Is anyone able to provide feedback on how this antenna works in a mountainous region 40 miles from transmitters?
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Try http://www.antennapoint.com/ and https://www.tvfool.com Look for on-line TV maps.
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Sarah,If you live down in a valley, your reception will be limited. I know I live 50 miles from Pittsburgh, and I can pick up 26 channels. I even got Ohio and West Virginia channels and they are about 100 miles away.Vic
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I'm using this antenna in a remote, hilly, wooded area 49 miles from the main towers where they say reception is impossible. Most locals have huge big towers for their antennas. This is a retreat cabin and not our main home. We would have been happy to get one or two stations. We get about a dozen. We are thrilled with this antenna. We have friends with a similar setup and they bought the antenna on our recommendation. Same results and they're thrilled. Note: We both tried a preamp of the correct size for the antenna and it made the reception bad. Works fine for us without a preamp and as-is right out of the box. Of course, we both are only running 50' of cable with no splitters so if you're running 100' or more of cable and trying to feed 2-3 tv's, you would probably benefit from a preamp. Anyway, that's our experience. Yours may vary but worth a try.
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I'm located in NC mountains and using this C2V-CJM antenna indoors. At first I received just a few stations 80-100 miles away. I later added a CM7777 30db gain amp and now receiving as many as 25-30 channels from 3 different markets.
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To be honest I think you will have to try it or call the company about your location. By the way, I am happy with the product, I install in the attic of my house run coax cable to both of my TV.
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Don't waste your time. I'm returning mine. It only pick's up some stations withing 38 miles.
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I have the lower end DB8 (not this "e" version) which gets all the VHF stations 20 miles distant, much thru forested terrain. 40 stations if you include the UHF. I am using an amp but even prior to the amp I still got most of them. I think for shorter distances like my 20 miles, these antennas are underrated.
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That's a tough one to answer! There are SO many variables. To start with, we know the gain of this antenna - it's one of the highest, varying from 11 dBi at channel 14 to 16 dBi at channel 55. However, major factors other than the gain of the antenna are the power of the transmitter(s) you're trying to receive. They vary greatly, but go as high as about 1 million watts. Then there's terrain. Any mountains between you and the desired stations. What's the height of the transmitting antenna at the stations you're trying to receive. And using a low noise pre-amp for long distance reception is a must. However, I can give you the tools to check it yourself. First, using the Internet go to tvfool.com On the right side of the page, click See which stations you can get on a map. Scroll down to Start Maps. Click it of course. This brings up a new screen. Type in your address. Then click Map This. When the new page opens up, scroll down and you'll see a list of all the stations you should be able to get. The ones you'll be able to receive with the XG91 antenna are all of those whose number in the last column - the one called NM (dB) have a number larger than -18. So start at the top and work down the -18 level. That's your cutoff for digital TV. And play around with the tvfool path calculator. There are some other neat features, such as actually being able to SEE the signals that are coming in at your address.
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I was too far away to get any stations more than 30 miles or so. It really all depends on your geography. I'm in the mountains, way too many trees for an indoor antennae.
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The antenna comes with directions for tuning including an allen wrench (don't lose when opening the package)....distance that you can transmit and receive will depend greatly on terrain primarily......under ideal conditions less that 20 miles but more often than now it will be much less....
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Sorry, I didn't keep the packaging, but this is probably avail on their website. For what it's worth, I'm ~50 miles from the transmitters, my antenna is in my second floor attic, and it works great. Not perfect - occasionally I get what presents itself like packet loss, but it's pretty rare. I'm glad I dumped cable. My .02. Good luck.
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More than likely, yes. We're between Granbury and Paluxy and West of the Peak and we get all the major channels plus the addition of several others. We have our antenna mounted on a mast above the chimney on a second mast on a rotator motor, so we can adjust its direction from in the house. We also bought a preamplifier and are very happy! We have about 37 channels. Signal reception is "line-of-sight", which means if you are on a hill ike we are and have other hills, trees or buildings in the way, it can affect the reception you get. We have never had cable and don't want it! This is what I would suggest. This should work for Stephenville too. More than likely, yes. We're between Granbury and Paluxy and West of the Peak and we get all the major channels plus the addition of several others. We have our antenna mounted on a mast above the chimney on a second mast on a rotator motor, so we can adjust its direction from in the house. We also bought a preamplifier and are very happy! We have about 37 channels. Signal reception is "line-of-sight", which means if you are on a hill ike we are and have other hills, trees or buildings in the way, it can affect the reception you get. We have never had cable and don't want it! This... » Read More More than likely, yes. We're between Granbury and Paluxy and West of the Peak and we get all the major channels plus the addition of several others. We have our antenna mounted on a mast above the chimney on a second mast on a rotator motor, so we can adjust its direction from in the house. We also bought a preamplifier and are very happy! We have about 37 channels. Signal reception is "line-of-sight", which means if you are on a hill ike we are and have other hills, trees or buildings in the way, it can affect the reception you get. We have never had cable and don't want it! This is what I would suggest. This should work for Stephenville too. « Show Less
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I can't address all the techie issues about this antenna, but it work just fine with my scanner. I've had one for two years or so and I bring in signal from 75+ miles away in the two meter range and beyond, 136- 160+mhz. Uhf comes in fine. A local, with in 40 miles, uses Uhf 400, 460mkz range and it blows in, 5x5. So my answer to your question is , yes it does a great job, a great job seeing as how I live in a very rural area.
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State location is irrelevant. Go to antennapoint.com, put in your address and you will see what location and how far you are from the transmitter. I have this in my attic and pickup stations 35 miles away. Mounted outside about 60miles.
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This antenna was very marginal for me with a station located about 30 miles away. Once in a while it would be ok (depending on atmospheric conditions, etc.) but mostly unwatchable. My local station 10 miles away was just fine. Finally decided that satellite TV is the way to go for more than one station.In my opinion, if your stations are 50 miles away, the only way to go would be a high quality roof antenna.HD is not an issue since most stations are digital and broadcasting it by default now.
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it depends on how long you want to experiment with the FM antenna. I live in a poor reception signal in the mountains of NC and at first I could not receive more than 1 or 2 FM stations. Ihad several antennas to try out and believe it or not, I got the best result with a cheap, simple T shape vertical antenna for less than $10.00 !But the placement is critical . After several tries I hit the jack pot and was able to teceive 11 stations loud and clearr !To this day I still can tune in any of those 11 frequencies on any time of the day or night So, do mot dispair, it's not the receiver, it's the antenna !
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The range is about 40 miles; I live in a rural community and only receive 2 channels. It was worth it to have at least that so I have access to news & weather.
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Hi, KJC. I purchased this antenna for a home on a lake. I went directly to the Mohu website and entered in my zip code. It gave me a decent idea what stations I could receive. There is also a few websites that can help you get an idea what stations broadcast from your area. Try the following: www.antennaweb.org; www.fcc.gov; www.antennapoint.com; www.tvfool.com or www.antenna.tv. They will help you to understand what stations transmit the closest to your area. I purchased this antenna after some research. I am very happy with the quality of the reception and the number of stations. You might have to play with it a bit but it works great.
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100 miles is really stretching it. It's going to depend on terrain, height of antenna, do you use a pre-amp? And transmitter strength of the station. Use the internet to research this antenna.
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Thank you for sharing your experence. sounds good for VHF. I am more into UHF myself. The UHF repeaters in my area are within 12 miles of my location, So I think It should do an above average job. Terrain considering of course. Thanks again.
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How close are you to the tansmitters? That could be the problem or you might have just too much interference in the LA area. I'm smack dab in the middle of the Dallas-Ft Worth and the transmitters are about 15 miles to the ESE. You also might try mounting the antenna on a window or different angles from your TV
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Hello,I installed mine over a year ago and it works amazing up here in the mountains even with a steel building. I have 5 bars on my phone through out my 7,000 sq ft structure. As I remember I had to call Wilson and ask which antenna would be best for my system. I purchased whatever they told me to get...and it works awesome. If you are wondering...definitely call Wilson for your particular installation and location.