campermama wrote:
So I am a camp host up on Lake Oroville, Ca for 5 months. Too many trees for my satellite dish. I have small 40 mile antenna that I used last summer and got like 4 or 5 channels with it. For this summer I am looking at getting this one:
HDTV 1080P Outdoor Amplified Antenna Digital HD TV 150 Mile 360 Rotor UHF/VHF/FM
Powerful Receiption! Up to 150Mile! US Stock! 2016
Anybody use one like this? I am thinking I should pull in a bunch of channels with this compared to my other one.
Any other thoughts, ideas, advice?
Thanks!!
A link to the one you're referring to would have been nice. However, if it's the one I think it is I picked one up at a local store to install in my attic at home. I'm about 50 miles from the TV antenna farm and all but one station are UHF. I was pretty impressed with the ability of this small antenna to bring in a lot of stations, sadly it couldn't pull in the one VHF station in my area. I replaced it with an antenna that's about 3 times the size but only advertised about a 70 mile range and it performs a bit better - it does snag the VHF station.
Overall, given the size (and the price at about $30) these little antennas are pretty impressive, although I wouldn't put much stock into the claimed range of 150 miles. For most users I'd say the range is about 1/2 of that and even less if you don't install it high and outside. But for an RVer camped within about 50 miles of the stations it should be a pretty good performer especially given the price and size.