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I can always tell by reading the thumbnail and the look on Tylers face... how the review is going to turn out🤣

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Yes, my thumbnail does tend to reveal the performance of the antenna!

@jimboreaddabible777

6 күн бұрын

It goes to show that he is serious about what he does and is just as disgusted as we would be after buying junk and reaching the same conclusions. Thx A. M.

Any antenna company that advertises cable channels is completely bogus

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Yup!

@njlauren

6 күн бұрын

The only 'cable' channels that you can get on broadcast channels are things like QVC ,me tv, cosi,h&I,etc that broadcast as well.

Go get em Tyler !

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Thanks Lon! Keep up the great work on your channel. You're killing it with content! I'm lucky if I'm able to post two videos in a week.

@poppy87

6 күн бұрын

What is this? A crossover episode?!

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

@@poppy87 It actually already happened. See video below: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gZqFs7R6ZMKZibw.htmlsi=shRYcmyTYH_ja6Vj

Amazon antennas should be banned by the FTC, and Amazon should be heavily fined for allowing those bogus claims.

@mistermac56

6 күн бұрын

I've noticed on Amazon that the manufacturer name for the junk Peng Beng Deng antennas is listed now as PDB these days.

@jackjohnson2101

6 күн бұрын

Amazon is a horrible company.

@jake01b

6 күн бұрын

Just recently saw a horrible antenna advertised with an Amazon link; the positive "reviews" were mostly for a 'Friends' box set! How are they able to do that????

@christinemurphy7683

4 күн бұрын

Amazon serves a purpose for me; I'm disabled and don't drive, so using Subscribe & Save to get stuff is a huge convenience for me. But I've started avoiding many third party sellers because I found a lot of them to be shady. Or just annoying. For a while, almost every time I bought something from a third party seller, I'd get an email asking for a review. It was annoying, and I found out that there's a way to turn that off, somewhere in my account, I forget where. That did put a stop to the annoying emails. Then one day, I got a snail mail letter, addressed to me by hand.. It was from an Amazon seller, begging me for a review of the item I bought from then. The item? A clear plastic shower curtain liner. Seriously? It hangs there and keeps water from getting on the floor when I take a shower. What else is there to say? Then there are the ones who try ti bribe people to review items. I bought this little dongle thingy that you plug into your phone and put pictures from the phone onto it. It was cheap, about $20, and it works fine, no problems. But then I got a postcard from the Amazon seller (since they are still not allowed to email me about reviews) offering me a $30 gift card in exchange for a five star review. I'd say that it deserved four stars, but I didn't feel like writing any review, and being paid to write a positive review is unethical. Amazon claims that they are cracking down on this, but I am not seeing it. I used to write Amazon reviews when I felt like it, and if I had something to say that might help people. But no more, because now you have no idea as to what is real and what is fake. And that is what we are seeing with the junk antennas with all the five star reviews. Amazon doesn't care, which is why this KZread channel provides a valuable service, and why I choose to support it.

😂 The ad for it literally played after I watched the video.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

On the bright side, at least I'm basically taking their ad dollars when no one who watches this video will buy it.

@Danube-TV

3 күн бұрын

Did the ad advertise itself as “something the cable channels don’t want you to know about”?

@jake24titan

3 күн бұрын

@Danube-TV Sure did. Crazy thing is all these ads have the same formula. Product made by some genius that was exiled by his peers. So he went rouge to create this "revolutionary" product that you can get from Walmart. And the governments gonna ban it so buy it now while you still can. 😆

Antenna Man.. I am old school amateur radio enthusiast. I had my first hand experience helping my father out installing our off air antenna on the roof of the building and always remembered dropping down the 300 ohm cable from the roof. Many ways the way we watch television has changed since then but the basics of radio reception have remained the same. Thank you for being that person who keeps many of the uninformed people of this and future generations informed of the basics of television reception and the crucial roles the off air antennas play. Godspeed to you and your KZread station.

Yep, the ad showed up just before your video. Checked and they are from Lithuania. Well ain't that special.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Ugh!

@jerrydemas2020

6 күн бұрын

You tell them Church Lady

Yep, my neighbor bought one of them called me over to see why it wasn't working right. I had to kindly tell him he had it hooked up incorrectly and in the wrong room. It only goes in the kitchen on the countertop with the coax end screwed into the plastic garbage can. I gave him one of my old spare "non HD" antennas which work 20 times better.

even old 'analogue' TV antennas work perfectly fine for digital TV in Australia

@kensmith5694

6 күн бұрын

They work fine here in the US too. The frequency bands are the same

Thanks for being here.

Thanks for another great review Tyler 👍

Thanks for keeping us on the over-the-air-TV road. My third indoor-antenna try was recommended by you and it is amazing!

I appreciate your channel it helps people out!!!

Thanks again Tyler 👍👍👍👍👍😊😊

Thanks for clarifying this antenna!!

Thanks for the info!!

Thank you tyler

I highly recommend Tyler’s antenna service. He does an outstanding job.

Good job, keep up the good information.

More great info. Thanks!!👍😎

Thanks for the review

Thanks Tyler, these worthless antennas need to be called out. I've built a couple of Gray-Hoverman antennas (one for me and one for my aunt) just to see if I could. They worked a lot better than the flat panel antennas from a big box store. I recently picked up a GE Crystal antenna at an estate auction for $5, new in the box. I played around with it one night, just by propping it up in a first floor window, and was amazed at how well it worked. It has a built in amp, so no idea how long it will work, but it picked up all 17 of my local channels very strongly. The kicker was, I got 4 very weak channels from 100 miles away that I wasn't expecting to see when the scan was done. Granted, it's very flat in that direction, but still...2 of the 4 weren't there the next day when the sun came up, but I'm still impressed with the little GE. I'll keep it for a back-up.

Happy Birthday!!!

Thanks COOP ...

Thanks Tyler!🏆

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching!

I'd rather listen to AM radio than get an antenna that Tyler does not recommend.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Oof that's rough! They could use AM radio to torture terrorists at Guantanamo Bay. Blast it with all of the buzzing and screeching!

@benjaminaberg866

6 күн бұрын

​@@AntennaManAnd don't let them listen to late night baseball games either!

@bobprice9541

6 күн бұрын

​@@AntennaManjust think, all I had when I was a kid was a little transistor radio that was AM only. Imagine having only that to listen to.

@NJRoadfan

4 күн бұрын

@@AntennaMan AM could actually sound pretty good if broadcasters did a decent job and FCC enforced sources of interference. Search for a video called "Every Breath You Take (in AM Stereo)" here on KZread for an awesome sounding aircheck.

Saw it yesterday. Always good reviews and great alternatives ways to make good decisions. Still no MeTV TOONS in the Detroit area !!! Thanks for your channel, Antenna Man ! 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲

Thanks for sharing great info

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Any time!

You the MAN..antenna man!

Thanks

I'm glad I learned from you to stay away from junk . I'm very happy with my Televis one that looks like a duck where I live in Toronto.

Thanks!

With some exceptions, usually the higher the antenna, the better. With some exceptions, usually the larger the antenna, the better. RF amplifiers usually don't work very well. However, when the amp is at the antenna, rather than the TV end of the cable, your results can improve, sometimes.

I paid 200 dollars for a large antenna that mounts on the roof, the antenna is made by channel master. This antenna powers four TVs with great reception on all available channels from Mt. Wilson which is just NE from Los Angeles. I live on the coast near Huntington Beach, CA which is about forty miles away. The TV receivers get over 150 channels over the air with this channel master large antenna, I think it was 193 channels recieved to be exact. I bought the antenna directly from the Channel Master antenna website after seeing so many bad antennas on Amazon as protest against Amazon even though Amazon does sell Channel Master antennas for about fifty dollars more than Channel Master website. I often use Antenna Man channel for trouble shooting problems with reception on weak stations like KCET and KFLA channel eight, the news is 24/7.

The commercial came on right after your episode ended!

@AntennaMan

3 күн бұрын

Ugh! At least in a way the ads on my videos aren't getting them any hits since my video basically says don't buy it.

The Florida pool pump motor repair guy 32750 approved ! that was good info & see Antenna Man

I'd like to see more tests on plug-N-play antenna setups that include everything, antenna, cables, filters, etc.

@radiorob7543

5 күн бұрын

Usually, the plug n play antennas are for suckers. Don't waste your time. Put a good one on the roof and be done with it.

@STB-jh7od

5 күн бұрын

@@radiorob7543 Unfortunately, I live in an apartment, so that's not possible.

Oddly enough, when I clicked on your video, an ad for that very same antenna came up. I couldn't wait until the "skip ad" symbol came up.

The Philips Classic rabbit ears antenna sitting on the table behind you is the best $11.99 you can spend. It's great.

A paperclip is a better antenna than that WaveMax antenna. I use one of the inexpensive Phillips rabbit ears antennas that you show in the background in this video, which you reviewed some time ago, and it works great for my location. I have it mounted flat to a wall in my apartment that is facing the Nashville market transmitter sites, which are 20-25 miles away from me. The only Nashville market station I cannot receive is WNPT, which broadcasts on VHF 7 and anemic transmitter power. I purchased a one input Televes antenna preamp and the signal strength is much better, but still cannot receive WNPT. I just use the PBS app and stream WNTP's programming.

@scratchpad7954

4 күн бұрын

@mistermac56 High VHF TV stations can broadcast with up to 160 kW, so it's not quite as bad. You were probably thinking of low VHF, which is limited to 50 kW. UHF is ideal with up to a megawatt.

Thanks for the advice when it comes to sticking with US antenna marketers. I was convinced by what I had seen online when it comes to antennas until now. Outdoor antennas still are better and outdoor antennas provide the best reception. I live in a valley with foothills and the transmitters are located in different locations but only receive one local channel due to the location of the transmitters varying with one that is above a foothill while the rest have varying reception strengths but none besides one can be received clearly. That was not the case before the switch from analog to digital when I was able to receive all local stations with fair reception but had ghostly images appearing from other stations that went away by pointing the antenna north or south.

Thank you Tyler! Wish I'd seen this before. Probably found it here thanks to youtube. siiigh! This is one of the many antennas we have that do not work, I swear I'm going broke buying antennas! The suction thing at the bottom does not even work, not even if you wet it and try to stick it on the window glass! We also have the added interference from airplanes. We have the gov issued Artec T3AP which worked OK with a simple flat antenna UNTIL the airport added another runway 😭

@AntennaMan

3 күн бұрын

Try one of the antennas on the list below. All were tested out personally by myself and found the be best for certain situations. www.amazon.com/shop/antennaman/list/2LH365VAPDKLC?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ofs_mixed_d

Do a destructive teardown so we can see what's (not) in it! :D

Or a tablo dvr antenna

I've seen TV ads for this antenna on the nostalgia-centric TV networks. The part that gets me (in an annoying way) is with the claim being made of receiving HD signals out in the Gulf of Mexico. [sarcasm here] Well! Duh! Out in the flatness of the open water the TV reception should be good with even using a piece of wire.

@calzonemaniacsvideocorner0804

6 күн бұрын

I haven't seen ads for this yet thank goodness for Chef Boyardee

@Robdeltonie

6 күн бұрын

Don't you just love when these cheap antenna companies say something in their ads like, "Thanks to a Federal Government mandate, broadcasters are required to transmit a clear digital TV signal over the air"? Well, duh! It's pointing to the analog to digital transition from 2009. That's nothing new or special. Soon, if ATSC 3.0 takes off (DRM-free hopefully), they can start saying the government mandates digital broadcasts up to 4K over-the-air!

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

No way they are advertising on TV too. I feel so bad for all of the people who are getting scammed.

@christinemurphy7683

4 күн бұрын

I don't think those ads are for this particular antenna. I've seen the ad you talk about, where the guy says you can get a signal from on a boat, and that is for something called "Clear TV". It's a little tiny thing that has a couple of telescoping "rabbit ears". There is actually a legitimate line of antennas called "ClearStream", from Antennas Direct (a recommended company), and i wonder if some people confuse the two and buy the junk one because it is a lot cheaper to buy. I haven't see the commercial in a while, but it always comes back. Junk commercials never die. In fact, today I was watching Toon In With Me on MeTV, and I saw a commercial for some product with Billy Mays, that loud infomercial guy. The dude has been dead since 2009, but they still show his commercials. So Skeevy Antenna Scammer Guy is not going away unless something is done to stop the sales of these scammy products.

Hey Tyler got the RCA rotator was wondering if I can get multiple boxes for use in different rooms

this video alone will save so many people money and time. thank you from the world, no i am not a bot lol

@o1ecypher

6 күн бұрын

no seriously i am not a bot hahahaha

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

I know you're not a bot. The bots on my channel typically have profile pictures of women's buttocks.

@o1ecypher

6 күн бұрын

@@AntennaMan lol or womens underwear lol ive seen it

@kensmith5694

6 күн бұрын

@@o1ecypher but...but... isn't that exactly what bot would be programmed to say.

My husband keeps wanting these little things and I keep going to your channel to see what you think of them and sure enough they are junk

@kensmith5694

6 күн бұрын

I will look away if you have to wack him. :) :) :)

I live in North Georgia, 50 to 60 miles from my TV Tower, I have antenna TV, is there an indoor booster, you would recommend to help me get more channels, thank you young man

I'll stick with my $12 Philips Classic HD indoor antenna (I know the HD is marketing BS). Simple rabbit ears with a UHF loop which outperforms many more expensive antennas.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

That antenna is pretty good for the price and outperformed the WaveMax one by miles.

@kensmith5694

6 күн бұрын

@@AntennaMan Yes, quite literally "miles"

@KevinT7274

6 күн бұрын

@@AntennaMan Would it even be a little better if it had an RF connector instead of the attached cheap coax?

As Seen At Your Local Walgreens! While You Still Have One....

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Oh wow I didn't realize it was being sold in stores!

@MotownBatman

6 күн бұрын

@@AntennaMan Oh, that was Just Sarcasm/Satire LOL

I would never buy a small antenna I brought an antenna Antop SBS 400 Big boy in 2019 now we in 2024 and is still working amazing I have 98 channels super clear picture outstanding job small antennas do not buy

In your opinion, what is the best indoor antenna for Central Iowa?

Can you test a wire coat hanger ... just to have a comparison ?

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

I should've done that but maybe I can make a video about a coat hanger as a joke

This crappy antenna is available on several sites, but there was one YT advertisement that made it seem like a miracle, and they charged an outrageous price for it. Can't blame you for throwing it away.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Hopefully this video saves people from falling victim to it.

I got standard outdoor semi yagi style antenna with 35dec. Booster i get enough signal to register channells + what r playing but not enuff to watch any suggestions

Good report, thanks. What is the difference between "tested out" and tested?

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Nothing really, one probably sounds better than the other. I'm not the best at sentence structure but am trying to get better at them.

@bjs2022

6 күн бұрын

@@AntennaMan It is not the sentence construction (syntax), it is a recent fad adding the word "out" to test/tested. It is a superfluous and meaningless addition. Try to not copy what you hear.

We will often get tv commercials on antennas like this and how well they give you HD reception. You honestly have to do your research and just stay away from these low budget antennas and just spend your money on something stronger and more reliable. You'll thank yourself when you do it right the first time.

It might make some kind of nice table decoration though😂

Do you ever mix ham radio with OTA? Might be interesting to see what setups can help with both genres.

@AL_9000

5 күн бұрын

I keep waiting for a DX monster external DTV tuner that is worldwide compatible and easily upgradeable via software. Last one I ever saw that even comes close is the Icom IC-R7000 with the TV-R7000 adapter for NTSC television. That was YEARS ago and it's only good for analog broadcasts.

@AL_9000

5 күн бұрын

Just found one article involving DTV reception on an SDR where it has enough bandwidth to decode the signal: Watching ATSC HDTV on the SDRPlay RSP

Yup...I see these ads regularly on my yt feeds....not sure why....I don't watch any tv.....//

I got one that similar to this, and in my living room, i got almost every channel except nbc but when I put it in my room, I can only get tv channels from Iowa cause I live close to that state.

are you .familiar with the ge bar antenna I bought it for 28 dollars and I get 76 channels

Tyler - Is HD FM still a thing? Or is it so established that it's implied in all the reviews and recommendations? I ask because I didn't see it specifically mentioned. Paul M. Atlanta, GA

Okay so I have a question. I've been watching a few of your videos. I have a 2000 sunline with an antenna on the roof so I tried to make it work and scan the other day. Could not pick up any channels. It may be where I'm at or is the antenna too old? I've heard that they changed the way they broadcast in the old antennas may not work anymore. Is this correct?

Stellar labs model number 30-2440 .this is one of the best antennas you haven't tested.i receive 50 channels in a mountainous location.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

It does look like a decent antenna but unfortunate my video reviews of Stellar Labs antennas perform very poorly likely due to a combination of the larger size and no marketing done by Stellar Labs. I've shifted to reviewing solely smaller, consumer friendly antennas that my viewers appreciate more than "I don't want that thing on my roof." It's unfortunate. I like larger antennas but I need to give my audience what they want.

@robertmason7013

6 күн бұрын

@@AntennaMan beg you're pardon but this antenna is only thee and a half feet long .I also receive fifty channels and I have a lot of mountains around me.i have been testing antennas for over forty years I find this one of the best antennas if your not going to test one of the best antennas on the market than I don't think you're channel is relavent anymore.whe I retire net year I plan on doing my own antenna reviews since you're not listening to your viewers .there are a lot of antennas on the market you haven't tested so I will do it myself hop you don't mind a little competition.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

@@robertmason7013 I actually already reviewed nearly all of the top antennas made by quality US antenna companies. The Stellar Labs antenna you linked is basically a generic rip off of the Televes Ellipse Mix. I'd rather recommend the real deal. FYI the VHF reflectors on the Stellar Labs 30-2440 are backwards

@robertmason7013

6 күн бұрын

@@AntennaMan yes the reflectors are backwards which alowes me to pickup stations from both directions.you can turn the reflectors in the correct way if you wish to.this antenna is half the price of the televes mix and has more elements which means a stronger signal.i did ask you to try this antenna out a few years ago you said you would I expect you to keep you word.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

@@robertmason7013 Times change including what the average non-technical viewer of my channel wants. Not enough people watch my video reviews of niche antennas that aren't marketed well so I have absolutely zero plans to review that Stellar Labs antenna. People are better off purchasing an Ellipse Mix which is of better quality and a built-in preamplifier.

I see that antenna alot on Amazon & Walmart. I know it's fake

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Glad you saw through the smoke and mirrors

It appears that antenna tv is off the Air in Philadelphia, have you heard why. I can't find anything about it on the Internet.

Televes headquarters is in Spain, not the U.S. (but you knew that, right?)

@kensmith5694

6 күн бұрын

Yes he mention that previously. I hope he edits to fix that error. I have heard that when you use a Spanish antenna to receive stations in the US, most of them come in in English. Isn't science amazing.

They try to appeal to people by lying about the product's capabilities, hoping you buy their piece of you know what....

But I like buying scam products. It makes me feel good until I use the product and realize I was scammed. I just keep on trying hoping one day I will get a deal. 🤣🤣🤣

screw that scammed antenna! I will be getting the televes sooner

There's a TV antenna installation company claiming to sell & install a " digital TV " antenna they call themselves Matchmaster in Australia.

@AntennaMan

4 күн бұрын

"Digital antenna" is a keyword that helps with search engine results. I don't necessarily mind if a company uses them for better marketing (I'm forced to as well if it's in the title of an antenna I review) as long as they don't hype up the digital keyword as the antenna being something special.

I got one for my Brother in law lol. Hooked it up NOTHING.

Where are you located Antenna man. I see you are testing local NE PA channels

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

I don't disclose my location for privacy purposes, but can tell you I am in the eastern region of Pennsylvania.

I have actually posted a handful of comments via a guest account on their website calling them out. I have serious doubts whether those comments are still there, but they probably have no tolerance whatsoever for real and honest reviews telling them to clean up their act and to stop peddling cheap junk nobody needs.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

No way the comments make it on their website as they only show fake reviews. If you look at the one, it's from a guy who looks like he's 20 and talks about how his kids love the antenna. A 20 year old isn't using an antenna and likely doesn't have kids either.

@scratchpad7954

6 күн бұрын

@@AntennaMan Yes, and a person that young in this era probably has little to no idea what it was like to even watch TV without a cable or satellite subscription. They probably also stream their TV programming.

@jovanbyars4230

4 күн бұрын

they probably deleted your comment and banned you. Unscrupulous companies who can't handle scrutiny do those things.

are you from Bloomsburg, PA?

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

No, I am not from that area.

A paper clip I bet would work as well or maybe even better than the WaveMax.

Plus holding it up gives Chinese companies the ability to edit and make it look like you enforced it

Only an outdoor antenna picked up all channels for me.

Hilarious, just after watching this video guess what video ad popped up!!

TO @antennaMan: and yet **YOU** bought it? 🤣😱

Almost $52, even the G.E. yagi at walmart doesn't cost that much, and will actually get some channels.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Wow, I didn't realize it was THAT expensive now!

@stevejohnson1321

6 күн бұрын

Oops! You can UN-click the $4.99 "extended warranty."

Isn’t this company that one thing that “cable companies don’t want you to know”? At this point, cable companies should be worshipping this thing as it’ll send anyone that doesn’t live within 2 minutes of their broadcast tower back to cable.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

I believe it is

I'm a RCA antenna man.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

I actually don't mention RCA anymore because it technically isn't an antenna company but rather just a name. For example, the RCA compact yagi is made by Winegard. I'm not sure who makes their other antennas.

@looneytraceyt17

3 күн бұрын

@@AntennaManVoxx Electronics is the company that makes most RCA antennas

awww I was waiting for you to smash the antenna or yeeting it across the studio type in same if you were waiting for tyler to smash the antenna to death

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

I was hoping to as well until I went to look for it this morning and realized that I had throw it out months ago!

It’s my birthday tomorrow plz pin me❤

@tpl608

6 күн бұрын

No friends? Maybe from pushing it is about you? Lol

@tpl608

6 күн бұрын

No friends? Maybe because you are making it about you?

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

How about I pin it tomorrow for your birthday? I appreciate you watching my channel!

@200IQ83

6 күн бұрын

@@AntennaManthx you

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

@@200IQ83 Look now

It is the transmitter, not the antenna, which has a "range", provided some standard antenna, I would presume a dipole in free air, or some radio technical standard for an antenna, at some elevation above everything else. If the antenna is placed even higher and have more elements which gives more amplification of the signal, the greater the range. But ultimately, the strength of the sender, the wavelength and the placement of the antenna and some other conditions decide the range. Stating the "range" on the box with the antenna, is just plain nonsense. Any random junk antenna placed in the corner of a room, somewhere, is not such a standard measuring device, not even a good antenna with multiple elements, and a signal amplifier would be that. In my country, Norway of Europe, the broadcasters even overcompensated the greater effeciency of digital TV over analog, by reducing the transmitter power, plus VHF ch 2-4 / 5-12 (PAL system) being phased out, so the "range" of the digital transmissions actually got far worse, unless you mounted a far more powerful antenna in a more favourable position, more often than not, with a signal amplifier, and high end coax. Am really missing the days of analog TV because of the DX-ing possibilities where we could receive both Swedish and Danish TV in southern parts of Norway, some places steadily, with a really really powerful multi element antenna, sometimes even stacked 2x or 4x, and on one condo, I even saw a UHF 8x setup, long before digital TV, for the Swedish TV2 with its transmitter in Sunne being 130 km away from Oslo. While Swedish TV1 was sent on VHF and was far more easy to receive with a 12-13 element yagi, with preamplifier, still had to be mounted several meters above the roof. Thus - we lucky Norwegians around Oslo and south eastern Norway, had 3 instead of only 1 TV channel. (With even a more lucky few in the far south, additionally having Danish and probably from time to time German TV DX-ing in on hot summer days due to inversion in the athmosphere!)

My man Tyler. Please do the side to side head bob and Bla Bla Bla on each video. It was epic. This would have been a perfect video using their claims and Bla Bla Bla. Lol

Indoor antennas don’t usually have enough aperture size, or gain.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

True, but some do work well in the right location. This one on the other hand is absolutely horrible.

@kensmith5694

6 күн бұрын

A set of rabbit ears gets me nearly 100 channels last I checked. But then again, I also get reception from a stew pot.

@rolandmueller7218

6 күн бұрын

@@kensmith5694 Rabbit ears only have a low VSWR at one frequency and it’s harmonics. The gain isn’t much better. but I believe it’s a better antenna than a screwdriver.

@kensmith5694

6 күн бұрын

@@rolandmueller7218 I tried a stew pot, a wrench and a set of calipers but not a screwdriver. They all worked to receive stations. With rabbit ears, you can adjust the element length to get good performance at the frequency needed.

It's kinda about how much metal you can get in the air...basic analogy.

You should avoid holding on video they will use that image in advertising- ask me how I know....

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

Great point. That's exactly what happened with the ExAmplifier.

So long as it's got HD then it's good enough for me!

@kensmith5694

6 күн бұрын

HD is old stuff now, You need an 8K antenna

Throw it in garbage

As soon as I heard “hyped keywords and fancy graphics” I knew this antenna would probably be junk.

Don't believe everything you hear about these cheap antenna save yourself some time and money right Tyler I had one and it didn't pick up any channels in my area so I took it to McKay and got trade out of it and didn't lose any money

These scammers are dreadful...These objects shouldn't be permitted to be sold..

Shame on WaveMax!! Buyer Beware!!

I unfortunately bought 2 of these pieces of junk i should have waited for your review,i have another that does a lot better though,just upset i am stuck with these worthless things.

@AntennaMan

6 күн бұрын

So sorry! I should have made this video earlier. Did you try contacting your credit card company?

@christophermullins2935

6 күн бұрын

Yes,i did but they said since i approved the purchase there really wasn't nothing they could do,so I guess that's that,Thanks for your response,i just hope other people see your review so they want fall for this scam.