ANTOP TV Antenna UFO Amplified Omnidirectional OTA TV Antenna Review
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- ANTOP UFO Omnidirectional TV Antenna Review #AntopAT414B
A review of Antop's compact, amplified UFO omnidirectional TV antenna.
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0:00 Intro
0:21 What is an Omnidirectional TV Antenna?
0:37 Overview of features
1:07 Unboxing the UFO antenna
1:51 Smartpass amplifier
2:49 Preliminary test- it works without the amplifier too!
3:13 General antenna installation recommendations
3:36 Measuring the antenna size
3:48 Assembly and Installation
5:26 Smartpass Amplifier connections
6:01 My TV reception situation
6:42 Testing and Channel Scans
7:11 Testing Signal Strengths
7:44 Summary of applications
8:38 Where to buy the Antop UFO Antenna
8:47 Conclusion
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Canadians truly get the dirty end of the stick when it comes to OTA terrestrial broadcast. Here in Woodstock because of our elevation your lucky to get 5 channels. Sadly enough I heard a report whereas the Liberal government was intending to discontinue the CBC ota broadcast altogether. On the upside these tv antennae that receive VHF are still useful for receiving fm radio. Thank you for your excellent review of the UFO
Thanks for watching, we definitely are shortchanged when it comes to OTA TV.
Short changed for sure. Discontinuing CBC? That's dumb. Hopefully you guys get those libtards booted out and get that decision reversed.
For Europe is very good. We use UHF band for DTV. Poland is an exception has on or two multiplexes on VHF High Band and five or six UHF multiplexes. but the rest of European countries use UHF band. In Europe we call the DTV frequencies multiplexes.
UHF, a nice compact antenna.
Thank you for sharing this information, great content!
Thanks so much for watching!
Omnidirectional antennas from my experience are good in areas with good signal. In general omnidirectional antennas are best for FM and DAB+ (digital radio) reception. For TV especially for UHF band i would recommend a directional antenna preferably two for best reception. This antenna is not recommended not for permanent reception, only as a backup or for vans (in case you want to travel).
It’s very good for RVs. Just run a channel scan without any aiming. I have another omnidirectional antenna for FM. It picks up TV too. I plan on testing it out soon in a video.
@@NorthcoasterHobby The antennas that can receive FM can also receive VHF Low Band and VHF High. I tested during the analog days a Yagi 3 element FM antenna, The antenna can be mounted both horizontal and vertical. For best FM reception it is recommended vertical. So I connected to my TV and the channels on VHF High Band had crystal clear image, but on FM some channel were gone, because FM is broadcasted vertical. So back then you had two options either use it for TV and loose some FM channels or use it for FM but you loose all TV channels. Some people who had a channel on VHF Low band told me this antenna did a good job, but a Yagi 5 element FM antenna had better results, not to mention the 10 element Yagi FM antenna which was designed for weak FM stations. That antenna performed well with channels on VHF Low Band but those were the analog days.
Fast forward in present the FM antenna especially the 3 element FM Yagi antenna did a very good job with VHF High band where digital radio channels DAB+ are broadcasted. So you get both analog FM and DAB+ with a single antenna. It is mandatory to be mounted vertical otherwise you will have poor FM and DAB+ reception.
Antenna like this pick up most of my uhf channels and some vhf high. For both if I am 20 miles or less.from tower But will not pick up and low power channels or low vhf channels. It is especially hard now that some towers took damage and now have to be at reduced power or broadcast astc 1 from side of tower rather then the very top . Hope you have a nice day
It is good for most major stations broadcasting at high power. Low power stations or distant low-VHF need a bigger antenna, no way around it. But I was impressed with how it did in my area. Thanks for watching!
Antop could improve the design by installing the pre amp within the housing of the antenna and then having the on off switch access at the coax by the TV inlet therby increasing the signal strength or even just increasing the diameter from 15" to 24".
looks like you are in Toronto
No, Thunder Bay.
@@NorthcoasterHobby Yes! That is like a1500 KM drive to Toronto.
Ontario is HUGE! Antennas like this must be very useful there!
@@davidmacphee3549 it’s quite a drive, for sure.
How hi is your antenna
It’s 12 feet high, I mentioned this in the video.
@@NorthcoasterHobby I have a telescoping poll I find that if I put my antenna more than 20 ft high I lose l some of my channels I tried going high as 50 ft but the channels never came back so the old saying the higher the antenna the better off you are I find that not to be true I find if I go below 20 feet I also lose channels so 20 ft is probably perfect height
@@sherrilmason1195 If that’s the height that works, go with that then. Thanks for watching!