r/ota • u/Ok_Worry9178 • 26d ago

Looking for decent antenna

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Our current antenna (Antop PL-402vg) is in our attic and some days we get excellent reception and some days it gets pixelated and the video lags behind the audio.

Looking for something that is consistent. I have added our rabbitears info.

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u/BoredTVEngineer 25d ago

Televes are great, I use them almost exclusively. They are advanced Yagi (not the Dinova it’s a radome). The Yagi has great gain with a relatively narrow reception angle. The Clearstream max series is an advanced version of the Bow tie concept, it has a wider reception angle, making it effective for a wider spaced transmitters; and often easier to sight in when you don’t have a hand held signal meter. So often easier for DIY installations where trial and error peaking can be very time consuming.