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Hot: 6ft GE MAX TV omnidirectional "pole" antenna - US$20 + 5 Shipping

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cleek

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GE MAX 6 ft TV antenna is available from Jasco.

This product is good for low-impact installs where covenants, zoning, space are issues.
If size is an issue, they also offer a three foot version for the same price.

General Features:
-VHF/UHF Omni-directional
-6 ft. long for reception up to 60 miles
-Maxi-amp power boost
-Technically advanced dual mounting applications allow mounting vertically on chimney or horizontally under eaves or on rooftop
-Toll-free help line to assist with installation
-Paintable, lightweight and weather resistant
-Mounting hardware included
-75 ohm/coax connector
-CEA map: Yellow, Green, Light Green

You may want add an Easylink Cable to make installation less of a hassle, but note that shipping is calculated at 5.00 per item. Look under the Antennas section.

Additonal Antenna info on this page
 
I'm very interested in how well these antenna are compare to those settop power antenna. My aunt lives in the NYC and have very poor reception even with one of those $25 power antenna. I'm wondering if I could install one of these 3ft, maybe 6ft antenna to see if it would help. Anyone with experience on these?
 
These antennas typically work well in surburban areas that are relatively close to the signal source. As for mounting them the signal is received by the long side of the antenna, meaning that it can receive from 2 directions with around 180 degree coverage on each side. Also, the distance rating for the antenna should be cut in half to get a realistic idea of how far the antenna will work from.
 

Have one ? worked really well at my previous house (and I paid 4 times as much!). I live north of Chicago and I put it up in the attic and I received signals from both Chicago and Milwaukee. Definitely not as clear as with a top of the house antenna that I had (which was directional and only pulled in a few stations clearly), but definitely watchable. Interestingly enough, I found the best reception to be when you pointed it lengthwise at the location of the originating TV signals.

New house has a large water tower between it and downtown Chicago. Definitely not watchable any longer ? just acts as a back-up for the Dish.

 
Terk's are the BIGGEST joke going in the TV/HDTV area. They are crap and you can spend 1/4 of the price and get 5X the performance. Only people not in the know buy Terks and make dealers rich.
 


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I dont *think* one of these would do the trick - a repeater node/access point would, however.
 
Matt L,

Don't know much about Terk's other than they are expensive and seem to be endorsed on the DBS boards. Is this GE better?

I like the idea of this type of antenna, but could never cough up the $$ for a Terk, just plain don't like TV that much.
 
I'm very pleased with the Terk Dish-mount (TV44 I think) that I have. I had to fiddle with it quite a bit, and actually mount it sideways on my dish, but it points directly toward the origination point of all TV signals in Colorado Springs: a 9000ft mountain that is south of my home. (Which works well, of course, for DirecTV.) I wanted to get a larger one, and would have, except that my covance wouldn't allow it and my attic is pretty full as it is.

I now get a better local reception than I did with Adelphia cable.

The most important thing to do is look seriously at where the antennas are in your area. Terk's website does have the ability to show you what is where.
 
<Mount it vertical, and get 360 coverage.>

Problem with that is that TV video in the US is horizontally polarized so if you have the receiving antenna vertical you will definitely have some signal degradation.

Note that the directional TV antennas you see all around you are mounted horizontally for this reason.
 
Alright, I bit... this is a great deal. I'm sick of paying $10 / mo for local channels and paid programming -- stick it to Time Warner! 🙂
 
Is that true of both VHF and UHF? What you say about the large outdoor antennas all being horizontal makes sense. However, one curious thing is that all small indoor antennas have both the VHF rabbit ears and the UHF loop in a vertical position. Strange. On a separate note, I have tried both the Terk 50 that looks like this unit and the 42 which mounts on the sat. dish. Both did a worse job than just a plain old indoor antenna. I think their signal amplification circuitry is junk and unfortunately they don't give you a switch to turn off the amplification. A couple of years ago I mentioned to one of their techs that for the price they should offer such a switch. He thought it was a good idea. All this time later, none of them do and they haven't made any improvements other improvements either. Terk antennas are just hype if you ask me. Just my 2 cents.
 
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