Stellar Labs30-2475 - Fringe Directional Antenna VHF-Hi HDTV 174-230MHz

I live in the mountains surrounded by mature trees, i.e., trees much taller than my house which is built on the side of a mountain. My goal was to get ABC, CBS and NBC OTA with an attic mounted antenna. After going to the antenna websites, I learned the three major networks were transmitted from three different directions with the transmitters located 9, 24 and 14 miles away respectively. However, two of the transmitters are located on the other side of a mountain. I started out with Channel Master due to the name and reviews. They recommended their Pro-Model antenna with their adjustable gain preamp and gave very little guidance. One channel had a good picture, unfortunately the other two pixilated to the point of not being viewable. After exchanging emails with the Channel Master tech support, they said I was in a location where I could not achieve what I wanted with an attic mount antenna. So, I returned the Channel Master antenna/preamp and began my quest for a replacement attic mount antenna setup.I happened upon a promising attic mount antenna while surfing around reading reviews, so I went ahead and ordered the antenna from Amazon. After the order was placed, I stumbled upon the Antenna Man on YouTube. I decided to take a chance and pay the Antenna Man for his antenna recommendation and guidance. I provided the Antenna Man with all my info. The trusses in my attic are designed such that an antenna either needs to be compact or oriented in a NS or EW direction so my antenna choices were limited. The antenna I ordered would not have been the Antenna Man’s first choice, however the truss design limited my antenna choices. The Antenna Man told me exactly which direction to aim my antenna, in my case to a closer repeater rather the main transmitter (who knew?) and use a meter to find the best signal location. Since I am using an HDHomerun tuner, I purchased the Signal GH app, which was recommended by the Antenna Man, to find the ideal location in the attic.The antenna pulled in NBC and CBS with no problems, but I could not find a location which would satisfactorily pull in all three major networks. Back to the Antenna Man. He advised me on installing the Stellar Labs 30-2475 to pull in ABC and a combiner to bring the signals from each antenna to a signal coax cable to my HDHomerun tuner. Following his instructions and purchasing the equipment through his Amazon links, I am happy to say I now have the ability to watch all three major networks plus several other channels.For my situation, I can’t say enough of the performance of the Stellar Labs 30-2475. However, it would not have been possible to achieve the outcome I did without the Antenna Man’s guidance. It was worth every penny to pay for his service, and I spent less money for the two antennas and combiner than I did for the original Channel Master which did not work for me.

We cut the cord, but are fairly committed to Jeopardy on ABC channel 7. This channel is at the low end of VHF-high. We are in Orange County (40+ miles from Mt Wilson) and the antenna is in the attic. None of the small flat antenna's worked really well. I tried a Clearstream 4, it struggled with ABC 7 (but was otherwise fantastic at pulling in UHF channels). So I thought I would try this antenna ... which is designed for VHF. Well it works absolutely fantastic. It brings in channel 7 with high signal strength and quality. This is despite at least 3 other not inexpensive options not working great. This antenna is the answer to problems with ABC 7 ... in my mind anyway.What is remarkable is that there is very little room in my attic. So I left off the front two dipoles (?) ... and that did not seem to be a problem.What is interesting. And perhaps I should have done more experiments. Is that I only get this really good performance if I place a Silicon Dust LTE filter in-line. Maybe there is interference up in my attic. Furthermore this antenna is not so great for UHF channels more generally. So for me this antenna is specializing in ABC 7, which is the main channel we watch due to Jeopardy.I am going to try and split the signal from this antenna and the clearstream UHF, to get the best of both worlds. But have not done these experiments yet.

In my Area we still have a few VHF High channels. I installed this for my Sister along with a UHF that's pointed in a different . She is around 20 miles from the VHF tower. It get's around 75% to 90% signal. Works fantastic

Perfect antenna for my situation. I'm 45 miles equally away in the middle of Syracuse and Rochester Ny. All my UHF channels are strong signal flame throwers however VHF channels 10 and 13 out of Rochester have always been problematic. I have tried bowties, home made grey hovermans and stealth hawk antennas and this VHF antenna destroys them all. On VHF I went from 52% signal strength to 72% with no signal drops. I'm receiving all UHF stations front and behind this awesome antenna very strong from both cities. This really is a great antenna..Solid!The instructions suck. I am a very mechanical person and was almost in tears trying to figure out. The trick is to take the mounting clamp off to see how to join the middle sections of antenna. Then put the mounting clamp back on. You will need a 1 to 2 inch mast for mounting..not included. I mounted this antenna 50 feet up in a pine tree. I climb up the branches. Its perfect!I do not recommend combining antennas with a splitter has you can run into phasing problems. It also looks tacky if visible..Keep your set up simple especially outside where water can seep into all the connections combing antennas requires. The #1 problem with outdoor antennas is water getting into cable connections. A novice will blame the antenna but its 90% of the time unprotected connections. Water is your enemy. Protect and seal all connections or even better don't use a lot.A combo antenna might be a better fit for you..do your homework and learn.HD Primer.com is a wonderful site. I highly recommend you visit that site and read.You only need a amp if running more than 50 feet of coaxial cable. Not to get more stations but to make up decibel losses in long cable runs. You can not amplify stations you are not receiving into existence. There are exceptions but its to much to get into here. Amplified indoor antennas are a joke and waste of time and money. Be a man and mount your antenna outside. Thank me for it later!One thing you have to understand is that a coat hanger 30 to 50 feet up in the air will outperform the most expensive antenna you can buy if the latter is mounted inside or in a attic. You must go high up outside has you possibly can to get the best performance out of any antenna you buy. please mount outside. Even if it's on a patio because your signal will be attenuated going through the materials that make up your home.Happy tuning and thanks for reading my review. I hope I helped you!