Channel Master Digital Advantage 45 – Directional Outdoor HDTV Digital Antenna – 45 Mile Range, Yagi Design, Pre-Assembled, Medium-Range Reception Power, UHF/High VHF Support for Free OTA TV

I purchased this antenna to receive both UHF and VHF signals from my local stations. 100% of the TV towers I'm wanting are located in the same spot 20.1 miles away. I live in Gilbert, AZ and the towers are on South Mountain for those familiar. I attached the antenna to my house between my first and second floor, outside, pointing towards the towers. While I cannot see the towers with my eyes, there is not much in the way (no huge tree or house right there). I then ran 100' of RG6 cable to my main cable box on the other side of the house to distribute the signal to the TVs inside. I did not use a pre-amp or signal booster at all, and the signal does pass through a 4-way signal splitter.I was able to receive all my local channels with very good signal quality using my HTPC and an HDHomeRun DUAL receiver. This includes both UHF and VHF stations. I even receive some of the other not quite local stations or low-power stations as well, but I don't watch them, so I comment too much on their signal quality. I get around 80% signal consistently, which equates to NO pixalation or audio drops. The signal is consistent, which is excellent as before I'd have to constantly move my bunny ears around to try and get the best signal that day.In the future I might need an 8-way signal splitter and if I do, I'll either add a pre-amp to the setup or boost the signal at the splitter itself.The build quality is quite good. It comes pretty much assembled, and you'll need to snap some of the elements into place (rotate until they lock). It's aluminum, so it's lightweight. It's medium sized for antennas, large enough you can't just hide it, but it was small enough my wife didn't notice it at first (I installed it while she was away). It seems very durable, I didn't notice anything of concern, but I've had it up only a couple months now.

I recently purchased this antenna to help pull in some fairly close stations, since my old antenna met with a terrible fate during a recent storm. The transmitters were all in a southerly direction, within a few degrees of each other, and were mostly 30 miles or so away. This unit works very well, and I feel it is more or less exactly what it is advertised for - - 35 mile range. There are, however, a couple of stations that my big old dinosaur antenna picked up that this one just barely gets, that are around 60 miles away, so this antenna should NOT be considered for fringe or hard-to-get stations. It is just too small, physically, to be considered long-range. It works very well for medium-range, though, as I get 16 digital stations crystal-clear, and is very easy to set up and install. It comes in a box about 7" square and about a yard long, and you can have it folded out in a couple of minutes. Very lightweight and included a nice heavy mast pole clamp, and balun with good, long leads. This unit would also be great to install in an attic, since it's so compact. If you live in an urban area, or are fairly close to the transmitters, this is the best antenna you can get for the $$ and it will work fine. I'd go as far to say it will work for most people as a general medium-range antenna with decent gain, especially with a good pre-amp. Channel Master makes good quality products, and this one is no exception and it does what it should. No more, no less.

I had an old antenna that was breaking down and some of the "array" arms were dangling because the plastic connectors were old, brittle and breaking. I purchased the Digital Advantage 60 because of recommendations of various sites. This antenna was appreciably smaller than what I think I had before (probably just an 'advantage 60', but it may have been the 100...it was huge. It lasted 20+ years). So far, this new one is every bit as good, if not better. All the same channels and with the re-scan, more (hint...rescan occasionally regardless of new antennas, FCC sales cause old scan channels to go dead, but new ones pop up). I have a combination of UHF and VHF stations, aligned at about 150 degrees apart. The antenna points at the main channels slightly farther away, but I pick up two other directions, one at about 60 degrees and the other at 150. I don't have it hooked up to my FM receiver. Even though this is a 'directional' antenna, I am clearly picking up signals from various locations. I get my OTA HDTV, and along with a windows 8 media center, I can record and playback HDTV.The instructions are not that great, and super small print. There are a few pieces to connect together. I just compared my old to the new and set it up the same. I am sure there are good youtube videos, but I didn't need them.