Televes 148883 Ellipse Mix Outdoor HDTV Antenna - Channels High-VHF/UHF, LTE/5G Filter

I installed this in the attic of a one-story house. I would estimate it's sitting about 16 ft off the ground. I was able to pick up 51 over the air stations. this thing is awesome. The instructions really aren't even necessary you can just put it all together with how it makes sense. When I was programming my TV I wasn't even using the included amplifier since it was just a 25 ft run to a single TV for testing. I still need to run this to our basement where the splitter is for all the coax in the house I'm sure I'll need the amplifier as the run will be much longer than. I did try adjusting the angle and direction it was pointed no matter which way I had it pointed the signals all were pretty good. Though they were slightly stronger when I pointed to the west towards downtown. My goal with this thing is to get my Boomer father-in-law to stop paying $150 plus a month for basic cable and just use the free over the air channels plus an internet connection to stream the more than 300 channels available on Samsung's TV Plus. This thing works so well, and the picture quality so good I'm probably going to buy a second one to install in my own attic. Highly recommend. I installed this in a house in Lincoln Nebraska located about 10 mi east of downtown. We're also about 40 mi southwest of Omaha. This thing was picking up signals from stations over 50 miles away in excellent quality.

I’m not a big fan of heights so I paid for a professional antenna installation and there was another Televes model I actually requested the man put up but he had his own antenna. He preferred to use that saying it had the best gain and amplification he had ever seen. So he put this up in the winter and I pretty much got all the stations that I felt like I could get, but then when summer came around, and some of the trees began to get leaves again, my reception became spotty and intermittent. I also questioned a little bit about where he located the antenna, but he was the professional. At any rate, I decided the heck with my fear. I was gonna try the Televes and actually chose this model and determined where I thought was the best place to put the antenna so I’ve put it up and sure enough I have a rock solid signal twice as good as the previous antenna and it’s basically facing the same direction just from a different angle, but it’s still facing the same trees and leaves and also as I rotated it, I was getting channels That were extremely far away. I’m talking channels 80 miles away versus 45 miles away. Now I know the curvature of the Earth is only going to allow you to get probably 80 miles away at maximum but I was definitely picking that up. At any rate if you can get this antenna and especially if you can get it for 150 or less, you’re not gonna go wrong unless you need very low VHF you might need a different model but this thing is really recommended highly

I haven’t even got this on the roof yet and already we’re pulling in 70 channels including ABC which we’ve never got before. It’s early but I’m really happy with this purchase. Thanks to Antenna Man PA for the guidance. If you’re having antenna issues look him up!

I live in Ocala FL. I get stations from 3 DMA's . Tampa, Orlando and Gainesville FL. Tampa I am well out side their DMA but get a few channels. Gainesville the closest and strongest signals are19 to 44 miles out slightly NW. I had an issue with Gainesville's RF 8 channel 9 aa well as channel RF 29 which is 28 or 4 CBS. These stations co exist on the same tower. I have a tower 30 feet up and a dedicated 4228 with a Televes booster pointing toward Gainesville at about 28 feet up. Channel 9 I'd lose sporadically and break up in the evening. Channel 4 just disappeared all together at night sometimes. Channel 9 being VHF and the CM 4228 being UHF only antenna somewhat understandable. Channel 4 no clue way it gave me problems.This Ellipse antenna has solved all my issues. It is installed much lower than the old 4228. I get 100% signal and 100% quality from all of Gainesville channels. Note some of these channel running low power for full class A transmitters usually 1000k watts these are running much lower in the 275K watts range and not line of sight. All channels are steady as a rock now. 9 does have the signal drop off at night, still shows 100% signal but quality drops off to mid 60's. RF 16 channel 20 drops quality as well but stays well above threshold of TV/DVR. I am using Channel Master DVR+ for reception. In summary no drop outs at all and signal stays strong all night long.Let me add this antenna not being low band VHF did pick up channel RF 4 WTSP 10 from Inverness Florida broadcasting at 300 watts and directing signal away from my location. I have never been able to get that channel before. I pointed this antenna towards Orlando and to my surprise it did very well. I use a Top Notch antenna XP 1500 with VHF add on to receive the ATSC 3.0 channels from Orlando. This antenna does an outstanding job of doing so. The ellipse did a very good job as well. These stations are in the 75 mile range from my home. While it did very well on the ATSC 1.0 UHF channels it struggled with the VHF 11 ATSC 3.0 and to lesser extent the UHF ATSC 3.0 channels. The XPS 1500 rarely as an issue with these channels. These signals are not line of sight. I must conclude 2 things.1) This antenna is highly directional with only 40 degree beamwidth.2) 70 miles is about all she'll do reliably.I will have to say the XP 1500 is even more directional and did have an height advantage being 35 feet up and on a rotor. The ellipse was about 22 feet up the tower with no rotor to fine tune the signal.This is the best antenna I have found for this area. Solved all my issues. The Channel Master 4228 antenna is an outstanding antenna as well but the VHF drops off rapidly. The XPS 1500 outperformed both the 4228 and the Ellipse but again it has the attitude advantage. I don't think you could go wrong with this antenna. However, know it is highly directional so if you are replacing a multidirectional antenna with this one be aware you may lose other stations outside of the 40 degree beamwidth.Good luck and Happy viewing of free TV.

I'm not easy to impress but this is the best antenna I have bought at any price and it paid for itself in two or three months since I was able to stop my streaming subscription. I live in the foothills of the Sierra about 80 miles as the crow flies from Sacramento and it is pulling in all three major networks from Sacramento which is all I could ask for. It doesn't snap together in 30 seconds like some people have said but it certainly can be done in under 10 minutes all in. Mine is on my roof and I do not have anything obstructing it which probably makes a big difference.