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Great Antenna Once You Get it Set UpOct 05, 2009
By Badidas
First the good. I installed this antenna in my attic with an AP-8700 amplifier. It immediately brought in all of my locals and their sub-channels with great signal strength. The farthest tower from me is probaly 30-40 miles. I have 3 TV sets running off this antenna and it works great. I have no complaints now that it is up (see next).
Now the bad:
-The instructions are terrible. It's not that difficult to put together and set up, but don't expect the instructions to help you get there.
-I actually went through two of these antennas. The first one shipped from Amazon missing some parts. I exchanged it using Amazon's return process (which is great by the way), but the second unit arrived missing the same parts. I called Winegard and they were aware of several units that went out with missing parts and sent me replacements 2 day.
The two bad items are the reason I rated this 4 stars. Both Winegard and Amazon's customer service were great which is why they didn't get a lower rating. This is easily a 5 star antenna performance-wise, but hope you don't have the same problems I did with getting all the parts you need.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Easy to Assemble, Great Picture!Feb 04, 2011
By D. Wilker
After much careful research, I decided on the Winegard HD7000R VHF/UHF HDTV Antenna ($26.99, amazon.com). I got 10' of 3/4" stainless steel conduit from Home Depot to use as a mast and chimney mounting brackets from Radio Shack. Other accessories include a pass through coax faceplate, inline coax lightning surge protector, a grounding rod, 25' of quad-shielded R6 coax, and 50' of 8 AWG solid copper wire for grounding (25' for the down lead and 25' for the mast). All told, about $125 for the whole shebang.
So I assembled the antenna, strapped on the chimney mounting brackets, attached the antenna to the chimney and pointed it at the nearest broadcast towers (visit [...] to find the direction of your nearest broadcast tower and more useful information besides) ran the coax through a hole I drilled in the wall near the tv (sealed the outside inlet with all weather silicone caulk and used a pass through faceplate to cover the hole on the inside), drove the grounding rod near where the down lead enters the house, wired the whole thing for ground and turned on the tv.
Reception is GREAT. 90-100% signal strength across 29 channels. Channels include ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, PBS, Ion, 5 bible channels, and a few that only seem to show old b/w tv shows, which is cool. Beautiful HD picture (better than cable IMHO).
With this set up plus my Playstation 3 to stream Netflix and watch Blu-Ray movies (and to play the occasional video game ;) ), I'm spending over $100 less each month on entertainment. Plus, having an antenna on my roof makes me feel like a more patriotic American for some reason, don't ask my why, it just does. Like flying a flag on Veteran's Day, I dunno.
CAVEATS:
1) Climbing up on the roof is DANGEROUS and potentially deadly. Be careful and do not do this if you are the only one home.
2) The only things I'm going to miss from cable are the Food Network, AMC, and a DVR. I'm sincerely hoping that Sony will release the Play TV device for the PS3 in the US sometime soon (are you listening Sony? Europeans, Australians, and the Japanese all have it, why can' t we?) which would allow me to use my PS3 as a DVR = brilliant! But, for those of you who can't wait from Sony to get their act together, there's Tivo (which requires a monthly subscription) the Channel Master 5000 (which doesn't) to meet your DVR'ing needs.
Go ahead, CUT THE CORD!
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Simple, functionalAug 27, 2011
By Kimmer
This item shipped very quickly, when it arrived I had just disconnected my satellite so was very happy to have it available. There were not assembly instructions in the box but it was quite simple to figure out. I had it together in a few minutes and took it out and attached it to the old satellite stand. Directing it was simple as there is a website that instructs you about signal directions. Once that was done, I was able to receive a picture from all locally broadcast stations. Love my PBS.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Great antenna for the priceAug 15, 2011
By Jeff_D
This antenna works very well for the price I paid for it. I attached it to a short PVC pipe, putting it just over my roofline at the gable, and aimed it in the direction the main stations I need. I also attached a ground wire to my grounding block, as instructed. All of my stations come in without the interference I had with the indoor antenna. This antenna is easy to setup and install, and works well for digital UHF stations at a short distance. This antenna is NOT anodized, so I do not expect it to last as long as an anodized one would, especially in my area. It could always be mounted in the attic to protect it from the elements. Once again, this is a great price for a basic antenna.
very excitediNov 29, 2011
By leann
i am so excited about my new antenna i really don't mind telling everyone. i had my antenna about two month and now i get many different channels. The antenna has made such a difference we get to watch more shows. Most of the time when we can't get a channel we simply need to adjust the antenna a litlle it work well on my anologue
but really well on my digital tv. I would reccomend it to anyone who can't afford another monthly bill at this time.
Sincerely an excited customer,S.C.
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