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This antenna has worked great for me. I tried a Terk outdoor antenna first (the one that looks like a giant sausage) and it pulled two stations in. I think the amplifier it came with may have been faulty. This one, however, worked great first time. It does need the amplifier to work well (it also only pulled in two stations prior to plugging in the amp.) but after that the results have been great. Because it's omnidirectional you don't have to spend anytime fine tuning it's direction. I had to rate it as hard to use because mounting an external antenna outside is not an easy task. That would be true with any permanently mounted outdoor antenna though. I also helped someone else in the neighborhood who had wired the inputs wrong into the amplifier. Once I turned them around he also was able to get all the HDTV channels in the city. I cannot say enough good things about this antenna, and would guess it would work well at least 40 miles away from the towers. I've seen some bad reviews of this antenna and my guess would be they are due to a faulty amplifier. I wouldn't give up on the antenna if you have troubles without swapping out the amp if possible.

I had this item on my patio but tucked away from the elements. It worked great for 2 months then just stopped working.

I was quite pleased at the immediate results that this antenna produced once I installed it. We had given up watching television programming entirely (which in retrospect wasn't such a bad idea) as our rabbit ears didn't deliver reception good enough to hold a signal more than 2 or 3 minutes. Upon installation of the antenna ( on an abandoned satellite dish mount on a lower roof) we immediately got all of the local stations consistently. However, as time passes the reception seems to be declining. Stations that originally gave a strong steady signal are increasingly fading in and out. I plan on moving the antenna to the higher part of the roof and hope that solves the problem. I do remember reading a previous review, before purchase, of the same symptoms. Maybe it is just a fault in the amplifier? There are no other moving parts so that is the only place I can figure the problem can be.

Easy to install. Great picture. Got more channels than before. With a little research I could of paid a lower price.

Antenna works well. BUT, comes without mast (or pole) to set it up with. Have had to do some searching to find a mast for it to put it up, still have not found one. Makes the antenna pretty useless until I find one, instructions in the box do not help with this in any way.