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Antenna Man - I have been a Broadcast Engineer for over 30 years and Amateur Radio Operator for over 40 years and I must say that your videos are spot on. Congrats and Nice job.

I've worked with TV both transmitting and receiving for many years. This fellow knows what he's talking about. You can trust him.

This guy is great! I had a setup that was working about 80% for me. Paid for his recommendation service and now I am getting every station in my area at full strength in all weather conditions. I would not have thought this possible, was all ready to live with 80%.

Tyler is great. Does a excellent job. Mark

Mr. Antenna Man great job with the video. Super helpful stuff, thanks.

Thank you for mentioning Locast it’s a life saver for us!! I did purchase the tv tuner and hard drive you recommend and it works extremely well! Thank you for opening up our world a bit bigger..! Ohh btw I moved from Pennsylvania to California back in 2013 and it’s goofier here but the weather and girls are nicer ha ha

OMG...while watching your video, I took notes. I found an RG6 coax in my basement and I made sure my connection was NOT crossing any other electrical wire. I scanned my channels BEFORE moving my indoor antenna around. SURPRISE!!! Your tips improved my reception immediately!!!! I wasn't concerned with the quantity of channels but the quality of what I was seeing. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing all this information and taking the time to post your video. It made a huge difference on my TV settings.

Awesome Channel! We live in Northern IL where it is over 70/90 miles in any direction to receive good programing. Thank you for all your tips!

I just love this guy. He has helped so much with equipment options and best things to buy. Just saying

I love watching someone who knows what they are talking about and explains it without b.s.

Thanks Tyler. Got rid of the splitter and shortened the cable and bought new cable connector. Much better reception now.

Dude, I love your videos because I am a nerd like that. I remember when I was about 8 or 9 years old I was just fascinated by antennas and signals. I remember saving up my allowances to purchase an RF frequency chart that gave a breakdown of RF signals running from ELF (subs operate in this range) to (EHF Miltary Satellites, hitting up around the Gamma Band) had me a shortwave radio and a modified scanner radio that picked up all frequencies between 30khz to 2.4GHZ. And even went through the days of listening to TDMA cell signals before they started encryption and moving them to GSM. Moved on to satellites C\ku\ka band before digital came out. keep up the good work. By the way any new news on the ATSC 3.0

Just wanted to let you know I'm a new subscriber to you channel because of this video 😊👍. I cut the cable here in S. Jersey about 3 years ago and have been having a hell of a time trying to pick up as many channels from Philly (40 miles away) as I can. And just watching this video I now know 4 more things that I didn't know that can screw up my reception or weaken my signal that I am going to address today. Thank you for the info 👍

You're awesome. TYVM for sharing your valuable experience and knowledge.

Thank you, my pre amp arrived, hope to get it installed today

Thank you. Good information.

Lots of information here, dang. Thanks for sharing

Thank you. Really appreciate all of your suggestions & advice.

Antenna Man, awsome teaching about antennas , I have learnerd alot, your is the BESTTTTTTTTTTT

Ya, your a pretty smart guy their fella, I really liked your presentation and delivery. I'll be back.

Thanks for the preamp suggestion. I installed the ChannelMaster at the outside antenna and the result was fantastic. After initially checking the signal strengths in my area through the website you suggested, (all were at the lower end of strength), the preamp added 25% to each and I was able to bring in the ABC stations that didn’t come through before the preamp. Thanks again for your great expertise.

Antenna Man, keep up the good work, great informative video. Looking forward you video with different ways of installing a roof or outside antenna !

Hi Tyler, How's things? Really like this video. I like them all but this one especially. Very informative BUT now I have to add a few filters. No problem though thanks to you helping me improve my reception. Now, since watching this one, I need to fine tune the reception. Enjoyed working with you on my OTA project Tyler. Many thanks.

🙌 thank you so much ❤️ I can watch football now

great video!

Antenna Man, You are very good Thank you for your perspective for sure keep up the good work.

Thanks for the info. I was over amplifying and needed to put my 4g filter before my preamp. Fixed those things and my signal is stable now! Thanks for your videos.

Great video Tyler. I wish you were offering your professional services in my area. I do have reception problems in my area. No problem with cable tv but air antenna really sucks. I will follow your advice and follow your videos. Thanks much!

i made my own antenna and mounted it in attic. i compared it to hd winegard and the homemade bow tie design was actually a lot better signal in every station ...

I have the first one you showed. Its been on a pole ontop my house for 6 years. Still works

Excellent information. Concise, but interesting. Thanks.

Just wanted to let you know I don't use it anymore but from 1972 to today on CB radio I am the antenna man. I have been an engineer since 1970 in broadcast electronics and I design and build antennas. It is good to meet you.

EXCELLENT!! THANKS!

Found the little baby antenna they advertise on tv all the time , the guy on the boat one, marked down in the seen on tv section at either Walmart or target. Shocked me how good it worked, I only bought it as a quickie fix but it is great, you can move it around so easy.

Thanks for your great insights and advise.

keep up the good work bro. you are very thorough and exact with your information. much appreciated.

Another great video, thanks Tyler. Jim, k4vw

Thanks so much for the info.

Another good one. Thx. Channel seems to be doing good.keep on keeping on.take care

Another tip, can be to try to eliminate electronic interference. Even though most devices are not suppose to cause excessive electronic noise every device creates some. Transformers, dimmer switches, and some light bulbs can be very problematic. There are several simple ways to see if this is the problem.1) Run around the house and unplug everything one at a time. (example, the printer cable power transformer might be the problem). 2) turn off household circuit breakers. This will cut everything on that circuit quickly. 3)take an old AM transistor radio on AM band and hold it up to every switch, outlet, lightbulb, or electronic device listening for excessive static. This can help find the source of the problem. Replacing the individual transformer, light switch or light bulb can then clean up the noise echoing through the houses electric system.

Another thing about splitters is the output runs need to be equal for minimal loss. The cables should be of the same length and quality and never leave one or more outputs disconnected. If you don't need to use an output, use a terminating resistor or replace with a splitter with the correct number of outputs. You also didn't mention that a lot of issues are due to the connectors. Quick connect (ones that don't screw in) don't usually work as well and poorly installed connects will cause problems, both in db loss and outright loss of signal (i.e., no connection). Cut off bad connectors and crimp new ones.

Thank you! The Antenna Man!

Thanks just added amplifier with outdoor antenna got reception for more channels

Quality and Truth. I do not recommend a Preamplifier and Powered Amplified Splitters at the same time as the signal can be over amplified and this will produce bad reception. One or the other. A Preamplifier. Or Powered Amplified Splitter.

For external antennas a good lightening and ground system is important! Vital, even. RG-11 coax for runs of more than 30 ft. Bond and ground with arresters before the coax enters the home. The NEC also comes into play with wire sizing, ground-rod sizing rules as well. (5 yrs CATV install and troubleshooter tech from the mid-80's) Coax-Seal to keep moisture out of the connections. And dielectric paste inside the connectors for the same reason.

Thank you for the great information you always provide.

That info was really helpful!!

Antenna Man, what small compact TV Antenna would you recommend for my RV servicing 4 different TV's?

Its funny that my antennas sweetspot is the opposite direction of where the broadcast towers are located. Works like a charm.

Great job Tyler as always.thakyou!

Thanks for sharing all of your experience and tips!

Few more: 11) Place amplifier closer to the antenna end. Once low-signal is lost to cable, it can't be recovered; an amplifier can boost what signal remains, but once the smallest portion of signal is lost, it's lost forever. 12) Several loops anywhere post-amplifier can help prevent lightning-strikes. Lightning takes the shortest (inductance) path and a few loops of coax go a long way to making some other pathway more attractive to lightning. 13) Antenna height is the most beneficial signal booster once an antenna/amp are in-hand. 14) If antenna is outdoor wall-mounted, there is often a sweet-spot wall-distance to bring-in weak channel(s)? 6"-18" normally.

2 aerials decide to get married. Wedding was terrible but the reception was really good... Where I grew up we didn't have electricity so we had to watch TV by candlelight..

Very interesting keep up the good work.

Thanks for the great info. Its been real helpful !!!!!

I've already done almost all of what you mentioned. (I'm an Extra class Amateur Radio Op, so I know antennas). I have a huge Winegard VHF/UHF antenna with pre-amp mounted above my ham radio yagi antenna, about 50 ft. above ground. Problem is my home is located next to lake Erie, so everything is UP from my location. I also have used RG-6U coax from the pre-amp to its power injector, to an amplifier. I do have 1 unpowered 2 way splitter, which I should replace. Usually, my reception is pretty good, but all the "Greater Cleveland" TV channels (which are about 60 miles away from me in Madison, OH), are not exactly in the same compass direction. I'm luck to have a rotor on my tower so that I can adjust the antenna direction while looking at the "Local TV setup" monitor on my Dish Network receiver, which has an OTA input. With both pre-amp and amp, I'm sure I occasionally get multi-path which causes signal break up or signal loss for some period. Also, the reception values vary at different times of the day. A lot of TV station cut back power in evening hours. Even during the daytime, if there is a lot of precipitation in the air, that can attenuate signals. By having the OTA system, I was able to save $10 on my DishNetwork bill, not paying for "locals". That's $120 a year in savings over many years, and that should tell you that it is worth while investing in a GOOD outdoor OTA TV antenna system. One thing you didn't mention is antenna height. HIGHER is BETTER. The Higher you can get your antenna, the better your reception will be. Nice video with good points which I can validate as correct. I will have to look at a distribution amp to eliminate that one 2 way splitter.

I always use RG6Q coax cable - the "Q" stands for quad shielded, to reduce any chance of electrical interference.

Thanks for the content!

great video. learned a lot. thanks

The best Quote that I have read is - TV signal capture is more of a Art, and less of a science !

Home depot sells rg-11 now.

good presentation mister some good tips i'll check out thanks !!

Some very good pointers here. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

What parts of PA do you service?

Broadcast television is 100% better than paying for cable and satelite television.

Great video!

Very informative and helpful

Steaming service is the option when I am not on youtube.

Judge judy.lol thanks. Cheers

Thanks again for the review.

Thanks for all of the information on your KZfaq channel. Another tip. I have the new T-Mobile Wifi service. This service grabs the internet from the Cell tower instead of the cable line. As a result, it is a very good idea to keep your external TV tuner unit and TV coax away from the Wifi unit. The Wifi unit introduces noise and/or weakens the TV signal if the external TV tuner is near it. I haven't tried an LTE trap, however, keeping a reasonable distance between the two units seems to have solved my issue

DUMP CABLE! It's a rip-off!

Isn't it nice that cable is so goddamn expensive now that we are actually going back in time!

Tyler (Antenna Man) wish you serviced my area of the NE, great videos and thanks for sharing your talent and knowledge. I've been researching antenna options for a week now as I move to cut the cord and am torn between the Channel Master SMARTENNA and an externally mounted antenna life the one's you suggest, the RCA Yagi directional ANT751R, or the channel Master Ultratenna CM-4221. My zip is 02871 (Rhode Island) and I'm near the water where it gets quite windy at times (enough where we avoided getting an awning on the back deck). I currently have COX cable and internet with three TV's on a splitter that COX installed. I'd like to get your opinion on the following: 1) What's your thoughts on the Channel Master SMARTENNA as I couldn't find a video you might have on this indoor option. It would free up my having to install an outdoor antenna and I only have one wall that is near a window and faces the northeast where I think the channels are sourced (NBC, ABC, CBS, PBS, METV). I have no problem purchasing one SMARTENNA and connecting the other two TV's to an external antenna. 2) If an external antenna is the best option...which if the models do you suggest based on my location? I do have tall trees NW of my house and again...it can get windy. Thanks in advance!

Very helpful video!!!

I was wrapping aluminum foil on my antenna

Regarding the marketing of “HD”, “digital”, “4K” antennas. I tell friends that it’s like tires for cars: if someone told you that you need to buy their “circular” or “circumferential”, if you just buy *round* tires, that’s all you need. As with antennas, tires have two types: road tires and off-road tires (VHF and UHF antennas). Everything else is marketing hype.

thank you antenna man! your tips helped me diagnose my issue with my antenna signal! i installed a manual transfer switch, surge protector and ev circuit while moving coax and ethernet wires and immediately i ended losing my antenna signal entirely... problem was i moved my hdtv amplifier/splitter only a few inches away from my hepd80 surge protector... it had been working "ok" prior to then but after watching your video i realized i was getting interference from wires everywhere so i moved the amplifier/splitter to a better location and voila! much better signal!! thanks again antenna man!!

#1 way to Improve OTA TV reception: Raise your antenna (the higher the better)

I give up! Too much crap to deal with. I would rather watch my old DVDs.

Thank you buddy.....2 Thumbs up.

Hi Tyler, enjoy your videos and have learned a lot. I live in the Detroit suburbs and can scan and capture all of the local stations in the area using my antenna except for CBC channel 9 (Canadian). Seems like I used to be able to capture that station in the past. Do you have any advice for capturing Canadian stations? Maybe something has changed in recent years. Thanks.

I get it , its like Transgenderism , Im really on channel 61 but I identify as channel 33

You had me until you said you watch judge judy. Im stealing my neighbors cable now. Its your fault bills cable is getting molested now

Hi Tyler, what are your thoughts on Sterling TV? Thank you, for your in-depth knowledge OTA broadcasting!

very good, every son should be like you...

Added FM trap and fixed NBC and FOX reception problem in low vhf ,large FM tower 3 miles away .thanks to you Tyler great advise for the radio shack fm filter.

One unit that I had back in 1981 was a "Static remover" that mounted to the pole and it locked the cable with a screw and a toothed washer that bite into the cable when you tightened the screw, then it was grounded to your grounding system. Back then, I also had 2 long old school antenna and ran them through an amplifier and I could pickup about 20 "Wayne's World" type UHF tv stations. Also, my neighbor was a tv repairman and he showed me how to remove the dial and adjust the tuner screw for each 2-13 channels to bring in better pictures. Cable didn't reach our area outside Albion in Parma Township. I also used a set of vise grips as a rotor and still do today.

An amplifier or an amplified antenna works the best. Great info

Great tips thank you. After trying several new improved HD indoor antennas I went back to an old set of rabbit ears that came off an old tv. I had to drill a hole in a chuck of wood to make a stand for it. Works better then the new stuff. :-)

Thank you!

knowledgeable Information. Great video.

Very informative

Well done.... Thumb's up....

Thank you for the very informative video. I have two (simple?) questions: 1) I have a Winegard Wingman on my Sensar OTA antenna on my RV. The signal pixelates (and No Signal) on some stations all day but seems to get worse right at sunset. (Stations that I watch during the day are not available after dark.) Why is that? 2) When you say "point the antenna" - where is the 'front' of the antenna? (My Antenna looks like an airplane - two long wings and a tail with three cross members.)

Thank you for this video. When I move into my apt, I am buying one from you on ebay. YOU GO BOY!!

Distribution amplifiers can cause "noise". I have an attic antenna and I use one splitter with 2 outputs for 2 TVs, cable run is about 30-40 ft. Replaced an old 4 port splitter with -7db loss per output with the 2 port -3.5db per output. It works very well.

You are very helpful.