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I live in South Philly about 10 to 15 miles out from most Major Networks and have tested other products in the past that had poor to no reception unless I went up 3 stories to get any type of reception. This product is currently taped on my Ceiling on the 1st floor and pulls in 22 channels when using the amplifier. I intend to move it to my bow window and now leave it on the 1st. floor. I would suggest you load the WINEGARD APP and test to see the best location to place the FlatWave Amped indoor TV Antenna as it works GREAT and will make the installation easy . Outstanding product.
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Watch the top rated shows in HD for Free!
Watch local news, weather, live sports and all of the top-rated shows for free, in HD, and with Dolby Digital Surround Sound with a Winegard FlatWave TV antenna.
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| Indoor/Outdoor Use | Indoor | Indoor | Indoor | Outdoor/Attic |
| Frequency | H-VHF/UHF | H-VHF/UHF | H-VHF/UHF Amplified | H-VHF/UHF Amplified |
| Amplified | no data | no data | ✓ | ✓ |
| Ideal Mile Range | 30 miles | 35 miles | 50 miles | 60+ miles |
| Antenna Dimensions | 5.3" x 7" x .5" | 12" x 13" x .6" | 12" x 13" x .6" | 14" x 14" x 4" |
| Mini Coax Length | 5' | 15' | 18.5' w/ USB Power Supply | N/A |
| USB Power Supply | No | No | Yes | Yes |
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Customers find the antenna works well and provides excellent picture quality with crystal clear HDTV. They appreciate its ease of installation, with one customer noting it's simple to place on a wall, and consider it the absolute best indoor antenna. Reception and channel reception receive mixed feedback - while some report excellent reception and picking up all local channels, others experience terrible reception and missing stations. Value for money opinions are divided, with some saying it's worth the cost while others find it not worth the money.
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1219 customers mention functionality, 969 positive, 250 negative
It works great but doesn't pick up all the nearby stations. Could be because the building is concrete block. I put it on a window for the best resultsRead more
works well have to take time to get it just in the right spot also it needs to be curved to get the best signal i did this with 2 zip ties in the...Read more
Works very well. I was able to receive more air channels. I'm going to order another one for my living room area since I'm cutting the uverse cord....Read more
This item did not work for me. I sometimes would work during the day but at night the signal faded in and out and I was only able to get 3 channels....Read more
829 customers mention channel count, 634 positive, 195 negative
Works great! Lots of channels even though we are more than 40 miles from the station.Read more
I am so pleased that I actually get more channels using this air antenna than those provided with the basic package from my cable company....Read more
I'm receiving a great picture and more channels than I had with the small torpedo looking antenna I had!...Read more
I only get a few channels , but worked for me during the hurricane a few months a go, it will go back in the box and be taken out during storms.Read more
679 customers mention quality, 610 positive, 69 negative
Great product. Simple to install and works very, very well...pulling in over a dozen stations about 45-50 miles away. The amplifier does work!Read more
Great antenna. Absolutely love it. We went from getting 2 broadcast channels to 15 with this antenna. Could not be happier to being using this productRead more
It's a good product. However I returned it because I felt the outdoor Winegard antenna worked out better for my needs.Read more
Excellent product. Brings in many more channels than ever thought we could receive with better quality picture than cable....Read more
407 customers mention picture quality, 330 positive, 77 negative
...Most of the time has great picture. I,m in a valley, many neighbors can't get the channels, that I can get now. Very pleased....Read more
...of the major networks(ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and PBS) all in HD and crystal clear. I am located about 40 miles from the transmitter towers....Read more
Perfect picture and clearer than when I had Comcast. Never been so happy to not have that cable bill anymore....Read more
Does the job to get lots of channels. Easy to set up has great picture quality. Connected quickly and worked wellRead more
402 customers mention easy to install, 392 positive, 10 negative
Since it is an indoor antenna, it is easy to install and move around, trying to find the right place, On my analog TV, I would find a good spot and...Read more
Came in less than 24 hours after it was ordered. This antenna was easy to set up (foolproof, actually), very light, and was working within minutes....Read more
I have no regrets buying this antenna. It was very easy to install and I have all the local channels and other channels numbering about 50 in total....Read more
...Very long cable dont need to move tv Easy install Comes with 3M strips to hang with Cons None that i see in my month of useRead more
707 customers mention reception, 468 positive, 239 negative
...Rapid fulfillment. Prompt delivery. Exactly as described. Great reception. The length of the antenna/TV cable introduces a good deal of interference.Read more
...and in the middle of the news or a game it "flickers" with poor reception.Read more
...It really is paper thin and has excellent reception and I only have it on a 1st floor window at the top facing somewhat in direct line of the local...Read more
...Florida where the landscape is totally flat does help to get such good reception and the 33 amazing number of channels, not to mention all those...Read more
380 customers mention value for money, 261 positive, 119 negative
...So ya, once again, if you live in Philly, it's worth the money. I bought this thing used for around 30 dollars, it looked practically brand new.Read more
...Totally worth the price, and I have more than all the television stations I could ever want to watch.Read more
Waste of money....I did not get that many stations and some of them worked and some didn't and then some would quit right in the middle! Ha!...Read more
I love this product!!!! Well worth the money. I had a different antenna but did not obtain the reception that this one provides....Read more
220 customers mention channel reception, 129 positive, 91 negative
...Great picture, picks up a lot of stations. When I drop cable I will get another one for the living room.Read more
Unfortunately, it did not pickup any stations even though it was positioned in the 2nd floor window.Read more
Works okay , I have it on a window facing south , It picks up channels but if traffic goes past I get pixels on screen and scrambles picture ....Read more
At times the reception bitmaps and goes in and out. I have no idea why. Other times it is clear as a bell.Read more
As good as it gets! FIVE stars!
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- Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2026Style: 60 Mile Long RangeVerified Purchase
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- Reviewed in the United States on March 14, 2016Style: 60 Mile Long RangeVerified Purchase
This is my 2nd purchase. I purchased the first antenna in the fall of 2014 for $40 mainly to see the state of “Over the Air” broadcasting. At the time of the purchase we had an analog cable TV subscription that cost more each year and had fewer channels.
I placed the antenna over a chair in a room of the house that just happened to be located the furthest away from the major broadcast towers. I was pleasantly surprised to be able to pick up about 30 channels. Depending on how I jiggled the antenna I could add a few channels and lose a few. After 2 months of testing, I decided to move the antenna into another room of the house.
Our house has a coaxial connection in every room of the house. All the coax connections home-run from a closet in the room that is closest to all the broadcast towers. This is the room of the house that I moved the antenna to and placed it in a window that just happened to be dual-pane and low-E. I was pleasantly surprised to pick up about 40 channels. For grins I tried it without the preamp and was down to 1 channel. I later confirmed this with other brands that were not amplified, and at best was able to get 1-3 channels but not without issues. The amplifier was definitely required in our location. I tried the antenna flat against the wall and even flat against the window, but it seemed to pick up more channels when I wedged it in-between the two shades on the window (see photo). I've seen "curved" antenna's and now I had a "curve" antenna and signal reception was even better than flush on the window or wall. Because it was wedged in between the two shades, it was easy to take down for cleaning.
I connected it to the main distribution network in the house which has a 1:8 HDTV drop amp with 4.5dB of amplification. In each room of the house that has a cable jack I ended up running the signal through a 2nd 1:4 HDTV drop amp with 7.5dB of amplification and was able to get from 40-50 channels depending on the TV or DTV converter box that we were using, so even though the antenna was in a fixed location there was enough of a difference between coaxial runs and different hardware to account for up to 10 channels.
For grins, I opened the window and moved the antenna outdoors and was able to get 55 local channels and all the other tuners in the house varied by 3-5 channels, but obviously this was not an outdoor antenna - just wanted to know how much the “house” was actually causing us to lose in signal strength and channel availability.
I ran this setup for another 3 months after I had cut the proverbial cable and would eventually decided to purchase a bigger outdoor antenna which in reality was not that much bigger but I also purchased the outdoor version of the same Winegard amplifier used on the FL5500A product. The outdoor antenna with mast mounted preamp got us 96 total channels while mounted on the side of the house at a height between 9 and 10 feet. Of those channels we paired those down to 42 that we like and can receive the same channels on all the hardware in the house. The bigger antenna lets us pull signals as far away as 120 miles even though it’s only rated for 60+ miles.
So this antenna with its amplifier worked very well for us. We gave one to our daughter and picked up a 2nd unit. It’s our backup antenna in case something should happen to the outdoor antenna.
The number of channels that you can pick up will vary by geographic location, home orientation, building materials used within a home, and location within a room. If you live very close to broadcast towers, the amplifier may actually hurt as it would overdrive signals - you’ll have to play with it to find what works best for your installation. For us, the amplifier was absolutely essential for both this indoor and our current outdoor antenna. Both use the Winegard amplifier.
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Cliente de AmazonReviewed in Mexico on February 25, 2018
Excelente producto
Style: 60 Mile Long RangeVerified Purchase - Amazon CustomerReviewed in the United Kingdom on November 1, 2017
We got great signal, even through reinforced concrete
Style: 60 Mile Long RangeVerified Purchase - AllisonReviewed in Canada on November 25, 2014
Awesome, it works better than I expected!
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AntonioReviewed in Mexico on August 24, 2016
EXCELENTE ANTENA!!!
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