Side note here.
If the antennas shipped with OrbyTV show up available on the secondary market, they're decent within reasonable range.
I was pleasantly surprised.
We installed one rather "loosely" on the south side of our radio station.
When you consider:
1) It's under nearly 5kw of AM daytime
2) not exactly aimed perfectly with a pipe leaning a bit
3) Using RG 59, not better RG-6 on a 50 foot run
4) It's near AC power lines going into the building
5) We're between markets of Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Flint..
The scanning we get with an amplifier AT the TV set is amazing and steady. Around 50 signals! (not properly using an antenna-mounted preamp, but rather a line amp at the TV)
In better weather, I'll be combining a pair of them to serve my regular Living Room TV and we'll see how that goes...but, there seems to be enough engineering in these little antennas (and more importantly enough METAL) to outperform anything mounted inside plastic of smaller size (with bigger claims) at box stores.
I enjoy using this antenna in the engineering room of our radio station, and have PLENTY of OTA reception which is solid, not pixelated. For reference, our location is Ionia, MI between the markets we mentioned in case you want to look at a map.
Look for these if you want to grab a decent semi-directional signal within say, 30-40 miles! We're picking up FLINT while aimed a bit south to Grand Rapids..and still some Lansing off the side, too!
If the antennas shipped with OrbyTV show up available on the secondary market, they're decent within reasonable range.
I was pleasantly surprised.
We installed one rather "loosely" on the south side of our radio station.
When you consider:
1) It's under nearly 5kw of AM daytime
2) not exactly aimed perfectly with a pipe leaning a bit
3) Using RG 59, not better RG-6 on a 50 foot run
4) It's near AC power lines going into the building
5) We're between markets of Grand Rapids, Lansing, and Flint..
The scanning we get with an amplifier AT the TV set is amazing and steady. Around 50 signals! (not properly using an antenna-mounted preamp, but rather a line amp at the TV)
In better weather, I'll be combining a pair of them to serve my regular Living Room TV and we'll see how that goes...but, there seems to be enough engineering in these little antennas (and more importantly enough METAL) to outperform anything mounted inside plastic of smaller size (with bigger claims) at box stores.
I enjoy using this antenna in the engineering room of our radio station, and have PLENTY of OTA reception which is solid, not pixelated. For reference, our location is Ionia, MI between the markets we mentioned in case you want to look at a map.
Look for these if you want to grab a decent semi-directional signal within say, 30-40 miles! We're picking up FLINT while aimed a bit south to Grand Rapids..and still some Lansing off the side, too!
