For the 13.3 inch Amplified model, what distances have you experienced success with for indoor use? (ex. Clear reception of a tower 25 miles away)
254103
I am more than 25 miles away from a tower, and I live in a heavily wooded area The reception I have gotten has been good. However, it does change if the weather is bad. If it is stormy or windy, reception is greatly affected. Also, as I said in a previous post, my antenna HAD to be on on outside wall. The best reception came when it was at a window. And it did vary from position to position in my home. Some locations did not work well at all even at window locations. I think if you are within 25 miles or so, you probably won't have any problems with this antenna.
254104
We live in a large metro area. At least one of the channels comes in from about 40 miles away but I believe the others are closer. We also live in Ia rather low lying area so that matters, too. This one brings all area channels in well. On another set, I actually used a splitter to join the power of two lesser antenna with happy results as well. Just a guess on my part brought success.
254105
I live in the downtown Phoenix az area and I can get all channels except for pbs. Sometimes I have to move it around to get other channels live nbc.
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.
2155035
I think it will depend entirely on your setup. For instance for me using Verizon, I have outside signal strength of - 98db for voice and - 101db for 3g. I have inside antennas mounted on living room ceiling 8ft up right in the middle of the room. My living room is about 400sqf. But usable coverage extends to an area roughly 1000sqf for me. But honestly I think if I mounted higher it would be more coverage. The signal from inside antenna roughly is cone shaped coming from it. So again the better your outside signal and the higher you mount inside antenna the more you would get. I think mine would probably cover 2500sqf if mounted upstairs in my house. But where I have in living room signal actually goes upstairs. And once I'm outside I have coverage anyways.
724472
I use one connected to a homemade 1/4 wave, ground plane antenna mounted on a 20 foot tower. I can consistently communicate on the 2 meter band on repeaters up to 80 miles away.
622641
I've used this indoors albeit on a window ledge and I pick up my local HD over the air channels perfectly. So yes it has cut my cable out. I'm in Denver and mine faces the mountains...away from Denver itself band I get great reception. I'm about 14 miles west of Denver.
415077
I do not have any trouble with my reception but it may have to do with my location. The good news is that it comes with an antenna, though not a fantastic one. I receive a strong signal from my favorite radio station which is located over 60 miles away, if that helps.
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Antenna's position is The Key!!!And I use this Antenna:Philips SDV1225T/27 Indoor Passive Antennahttp://www.frys.com/product/6640864?site=sr:SEARCH:MAIN_RSLT_PGSometimes I get almost 90ch but most are foriegn! (Spanish Asian)
1801444
I don't know how big the range is. It worked ok for me but the local stations are very close by. It probably average. It is going to depend where you live and the geography between you and the broadcast towers.
55862
I was too far away to get any stations more than 30 miles or so. It really all depends on your geography. I'm in the mountains, way too many trees for an indoor antennae.
618037
Get the Extreme with the amplifier, it works great at those distances. You may need to place in a window towards the transmission tower in your area. Use the included power adapter, as it produces a bit more current and seems to work better. I have used the Extreme at those distances, and I am receiving 40 plus channels.
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I'm located in NC mountains and using this C2V-CJM antenna indoors. At first I received just a few stations 80-100 miles away. I later added a CM7777 30db gain amp and now receiving as many as 25-30 channels from 3 different markets.
1339537
I live in a basement apartment and my intercom works great. We have a rather long hall connecting the kitchen to the living room (that's where we placed ours) and the reception is great. Hope this helps.
262010
I am 30 miles away from broadcast towers and although they are quite clear, the lower channels are tough to tune in. I'd say you should probably go with a larger outdoor antenna at that distance.
117247
I have a large house. My E2500 is on one end, upstairs, and carries a signal down two floors to the basement, as well as to the main floor. Longest distance would probably be about 125 feet.
1734935
Over the past several years I find that the antenna is not the problem, but the repeater or usb adapter that has a poor signal. I am sending signals over 1/2 mile in a mobile home court (we have a lot of signal reflection/bounce) without too many problems. We are using a ASUS rt-n66u and Hawling HW3R1 repeaters or an usb adapter made by Sabrent or alpha. We have a response by the user of 3 - 5 seconds
1758329
I have the same distance. I use standard indoor outdoor cable and it works great. Adding a signal booster will help also. Mine is about 25 feet.
501529
Yeah I agree with Danny, but with some creative engineering you can still boost the signal distance. The only way to boost the signal of something like this would be to utilize the interrupt pin and have it trigger from a read on the external antenna, Which would actually be pretty interesting to code and build. Hope this helps!