Five Star Outdoor Digital Amplified HDTV Antenna - up to 200 Mile Long Range,Directional 360 Degree Rotation,HD 4K 1080P FM, Supports 5 TVs Plus Installation Kit and Mounting Pole

This antenna is amazing, I set it up on my roof to receive local channels as that's all I watch in reality, I have a TiVo with a tuner card to record my shows, I typically only watch CBS, NBC, abc, etc this antenna gets 42+ channels and I live in a rural area surrounded by trees! Best purchase by far would recommend this to anyone!Do note: it'll pick up signals if it's facing the wrong direction it'll just be pixelated, look up where your stations are located and point it in that direction 😉

I've been using this antenna for a few days and it works really well. I'm getting over 100 channels, and the picture is super clear. The 360 degree rotation is a nice touch—just press a button and it moves to get the best signal.Installing it took a little time since I had to get it on the roof, but the cable, splitter, and J-pole that came with it helped a lot.The signal stays strong even when the weather’s bad.The remote for the rotation feels a bit cheap, but overall, it’s a great antenna for the price.

Assembly and installation go well, assuming you are used to garbled language in instructions. The coaxial cable attachment comes with a boot to cover the junction with the antenna base that you will never be able to properly place or seal, without a heat gun. Especially on a roof. For me, I have the choice of taking the antenna down, or taking a heat gun up. I will choose the latter, because I will remove the coax from the box which is white, (saving that for in the house), and run black coax on the exterior. I need a heat gun anyway, for other projects. But for you, maybe the cable being white and only 40 ft is not an issue and you have no other need for a heat gun. Assemble the antenna in the comfortable indoors, then attach the included coaxial cable to the motor platform, do not over-tighten. Then you need to slide the black boot on the cable all the way up to the motor platform/base. Once all the way up, you are to notice that little metal ring down at the bottom of the boot and that it has a tiny arch in it. You take ordinary pliers and squish that arch to provide a better seal. In the make-believe world where you can push the boot up to the motor platform without first adding heat. Nearly impossible. But indoors, maybe you have a blow dryer, or can borrow one from a neighbor. Then you can gently soften the plastic boot and slide it up, past the metal connector then let it cool. And shrink. That's how you install a boot and you won't get any of that from the instructions.The 40 feet of coax that comes in the box will reach my TV and rotation control box from the roof ridge, but only reach on a direct, ugly, path, for me. Obviously, I need more length. I can't just use the goodly amount of coax I have lying about, I suspect. The coax for this unit almost certainly has a separate conductor in it that actuates the motor. Not certain about that yet. Seems likely that I will have to purchase more of the same, in a color that can be tucked away in the shadows, not blaring white.As to use and functionality I am perfectly pleased. But that's because I am able to stand in the back yard, just far enough from the house to see the roof ridge, then walk to a window where I have a line of sight to the indoor motor-control-box from the remote. Make an adjustment, step back out, and see if I'm close. Once you are close, you can adjust from indoors, right is clockwise, left counter. All of this helps say, I don't know how this would work in a more urban setting/upper floors, etc., it's not as if you can surf channels. From indoors, you have little idea as to which direction the antenna is directed.It helps to go back to the beginning, for me. The last time I lived in a rural area with urban clusters in several different directions was in the 1960s. They had the same system available, with the rotating antenna base, but it was controlled from a small unit that sat on top of those giant TV sets. When you installed the antenna, you turned the dial on the control box to North, when the antenna was pointed North and tightened the antenna down. Then, based upon where the pointer was on control box dial, you knew where the antenna was pointed. Other, more elegant solutions occur to me, but I only expect to stay in this house for two years, so I want a cheap and quick fix; especially as I have two of these units at opposite ends of the house. For a quick solution, I'm going to find two, cheap cameras I can mount on the roof, to access from pleasantly indoors. I would recommend this for the list of Frequently Bought Together items when you add this to your Cart.As to whether the included coax can be augmented by ordinary coax to add length, I have no idea, yet. It's not a TV emergency. I'll try ordinary exterior coax first, make my own boot, and do that when I install the cameras. If the ordinary coax won't work, I'll see about getting something that will work and, if it's possible, update this review.

I have been trying to position the antenna now for several days and have discovered that the rotor has a mind of its own. After spending much time getting the antenna positioned for optimal signal strength I noticed later that the antenna was positioned in a different direction. As you can imagine, I lost most of my channels. I asked my wife to rotate the antenna and I was outside watching the results. When she stopped pressing the rotor remote the antenna continued to rotate. Not only did it rotate on its own it kept changing directions and stopping and starting all on its own. It was like it was possessed. I unplugged the rotor control box and will climb back on the roof and manually adjust the antenna. I also noticed that when I unplugged the rotor control unit that the picture quality of the one station that happened to still be received did not change one bit. This leads me to believe that the Low Noise Amplifier (LNA) that is claimed to be operating in the rotor control box may not even exist. I would think that removing the power to the LNA would result in some form of signal loss. This is only my guess and could be verified if I felt like opening the box, which I am not about to do. Would I recommend this product? No, absolutely not.UPDATE: Today, March 16, 2024, and now I get zero, 0, stations. The antenna is now on a 20 foot pole attached to our chimney on the ROOF and I get zero, none, nada channels. I spent quite a bit of time sitting on the roof while my wife was inside getting the TV to scan. Zero channels, I rotate the mast and she recans, again zero channels. Did this for so long I felt that I was getting sunburn. Central New Jersey in march so you get an idea how long I was on the roof. I plan on opening up the amp case and see what might be in there.Will be purchasing a different antenna because this one is useless, perhaps it could be reused as a lighting rod.

I put this up over the weekend, and it's been great so far. Pulled in more channels than I expected, and the picture quality is solid. Install was easy enough, even if you’re not super handy. If you're looking to cut the cord, this is a solid pick.

By using the coaxial cable and splitter provided, the antenna is unable to power up the motor to rotate. After speaking with customer service, they advised the splitter cannot be used prior to the control box. So in other words, you have to split the signal after the control box or inside the house versus outside. I don’t understand how that would even allow you to set up more than one television unless they were on the same room or unless the house was somehow all wired together.

2nd time I put up this type antenna first one lasted 10 plus years till a storm took it out. I tried a more expensive one but the reception was poor. Then I purchased this one again I get 85 channels easy to put I think its great can't wait till football season