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(More customer reviews)I am updating this review and downgrading the rating to one star, although it should be a minus 10. The rotor no longer works, and a slight wind of 10 mph rotates the antenna forcing a climb to the roof to readjust the position. This is not a good item at all.
Beware, this is not the latest model of this antenna, I should have purchased from another vendor that is recommended by Amazon. When I viewed the other item it looked to be the same, however, the newer model claims 150 mile reach, this one is 100 miles. Or is it kilometers?
The reception improved a little bit, from 82 to 89 in the signal strength for the stations that I could already get with my rabit ears, there were three channels added to my list of 8 that I can get here, however, these three new channels are coming in within the red band of the signal strength, so all I get is the text portion of the broadcast, read programming information, no picture and no sound. I checked the location of that transmitter and it is 80 miles from me, which, with my "old math" skills, is under the 100 miles advertised for the product.
The construction is flimsy, and the instructions to assemble it are slightly better than nothing, many steps are not pictured at all. The last step reads "Choose a bamboo suitable for installation", that makes me wonder, why would anybody want to mount an external antenna on a bamboo? When you extend the wings you need to lock them with two slide tabs, no mention of this in the instructions, which are mostly pictures with a four to six word description of the step. When the wings are extended to the propper installation position make sure that you are waring safety glasses, the plastic in the casing will break and eject those pieces toward you. It is still usable after that happens, but made me wonder again as to the quality of the product.
There is no way to tell where the antenna is pointed to, except if you take a lot of trips outside to see where it is poining. The remote control has two buttons to activate the motor, and even though there is a left and a right button it does not mean that the antenna is rotating in that direction. It appears that when the antenna reaches the end of the rotation in one direction the motor is reversed, so good luck trying to determine which way you are rotating the antenna.
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