PBD WA-2608 Amplified Outdoor TV Antenna – Long Range with UHF/VHF, 360° Motorized Rotation, Remote Control, Mounting Pole, and 40FT RG6 Cable – Supports 4K, 1080P, Smart and Older TVs (2 Outputs)

I purchased this antenna to replace a Mohu Sky 60 antenna after I discovered that Mohu no longer sells the Sky 60. I tried other antennas over the years, but the Sky 60 picked up a lot of channels. I finally decided to purchase the style of antenna like the PBD WA-2608. I wish I had purchased something like this a lot sooner.I am able to pick up a lot more channels without pixelization. The motorized antenna makes configuration easy. I mounted the antenna in an attic and it still picks up the farthest channels.This is a great antenna at a great price. The only customization was to reterminate the RG6 cable so that it wasn't so long.The only suggestion I have is to use better lag bolts. I snapped a couple of them while installing the mount. I was using an impact driver and I probably should have drilled the holes a little bigger. Other than that, the mount comes with everything you need for wood or brick mounting.Give this antenna a try if you are in an area thats difficult to receive OTA channels.Update 11/8/2024I purchased a 2nd antenna for my apartment after being impressed with the first antenna's performance. To address an issue with the original review, the included lag bolts work well once the proper drill bit is used.I have tried several different antennas over the years hoping to get OTA channels at my apartment. The best antenna could get maybe three stations. After seeing how well the antenna worked at the first location, I decided to try another PBD antenna. I was only expecting slightly better results due to the limitations of the mounting location. I am on the bottom floor of an apartment building and on the wrong side of the building to properly point the antenna towards the TV station antenna locations. The antenna could only be mounted about 7 feet off the ground. The antenna's line-of-sight passes through the building which means the signal has to go through lots of building materials for multiple apartments. There is also a metal staircase and lots of trees. Basically, the worst case for attempting any antenna reception. I was hoping to get a few more channels or at least improve the reception of the channels I was getting with other antennas.After a channel scan, I was able to get just as many channels as the PBD antenna at the first location. All of the channels come in well without any reception issues. I am blown away that this antenna works so well after so many years of missing out on content due to the less than ideal mounting location.If you are looking for a relatively compact antenna with high performance, do not hesistate to buy this antenna. The manufacturer responds quickly and is available to help if there are any issues.The recommended mounting location with unobstructed line-of-sight and mounting height should be followed, but this antenna may surprise you if you have issues with mounting locations and have tried a bunch of other antennas.

Works great. Took a few hours to install and run the cable. Supplied cable was only about half the length I needed, so I used two other cables I had lying around. When I ran the auto tune on the TV, I picked up 78 channels. Most importantly, I was able to get Fox and KWGN now whereas with my indoor antenna I couldn’t. So far all the channels I’ve tuned into have great picture quality. I’m about 40 miles from broadcast.

As a recent "cord cutter", I found myself missing some local programming. I'm in the far Philly suburbs, about 35 straight-line miles from the digital TV signal sources, from what I could find online. I previously tried an indoor antenna, but got virtually nothing.Before I invested time/money in a new antenna, as any good engineer would, I decided to do a "proof of concept" test, then an A/B test, so I wanted to share the results.First, before buying this new PBD outdoor antenna, I recycled an old Winegard outdoor antenna that came off the roof of my RV/Camper, when I was repairing a roof leak. We never used the antenna in the camper anyway, so I pulled it off. So, I rigged the RV antenna onto the roof of my house (two story home, and I'm at one of the higher elevations in my area), to see how many channels it could pull in, and was amazed how many really clear over-the-air channels this thing pulled in.Encouraged by the results, I bought this PBD antenna, hoping it would work even better, but it didn't. To be fair, I may have had a returned antenna, since my box was missing the 40' coax cable, but the antenna looked new otherwise, and everything worked (power supply, amplifier, rotation, remote) as expected.Unfortunately, after replacing that temporary camper antenna with this PBD antenna, the number of successfully acquired stations went down, when I told my TV to rescan for channels. This antenna was at the same height/location, and same direction, as the old one. The same major networks still worked, but I'd see more pixelation from time-to-time, and there were a few channels that I got with the old antenna that this PBD antenna couldn't pull in, no matter the rotation.In my attached picture, the PBD antenna is on the left, and my Winegard camper antenna is on the right.All-in-all, I gave this four stars. Very easy to assemble, great price point, especially since it has a rotator motor and a remote. And compared to an indoor antenna, it will probably give you a ton more channels. Just surprised that an old RV antenna would outperform it. But mainly, their customer service was, without a doubt, the best I've encountered, and contacted me immediately to see how they could help.