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

Anthem Arizona. 40 miles from South Mountain towers. All my locals are broadcast from the same direction. This antenna replaced a GE Yagi from Walmart that was pulling in 52 channels, many I would lose at night or bad weather or other random reasons. This one pulls in 77 channels. Although about 10 are digitalized and not watchable but all of those are shopping channels in the 20s and Spanish channels in the 40s. None of which I care about. Those channels may be broadcasting weak signals. All others are strong signals with 1080i (ATSC 3.0) better HD picture than the Yagi had. The antenna was mostly fully assembled. Just pulled out the arms and attached the coax connection with the wing nuts to combine the UHF and VHF arms. All parts were in the box. It's mounted outside on a one story house. Luckily there are no two stories or mountains in my way. Still I cannot see South Mountain from my roof. I'm using a Fire TV Recast for DVR and still get a weak signal indication on some channels but it doesn't look weak at all to me. I have not lost any signal yet while watching TV. I put it up by myself without a problem. I bought a replacement mount and pipe from channel master also. Much more secure than the last one. I believe this rig will withstand our monsoon storms and the intense Sun for many years. I put this antenna up two weeks ago. I would definitely recommend this antenna and would buy again. I paid Antenna Man on You Tube $20 to analyze my location and he told me to get the larger one 2032 but I went with the cheaper smaller since I am only 40 miles away and I am very happy with it.

After months of fighting with the cable company over ever increasing costs as the quality of service declines, I finally got feed up and decided to cut the cord on digital cable TV. I am still keeping the cable company's high speed internet because I have no reasonable Internet alternative. I researched a variety of Over-The-Air (OTA) alternatives and decided to give the CM 3016 a try primarily because of its VHF capability. I live in the suburbs of Atlanta approximately 25 miles from the cluster of towers in the downtown area and I need VHF for a couple of key stations. My research revealed there is a limited selection of antennas that can provide decent VHF capability and Channel Master is one of them. After mounting the antenna in my attic to a cross beam between 2 rafters with a downward pointed mast and adjusting the smaller end of the antenna to point at 127 degrees using a compass app I downloaded to my smartphone, I hooked up the coax cable to my TV last night, ran the auto-channel scan, and was blown away. I was able to receive over over 50 channels in a combination of HD and SD (all the key x.1 channels plus a variety of the x.2 and beyond channels plus a handful of FM signals). The quality and signal strength was great. My next plan of attack is to extend the run from the attic to my primary cable splitter box outside the home and see if I can maintain the quality powering all TVs in the house and a pair of TiVo DVRs (TiVo claims that the Premier unit will work and I don't have to get a Roamio) without amplification. Overall I am highly satisfied with this antenna. The only surprise was the size of the antenna when it was fully extended. I didn't measure it but is took up the entire peak of my attic (guesstimate: 6' x 6').

I've been without pay TV since 2001. In 2009 I set up a small "stealth" antenna and have been happy for the last ten years. Then the FCC decided to auction spectrum and repack. I have two must-have local stations that are part of just a handful in the country than went to low VHF--meaning I now needed one of those massive 1950s Sputnik-tracking things on my roof. (For those in the Los Angeles region, those stations are KVCR PBS and KBEH "Retro TV".)I tried a Channel master 8-bay square antenna. No luck. I tried a Winegard HD7000 and updated my cable to copper-shielded RG6. This got me so very close, but still there was some pixelation due to my plasma TV interfering with its own reception.I decided to try this 3016 45-mile antenna, hoping that the small VHF gain advantage over the Winegard would do the trick. And it did. No new TV needed; and definitely no pay TV needed.

When I was a kid, we had a Channel Master TV antenna in our attic from the 60's onward to receive stations 40 miles away. It never gave any trouble and is still sitting in that old attic, so I bought this, which is pretty much the same antenna. An antenna is an antenna, HD or not, and they have not changed the laws of physics since those days. Like all antennas, put it up as high and in the clear as possible for best results. We are 35 miles from the nearest transmission tower and receive everything from there without problems. I did add an RCA preamp as there are a few channels which are not line of site which were dropping out periodically. Technically I should not be able to receive those at all, so this is impressive in itself. We receive over 60 HD subchannels and between OTA TV and streaming, we cut our cable and save about $1000/year.

I'm looking to dump my highly overpriced cable TV service. Living in rural Pennsylvania, my closest stations are 20 to 40 miles away. I wanted an antenna that was not unmanageably big but that had enough gain to provide strong signal levels. Based on specifications and reviews, I took a chance on this antenna.I installed the antenna yesterday. I couldn't wait to connect it to my TV to see what I would receive. I had no idea what to expect. I had the TV autoprogram itself for the new over-the-air channels. It picked up 17 new, perfect channels; seven were in high definition. Now I get NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox over the air for free. Flyers hockey was on in high definition as I tested it out.I am shutting off cable TV this week. Between this antenna and a Roku box (with Netflix [$8] and Hulu+ [$8]), my monthly TV bill is going from $120 to $16+(*). This antenna and the Roku box will pay for themselves in less than two months -- even after buying some shows (* at $1.99 each).Screw you, cable TV!

Very happy with this antenna. I live in the Bronx and receive a good amount of channels

Works well but required the CM7778 mast mounted booster due to length of cable +100ft

Antenna is performing terrifically. Pulling in stations over 55 miles away, so range is definitely as advertised. Simple installation, works well even without amplifiers on those long-distance stations.

My cheaper $40 antenna from an electronics overstock shop has better performance, more channels... This antenna is highly directional, and not good at receiving signals that are more than 45 degrees from its pointing angle.