So... my own OTA situation at my house is pretty great, I'm ~25 miles from the local transmitters, and get ~40 channels. I like my free TV and run split UHF/VHF antennas, mainly because I have a 13' monster from the 80s that works fantastic on VHF, it's on a rotor I use to pick up out-of-market TV and FM stations.
At my Dad's it's a different story: He is actually closer (by mileage) to the transmitters than I am, but there's a 3000' ASL mountain in the way. He can fairly reliably get 3 stations (2 very high power UHF and a VHF) but there's 1 UHF that's not always reliable, and 1 UHF that's just out of reach it seems (it'll flash on scan but never has locked in). My father is not keen on antennas all over the place (I am
), as long as he can't readily see them he's fine with it. Right now he has a small high-VHF beam that picks up the VHF station fine, and a Range Experts "Insane Gain UHF only" UHF ONLY VERS INSANE GAIN Outdoor HD TV Antenna
antenna that I put in the attic. For VHF if I turn that antenna 10-20 degrees toward the south I pick up WLOS from Asheville, but then I lose the local VHF
. This (back to UHF) antenna (and it's attic location) greatly helped the reliability of the UHF stations, but I'm looking for more if possible. Tbh my father doesn't watch much OTA other than news occasionally, I tend to want to watch COZI and Weigel channels when I'm visiting.
Does anyone have firsthand knowledge of the Channel Master CM4228HD versus the Range Experts antenna(s)? I thought about experimenting with the 4228HD in the attic.
At my Dad's it's a different story: He is actually closer (by mileage) to the transmitters than I am, but there's a 3000' ASL mountain in the way. He can fairly reliably get 3 stations (2 very high power UHF and a VHF) but there's 1 UHF that's not always reliable, and 1 UHF that's just out of reach it seems (it'll flash on scan but never has locked in). My father is not keen on antennas all over the place (I am
), as long as he can't readily see them he's fine with it. Right now he has a small high-VHF beam that picks up the VHF station fine, and a Range Experts "Insane Gain UHF only" UHF ONLY VERS INSANE GAIN Outdoor HD TV Antennaantenna that I put in the attic. For VHF if I turn that antenna 10-20 degrees toward the south I pick up WLOS from Asheville, but then I lose the local VHF
. This (back to UHF) antenna (and it's attic location) greatly helped the reliability of the UHF stations, but I'm looking for more if possible. Tbh my father doesn't watch much OTA other than news occasionally, I tend to want to watch COZI and Weigel channels when I'm visiting.Does anyone have firsthand knowledge of the Channel Master CM4228HD versus the Range Experts antenna(s)? I thought about experimenting with the 4228HD in the attic.
