can you reasonably receive signal 100 miles away?
1362624
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.
1362625
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.
856359
I have an identical situation and it works very well at least 200 feet away. Hope this helps.
77042
Depends on what is in the way. Clear path I get good signal a quarter of a mile away, and I am only using about 45% power on mine. If you have buildings in the way the range drops. Also remember that this is a directional antenna.
1416566
Don't know for sure, but the signal can reach over 50 feet in open space. So my guess is that it can.
569145
It will pick up signal from a home 500 ft away, but it depends on different factors such as: topography, surrounding vegetation, and others. If it is a flat and clear area you should have no problem getting signal, but i cannot guarantee 3 bars.
649020
The range will vary. I installed unit in an upstairs plaster wall structure and I was able to pick up signal as far as 250 feet away. Range is excellent.
1728001
I get a pretty strong signal up to 50 feet. It's one of the best investments I've ever made. I love it! Hope this helps you with your decision to purchase one!
1668348
I live in a two bedroom apartment. It covers all the rooms in the apartment. Based off my past observation it got a good 100ft radius range without any medium interference.
1871565
I have caught the signal from the park, which was 100m away, and I lived on 5th floor, so i assume that wont be a problem.
2221577
I've been outside and had great reception for several hundred feet. I've walked to end of road (600ft) and lose reception probably at about 500ft. Of course some static comes in to play at that distance but still pretty impressive.
1806213
In testing the unit in the field with a 15" laptop and Samsung Galaxy S4 cell phone, we have received a usable signal (stronger than -80dBi) line-of-site range of about 800 foot radius. We have deployed units indoors, usable signal through four drywall walls was about 200 foot radius.
772629
I can receive all the signals available in a 20 to 40 mile radius of my home. I can't say how far I am from all the towers but somewhere between 20 and 40 miles. Another set of towers are 50 to 60 miles away him and I cannot get any of them.
1591131
I'm about 30 yards away and upstairs from my router and I get full strength signal. It's fairly good. Just make sure you use the latest drivers from their website, and not the included disk. Also be sure to set your power settings such that it doesn't turn off USB to save power, and set your USB device settings for full power on your port. This will be best on a USB 3.0 port, but still gets great speed on a 2.0 port.
2022044
It doesn't quite reach the 100 mile range for us, but that could be the area we are in that is the problem not the antenna.
2148406
Well in a word Yes. But, the quality of reception may be quite variable & that is often dependent on where you are located. e.g. Eastern US, better than say Rocky Mountains, etc.
112109
I live about 40 miles North of Dallas and it works really well. If I understand the package instructions right, this is a medium multi-directional antenna. I think it could get a signal 60 miles away, however, check out this web site: http://www.antennaweb.org/ to make sure I'm not telling you something that isn't so.
346822
It has pretty good range. I have a large 1880-era brick house filled with plaster walls. I can get a signal 50 feet away outside on the porch or patio (with windows), and stream to a TV equally far away on another floor.