Antennas Direct VHF Kit - Indoor/Attic/Outdoor TV Antenna Booster for Channels 7-13 | 3ft Coaxial Cable Included | Enhance HD Reception for Home Theater & Sports Viewing

It did not take me long to become a fan of this Dipole.For years I had been using my own home built antenna. Google shows tons of websites explaining how to do it using very cheap materials.The 175Mhz channel 7 signal was just strong enough to keep me from having to buy something more professional just for that one stinking channel. It was easy and cheap enough to build. I used PCV pipe as the backbone with some steel rods to act as the antenna elements. You make sure the lengths of the rods and their separations were as recommended and then you solder the 50ohm cabling to create the actual the dipole in the center of the reflector rods. It was much easier to mount this in the attic compared to any store bought antenna. This home jobber measured a channel 7 voltage of about 52dB. Not bad. Anyway, I got tired of this setup because I could not reliably solder the cable ground to one side of the dipole so I fixed an alligator clip in its place which I had to wiggle every so many months. Well the clip finally ripped from the cable leaving me to struggle and fix things again. I wanted something more reliable.So I found this Amazon dipole on a curiosity search via google and decided to pay the $30 to see how it preforms. I measured 54db which is much better than my custom made job plus the UHF/VHF combiner was very handy. But what I was able to do with this antenna is easily fix it to a vertical PVC pipe with the included tie wraps and mount it in a different attic location which the home made jobber could not wiggle into. Doing this allowed me to receive a signal of 63dB !!!I also discovered that Ch 11 was being picked up from a different location about 75% off from where Ch7 is broadcasted from and I was able to split the orientation difference and receive both channels having equal signals of 60dB ! On top of it, 10 more channels came across on Ch 12. However the value of those 10 are very low to me as all 12 are religious TV.For those of you who really hate orienting antennas, to try and determine the best pointing direction in sketchy terrain I recommend you spend the money and buy a decent signal meter. The more expensive ones let you show all the channels at the same time so you can see how all channels are effected when changing the antenna direction. For me the Digiair Pro meter is still paying dividends though many of you with very simple situations can get by using much cheaper and less capable meters. If you have signals bouncing off nearby buildings, around hills and mountains’ the more expensive meters can save you a load of time. They keep you from monkeying around for hours to get the best possible results for your do it yourself system. For example I learned that the best direction to point my VHF was very different direction from the UHF even though the transmitters were in the same location. Signals bounce and are not always the strongest coming from where you think they should ! My Digiair Pro has a frequency sweep mode where I can see the effects of all channels at the same time or I can focus on a few select ones if needed.I am sure I will be buying a few more of these antennas as I am now the resident expert on cord cutting in lieu of OTA and streaming services. Long live Tablo and AppleTV. Now saving $72/month and my friends are now starting to drool at my monthly savings. I should get my investment back in about 6 months and it will be all gravy from there.