Antennas Direct ClearStream 4V Indoor Outdoor TV Antenna, UHF VHF, Multi-Directional, 70+ Mile Range, 4K 8K UHD, NEXTGEN TV – w/ 20-inch Mast (Black)

This antenna worked great for my location, and I was able to pick up 70 channels. I was able to mount in my attic and pick up the expected stations. In my area, the UHF channels are primarily in single direction, while the VHF stations are spread out. I was also lucky that the stations are located so I can point out the side of my house instead of through the roof. Rather than mounting the VHF antenna on the grid, I used some spare PVC pipe and zip ties to point it in a direction that worked best for the VHF stations. As you can see in the photo, I mounted the antenna upside down to get the more length out of the included coax between the the UHF and VHF antennas (I would not do this outside). All that said, this may not work in your situation. First check on the rabbitears.info website to see what stations and what power levels you have at your location. As noted, most of the UHF transmitters are in the same direction about 35 miles away, so it worked really well for me. The major stations have very strong signal strength/quality according to my TV tuner, and I do not see any drop outs. The website tells you the signal margin for the stations -- the lower the number, the less likely you are to pick it up. The lowest power station I picked up was 5dB signal margin, with the antenna pointed at it. There was another station listed in the same direction with the same signal margin, but I could not pick it up -- the rabbitears site, may be slightly out of date (but not as bad as TVfool). I may have been able to do better with a roof mount. If your area has poor signal margin and stations spread out in multiple directions, this may not be for you. If the signal margin is good, then you can use the direction on the website to help point the antenna towards the transmitters. (Note: I was looking at TVFool, but as of Sept 2022, the information in my area is out of date, with many stations listed on the wrong RF channel). With the stations, you'll want to note the difference between VHF (RF channel 2-13) and UHF (RF channel 14+), and the difference between RF channel (what the frequency the channel actually on) and display channel (what shows up on your TV). Your local NBC 8, might really be transmitting on RF channel 25. This is important for pointing your antennas and figuring out if this will work for you. The UHF channels use the round antennas with the grid, and the VHF antenna is the separate part with two horizontal elements. You can attach the VHF antenna to the grid behind the UHF antennas, or you can mount in separately. The VHF antenna will give the best reception perpendicular to the elements (both in front and out back). Depending on your location, you may need to point it between two transmitters to pick up both, or you may only be able to pick up one or the other. As far as stations go, you'll see a lot of reviews of people who get dozens of channels -- I picked up 70. However, you'll want to be realistic about what you are really getting. The major networks will typically transmit in HD and may look even better than the compressed version you get on cable. They will also have some extra sub-channels that are in standard definition. These can be hit or miss. Some of them look pretty good/sharp, while others are overly compressed and look like a blurry old VHS tape. This is on the TV station, not the transmitter -- with digital TV you either pick up the station or you don't (with a small part in between where it is blocky/jumpy). Beyond quality, there is content. Out of the 70 stations I pick up, many of them don't interest me personally -- I don't watch the 5 shopping channels I pick up. I also have several duplicate sub-channels, so those don't really count. So if you are thinking about cutting the cable cord, take a look through the websites of the channels you are likely to pick up and see if they are really of interest. You might really be left with PBS (plus a couple of subchannels), the major networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX), then a bunch of things you may or may not watch depending on interest (ION, CW, ME-TV, GRIT, Bounce, Defy, COMET, LAFF, QVC, HSN).

First a quick background. I cut the cord (cable & satellite) 10 years ago. At my old house, I put up a Winegard "Bat wing" antenna that you find on the roof of older RVs. It worked well and had a build in pre-amplifier & FM trap. It worked excellent at my old house mounted on my chimney in the open air about 30 feet up.. We moved 5 years ago and I purchased the same antenna because it worked so well and we moved only 4 miles away to our new house and I knew I could mount it higher up as well as the house has a higher elevation than my old house, so I figured I would have no problem at all. The Bat Wing Antenna didn't pull in my local NBC, CBS, or ABC. I know my local CBS is unique as it is broadcasting in the high band VHF band and they cannot transmit with much power due to the FCC not wanting them to bleed into the Detroit or Chicago markets where there is also a high VHF transmitter broadcasting on the same channel. I was OK to live without that channel, but to not get the ABC or NBC was not going to work for us. I purchased a Xtreme Signal HDB8X-NI 8-Bay VHF/UHF HDTV Bowtie Antenna. I put it on my roof and this antenna worked well and it would pull in all channels including my hard to get CBS if the conditions were right. I was fine living without that hard to pull in signal. I installed this antenna on my roof so it was nice and high up (about 35 feet) and in the open air. After a couple of wind storms I got frustrated because the wind would move the antenna around on the mast no matter how tight I tightened it down so it would get totally re-positioned and I would have to get on the roof and reposition the antenna. I ultimately wanted to get an antenna that I could put in my garage attic as I had easy access to it so it would not be exposed to the rough Michigan weather, and it would not be visible on the house (per wife's preference). I knew this would mean it would lose some signal because it would no longer be in the open air, and it would also be about 7 feet lower. I researched a bunch of antennas and decided to roll the dice on this Clear Stream 4V as it had great reviews from an antenna professional that has a YouTube channel. I already had a Channel Master CM-7778 Pre-amplifier which includes an FM Trap. I mounted the antenna in the attic, put the channel master pre-amp in line and mounted it on the mast as well. Lastly, I and ran new RG6 coax to my utility room from the antenna where the coax to the televisions run. Once I did a channel scan on my two televisions, wow! I was able to get all channels except that pesky CBS station by me that is notoriously hard for most folks to pull in unless you live within 20 miles from the broadcast tower. But... it was coming in slightly which was an improvement. I checked the signal meter on all the other channels and it improved greatly over my other antennas. A simple reposition of the antenna more towards the CBS broadcast tower brought the signal up to a stable signal. So, the bottom line is that this antenna is no joke! I had two other antennas mounted in the open air on my roof, and this Clear Stream antenna pulled in more channels while being mounted in my attic about 7 feet lower than my roof mounted antennas. I live about 40 miles from the farthest broadcast tower and most are within 35 miles, but again, my local CBS transmits at a lower power than what is normal so its hard to pull that in for anyone in my area and I am able to pull that in! When I say do your homework, go to antennaweb.org and understand your local area. This website will tell you how far you are from your local broadcast towers as what stations are broadcasting on UHF and VHF bands. This will help you to understand what antenna to get, and what direction to point it in. I can't recommend a pre-amplifier enough. I live less than a mile from a FM radio stations broadcast tower and FM broadcasts interfere with VHF signals, so I had to make sure to get a pre-amp with an FM trap. The FM trap filters out those FM signals in the pre-amplifier. Also, make sure to use good Coax. A lot of folks use cheap Coax which is not shielded well. Use RG6 coax for all your coax runs from the antenna to the Televisions in your house. This will make sure the signal is shielded well in the coax so it can be carried the distance it needs from the antenna to the splitter and to your television. Speaking of splitter, I have two televisions in my house so only need a two way splitter. Splitters weaken the signal a little for each split. Do your home work on signal loss in these cases. If you have more than two televisions you could need another amplifier to make sure the signal can make it to your telvisions.

We're in Montreal and we're picking up stations from Burlington Vermont. We installed it on the roof of our three story building. It was pretty easy to assemble and install. It's sturdy and we're getting crystal clear signals, both from the nearby VHF and the distant UHF. We went from about 7 channels with 1 or 2 intermittent ones, to a whopping 29 channels (that's including the "sub-channels"). Very happy with the purchase so far. Looking forward to seeing how it holds up in the Montreal winter.

Muy buena antena, en UHF es extremadamente buena, si que tiene muy buena recepcion, en VHF ahi si se le complica mas obetener estaciones mas lejanas, pero por el precio en que la compre valio la pena.

Easy to install and seems to do the job very well.

I bought this to replace my ClearStream 2V that looks like half of this but I hoped the additional gain would help stabilize a couple one-bar UHF channels. While it's built better than the 2V, I didn't notice any appreciable difference in signal quality. Also the UHF has a high gain, while the VHF has low gain. It seems bizarre to have a UHF antenna designed for 70+ miles with a VHF antenna rated at 30 miles. I'm 65 miles from two different transmitters.

Works better than expected. Installed 30 KM north of Kingston Ontario and we get 10 crystal clear Digital channels and nearest tower is at least 60 KM away, most are over 100 KM, but we get mostly US channels. Have it outside on about a 30 ft. tower. For best results use a single cable directly to TV, don't try splitting to other TV's. Its been up about 6 months now and survived some pretty strong winds.