I am living within city limits but my house is located just south of a city park with lots of woods. Will this antenna pick up signal through woods?
2005577
I really do think it will, I live in Wise County woods on all 4 sides and I get 58 ch.s just with the ant.
1064044
No, I wouldn't recommend it. I thought I had a strong, direct signal outdoors and am disappointed with my reception. I haven't reached a final decision yet, but have purchased a powered signal amplifier. I live in an apartment and bought this antenna because it could be mounted discretely outdoors. It's certainly good looking.
490096
This antenna is a step up from a wire antenna, but it can't do much in your situation. It can go from almost-good reception to good reception. Sounds like you'll need an amplified antenna. You may even need to install an outdoor one to get reliable reception.
1300210
I think it depends upon a lot of factors: where the signal originates from, any natural barriers to the signal (buildings, trees, etc) and where you are using the antenna (indoors, outdoors, near a window, etc.). You just need to play with your setup & find that "sweet spot" for placement.
1659066
I also have trees in line-of-sight to Tampa, but having no issue with signal strength. I highly recommend this antenna in addition to a TIVO DVR which offers a signal strength feature to fine tune your antenna.
2061615
Yes, this will work with any outdoor/attic antenna. With Amazon's liberal return policy you have nothing to lose by trying it. Mine has worked for 5 years now without a single/signal problem.
209450
Environment is everything. If you have a lot of metal or tree interference it tends to drag your range to nothing, on any radio. Short antennas work best for these area. I know that's counter intuitive but that's the way it works.
1779177
The signal strength is not particularly strong. It is fine for tracing wires behind sheetrock. If your landscape wiring is buried underground I am not sure what success you would have with this product.
1926294
I have received signal up to 3 km in hilly area. Beyond this, I didn't tested and in plain areas range may be even greater may be up to 5-8 km. Buildings and Trees are enemy to signal and try to keep antenna as up as possible, say on the topmost floor of your building.
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I sit on top of a hill in a hilly area about 10 miles from the transmitter. So I have no experience with being in a valley. My neighborhood has a lot of large old trees. I put the antenna up in the fall on the back side of my house and got good reception. When the leaves came out in the spring the reception deteriorated so I moved it to the front of the house where there were fewer trees in my line of sight to the transmitter and it has worked fine ever since. I give it a top rating.
715467
My experience shows reception with this antenna is very dependent on location and materials in the structure. My home has aluminum siding which seems to severely limit reception so the antenna must be placed near a window or my fireplace where the siding does not block signals. In the proper location reception is excellent, but until you find that location it can be very disappointing.
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Sure! Lots of pine trees here in southeastern NC. Of course, the signal will not be as strong as with no trees. Point is, this antenna will likely get a stronger signal in the trees than the standard Winegard antenna, particularly on higher (UHF) frequencies where you find most, though not all, digital TV stations.
625433
Yes, no issues with reception. This will vary depending on your location to the broadcasted signal.
1612555
If heard of people putting antennas in their attics`. I guess you could this one, too. If your attics big enough and your not to far from TV stations. Buildings and trees block tv signals, I would think an attic does the same? Putting this on a 20-25 ft. pole down the side of house & using Quad Sheild RG-6 coax 75 ohm Cable , probably would get you better signal & stations further away. Mines on a 50ft. tower connected to 50` feet of RG-6 cable down to the amp. & I`m getting stations 60 miles ( south & east) away.
709698
No it did nothing for my situation. I live in a valley about 2 miles from a tower. My signal is always 2 or less & I sent this back as it didn't change the signal at all. I even had a directional antenna.
1590498
The signal booster is made for outdoor antennas. I don't know if it matters which antenna you have. I use mine on my old rooftop antenna, it works for me.
1473656
In general, yes. But the big question will be reception. If you have a roof antenna and are near a big city, you should be fine. If you're trying to use a set top antenna it's iffy.