Mohu Leaf Indoor HDTV Antenna

I tried one once. Returned it he next day. No wow factor and worked no better than a little stubby antenna I got with a Hauppauge WinTV kit for my PC. and I had it leaned to an upstairs window.

Winegard has a Flatwave Amped indoor antenna that may work better. Price is similar.

emersm wrote:
I was wondering if anyone has had any luck with these antennas?

Indoor antennas are pretty much worthless unless you happen to be 10-15 miles from the transmitter.

Don't bother spending money on ANY non amplified "indoor" antenna over $10 and amplified over $30. You can find "amplified' indoor antennas for $15-$30 or so if you shop around, many brands like RCA, Terk can be often found.

Digital broadcasts (ATSC) require very strong, clean and interference free signals in order to not get blockies, freezes, jitters or nothing at all. This means best placement of antenna indoors is at an WINDOW, indoor walls do not work well as having any other item blocking the path through a window. Walls (wood, cement, aluminum and even fiberglass will reduce the signal).

Ideal antenna placement IS outdoors and better yet is a very LARGE antenna along with a very high gain, low noise preamp placed up on a very high perch...

I bought one of these when the DW and I dropped cable at the house. I tried the Leaf antenna in a back bedroom but no matter how I placed it, I had trouble with a few channels (we are about 20-25 miles from most Kansas City stations). I moved the Leaf to our living room and placed it high (and flat) on our entertainment center and those same channels do much better. I agree with Gdetrailer, an amplified indoor or ultimately and outdoor antenna is a better option.

My camper came with an amplified omni-directional antenna mounted on the roof. It's marginal at best. We camped last October in a State Park and were able to get a few stations when we arrived mid-week. As other campers arrived towards the week-end, the signal began to deteriorate. Finally we were not able to get any stations until campers began leaving on Monday (Columbus Day). We were staying an extra day and as campers started leaving, our signal improved until it was back to where it had been the previous week. Only thing I can figure is that other campers in the line-of-sight to the TV transmitter were interferring with the signal.

I'm glad I passed on the purchease. Thank you for all of the information.

I use the one with the optional signal amplifier for OTA HD TV here at home. "Home" in this case, is about 30 miles from the broadcast towers in my area, just for a reference point, over basically flat ground. It works GREAT. I get all of the local stations perfectly clearly, and can even pick up some (albeit with noise) from more distant cities.

In terms of use, I had to fiddle with it some - move it around to different spots - to find a good location. It's now on the wall about 2 feet above, and slightly to the left, of my TV. In terms of RV use, that would probably be the biggest annoyance. You'd have to fiddle with it at each location you stop at.

I bought this omnidirectional antenna about three months ago for the trailer. I like it so well that I am thinking about getting one for the house.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0027FGW3K/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I got a $35 RCA amplified indoor antenna (square one) that works better then my amplified bat wing. I hang it on a door handle close to the tv.

Digital TV has opened up a lot of bandwidth and if you are in the right area you get a lot more stations. But, where I live Digital TV still sucks. It purty much killed broadcast TV and if you don't have a dish or cable you don't get squat. Big Bird is dead.