Recommendations for Indoor TV antenna

[Yragha]

I'd be interested to see in 2018 what the community uses for their indoor antenna.

I do miss my old Radio Shack amplified antenna (forget the name and can no longer find one on EBAY) with what looks like a grill that swivels. I'm sure someone must know what I'm talking about.

More recently, I've been pro-MOHU however I've purchased the CM SMARTenna in the past week and found it fairly decent if not a bit expensive. I like the 7 different settings without having to reposition the thing.

Opinions/recommendations?

Thanks

 

[boba]

I'd be interested to see in 2018 what the community uses for their indoor antenna.

I do miss my old Radio Shack amplified antenna (forget the name and can no longer find one on EBAY) with what looks like a grill that swivels. I'm sure someone must know what I'm talking about.

More recently, I've been pro-MOHU however I've purchased the CM SMARTenna in the past week and found it fairly decent if not a bit expensive. I like the 7 different settings without having to reposition the thing.

Opinions/recommendations?

Thanks

Radio Shack went bankrupt and I believe their antenna supplier also went bye bye. Suggest you visit tvfool.com to help us help you. I assume you live in an apartment so you need an indoor antenna, what antennas have you already tried? what are you trying to get that Mohu doesn't?

 

[Jim5506]

What indoor antenna you need mainly depends on the RF frequencies of the stations you want to receive.

Are they VHF-low band, VHF-high band, UHF or a combination thereof?

Ideally, the best indoor antenna is a small outdoor antenna.

I'm about 6 miles from the station towers here, and now I use an outdoor antenna, but in the past I used a Silver Sensor, slightly modified to boost VHF performance.

 

[kittyhas1000legs]

I had a home-built DB-4 antenna on the wall for an indoor antenna many moons ago. My roommate had a Japanes3-style fish flag/wind sock, so it looked like a fish heading toward a lure on the wall.

As for recommendations, we'd need to know what channels you're aiming for. It'd be best if you posted a TV Fool report using your exact coordinates. Some people have pretty good results with rabbit ears from Walgreens, while others needed an outdoor antenna hiding in a closet.

 

[Yragha]

I have no issues with reception. I was posting more to see what the general consensus was more than actually looking for "help". I'm in Houston btw.

 

[boba]

Enjoy your Mohu, Come back when you have a question there is an answer for.

 

[jayn_j]

Yep, I'd rather answer "Which religion is best?"

 

[Tampa8]

Yep, I'd rather answer "Which religion is best?"

Or which should I use Synthetic or Dino......

 

[mdonnelly]

I've had good results with this one, 15-25 miles from the towers. The ChannelMaster looks like it would be good too, but I got what I need for $30 less.

Amazon product ASIN B076DCXBY4

 

[harshness]

You should offer up what kind of a signal situation your confronting when asking for an antenna recommendation. TVFool.com has been very popular (though perhaps not entirely up-to-date due to some FCC database issues).

No single antenna is best for everyone and that goes doubly for indoor antennas.

 

[Yragha]

Over the years I've bought my fair share of antennas from Radio Shack, RCA, Terk and so forth. Heck, I enjoy "trying" them out. As such, over the years these here forums have helped me out tremendously on a number of things. Lately however, not so much. To those that at least tried to offer up "input" without the smart remarks, thanks!

 

[jayn_j]

Over the years I've bought my fair share of antennas from Radio Shack, RCA, Terk and so forth. Heck, I enjoy "trying" them out. As such, over the years these here forums have helped me out tremendously on a number of things. Lately however, not so much. To those that at least tried to offer up "input" without the smart remarks, thanks!

Actually, I wasn't trying to be cute. I too have bought a series of indoor antennas. Yagis, rabbit ears, flat plates, window stick arrays. What I have found is that an antenna that works in bedroom #1 doesn't work worth a damn in bedroom #2 and a different antenna will work better. And then it all changes a few months later when the trees leaf out.

The best answer by far is a well designed yagi, tuned for the channels you receive and outside of building masonry, roofing, etc.

 

[harshness]

To those that at least tried to offer up "input" without the smart remarks, thanks!

To be fair, you still haven't offered much in the way of "input" on which to base a thoughtful recommendation.