could this be a good travel antenna. At 2 feet it would fit in a suitcaes, but will it work well on a balcony - Or would a dipole work best
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The antenna is 3 feet so unless you have a large suitcase it might not fit!! It works fine on my fiberglass body RV. Richard
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As yet have not received the antenna....might not get it till round the end of the month. So, if you find out about a good mobile mount for the four band antenna, I would like to know. I plan to mount on top of a one of my luggage rack arms (GMC Envoy).
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Eugene, I had zero bars outside of my travel trailer in a back woods Colorado campground. I placed the antenna on a mast 25 feet up above the base unit. I have a full 4 bars inside my travel trailer and can use my AT&T iPhone 4 without any issue. This includes 4G data (note - not 4G LTE data, just 4G data). This is good enough to stream video from VuDu and Hulu streaming services, though Netflix has difficulty at times with connecting. Note: the trick is to get the external antenna as high as possible and the more directly above the base unit the better. Also, the transmission inside is not over a great distance. For instance, my travel trailer is 32 feet long. With the base unit in the center of the trailer, I lose 1 bar at the front and back of the trailer so the signal doesn't travel that far from the base unit. Still usable but just a loss of one bar. Outside of the trailer I get nothing. This is to be expected since my travel trailer has metal siding. I'm very pleased with the unit and how it works. It is a little light weight, especially the antenna so treat it with care and you should do fine with your situation. The good thing is Amazon's return policy if it doesn't work for you. Just get that external antenna up as high as you can and as far away vertically from the base as you can. That seems to be where most people are running into problems with the zBoost.
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It should work just fine. Basically, these are just gain antennas in the 2.4 GHz band, and will send the signal farther. The standard antenna I used did not get the signal there (about 50 ft.) When I used this antenna, it made it just fine.
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I live 42 miles northwest of Chicago on flat terrain. I bought this antenna because it will go down to digital channel 7. We have two digital stations that broadcast on the VHF spectrum. I can receive 61 digital channels, although when it is overcast I will lose a few of the low powered stations. All the channels are broadcast from the Willis Tower (formerly the Sears Tower) except for channel 24 which is broadcast from the Trump tower about a mile north of the Willis Tower and not as high. I have trouble receiving the channel 24 channels, when it is overcast, windy, snow or rain. This antenna is highly directional and you really have to play around with reception strength to get the best oeverall signal strength. A quarter inch rotation of the mast can mean good reception or no reception. This is probably true of all digital stations, no matter what the antenna is. An antenna which almost as good it the Winegard Air outdoor antenna which is a powered antenna and is only a rectangular black box measuring around 16" X 16' X 2". It doesn't even look like an antenna but it works pretty darned good. More expensive though. Antenna height is an important factor for long distance reception. I think mine is about 35 feet off the ground on the roof of my house mounted using a tripod base. I'm thinking about adding 10 more feet in height. Because of the size of the Winegard antenna, I probably would not need guy wires to hold it up. No matter what antenna you use, be sure you do a channel scan right after it is hooked up. Incidentaly the winegard works surprising well inside the house at maybe 5 feet height from ground level. I've tried many indoor powered antennas which hardly work at all. Winegard makes an indoor version of this antenna, but it probably is nowhere as good.
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I personally use the NAGOYA NA 771 Antenna bibanda 144/430 MHz with gain of 2.15 - 3.0 dBi With a length of 38 cm, is flexible and versatile for outdoor if you cut a little lower dome to the ceiling of the female connector sma conexiona best co sma male connector of walky, there is another brand that is Super Antenna 145/435MHZ SG 7900, 158cm, 5.0dbi (144MHz) and 7.6dbi (430MHz), I have not tested this but I've heard good reviews against it is that is telescopic and too rigid for my liking, I hope that works for the explanation, a greeting
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There are many more factors to consider. How far do you live from the station transmitters? What is the topography of your area? Where will you place the antenna inside your residence?The antenna will receive the signals that are available to it. It's up to you to place the antenna where the signals are best. Buy it and try it. If it doesn't work you can return it and try something else.
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This antenna is good for 35 to 40 miles away from the tower with a some what clear path. It works best on a 5 foot pole on your roof top. The closer you are to the tower the less you have to worry about where to put it. I have it on a 5 foot pole on my roof and I get all the channels at 38 miles away from the tower. I get all the red, and blue channels. The purple channels are copies of yellow channels in my area. This antenna seams flimsy but works great. Best of luck.
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Try a 27Mz rubber ducky..These Antennas are closley matched to 162Mz.... Reserched.... (wheather channels) This is why the wheather comes in with more clarity..QUOTE}There cute little radios.But not Quite up to par for mobile use 4 watts! Not)Try 60MA! Good for 100 feet!
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I have two antenna, 3ft and 4ft. The best for reception is 4 ft. I use the 3ft for small places.
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It is a very good antenna but I have this one on the roof. It is to tall for most atics so it may have to lay flat , Do not know if that works or not
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I have read where that has been done. I don't see why it wouldn't work as long as you get it aimed at the tv towers in your area. As with any signal at that frequency, its all line of sight the more that is in the path, the more your signal strength can be affected by it. But I have also saw youtube videos where people have done what your asking successfully. For what the antenna cost no reason not to give it a shot. Good luck.
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This is an indoor antenna. It is not intended for nor is is constructed for use outdoors. It may work for a period of time but wind or moisture will likely kill it fairly quickly.
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10 miles might be pushing it, but most of it will depend on the type of antenna and where you locate it on the vehicle. I wouldn't recommend any antenna for what you need that is less than 4 feet tall and you should try to get that as high as possible on the vehicle. However, you may not be able to reliably reach one another on a consistent basis. Unfortunately due to the access to CB radios, you may experience a lot of congestion and could potentially spend a lot of times just trying to find a clear frequency away from other crazies out there.
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This antenna is rated for about 35 miles, I think. It won't even get that, IF you location doesn't face the direction of the towers or has tall bldgs or other things that are in the way. It all depends on environmental conditions, where your tv is, which direction your room faces, and all sorts of things. In my den, which faces south, I use this antenna and get great reception. The towers in my city are SOUTH of my house and are about 25 miles away. But the tv is my bedroom, which faces north and has windows only facing north and east, gets terrible reception. I have to use an amp, and even then, I don't get all the stations that my den tv gets with this antenna without an amp. I'm going to try a stronger amp. But it's my bedroom, secondary tv, so I'm not that concenred about it. I'm just glad my main tv in the den faces the right direction to get good reception.
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Mounted on roof should work great just aim correctly to get best signal. Install like any other large antenna. Its light weight for its size. Having flat terrain should work even better.
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I suspect that you would get pretty good reception depending upon how open the area is around it. I'm mounted around 9 feet off the ground with houses and trees all around, but still get amazing reception (picking up stations from all major markets within 50 miles).