wrong. Channel Master does not make junk antennas.
Highly doubt that, a good antenna is only one of multiple variables to good reception. Here is some common things you need for good reception
1. A Well-built, quality antenna designed for the distance between you and the towers.
2. Good placement, facing the broadcast towers with good angle and no obstructions such as walls or trees.
3. A good TV tuner which can decode lower quality signals
4. A high quality coax cable, the thinner and longer the cable, the more the signal will drop.
I will bet that the antenna you got was good but something was wrong on steps 2 - 4 which made you falsely believe that the antenna was at fault.
@TypicalBlox I've got a 75 Sony Bravia. I'm outside of Grand Rapids in a corn field. About 22 to 32 miles from my local stations. Antenna was placed in a second story window facing west in the direction of city and stations. Using the cables provided, I could only pull the auxiliary digital channels but not the Analog. Probably more like a 15 mile reception capability. I'm no rookie. I remember tv b4 cable.
@@Shoooder1 Putting the antenna in a random location doesn't guarantee it will pick up all local channels reliably. Did you use a signal meter as a guide to try it in different locations? As I said, send me a follow up email if you signed up for my service and I'll look into this.
@AntennaMan thanks, no need. The juice isn't worth the squeeze. I was hoping to find an indoor antenna that wouldn't be finicky in an unobstructed spot. I'm 30 miles out and need something more substantial. I have a spot in my garage attic that's wired, but there isn't any must see local TV worth the effort. I miss good old fashioned rabbit ears. I could pull stations from 50 miles away late at night on hilly terrain. The good Ole days.
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