RCA ANT800R Flat Digital Outdoor Antenna

by RCA

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 7 x 15.3 x 14.1 inches ; 3.5 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001VYTCDK
• Item model number: ANT800R
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

Product Description

RCA flat digital outdoor antenna is designed for the most challenging reception environments. Innovative patented 360 degree reception pattern eliminates adjustments and simplifies installation as no special orientation is required. Superior construction and tough materials withstand outdoor conditions. Paintable ultra compact design disappears into surroundings and adapts for attic use. Designed for DTV and receives local HD and all digital TV broadcasts. Supports all digital and analog frequencies (VHF and UHF) and broadcast 1080 HDTV. Enhances reception by amplifying weak signals and high gain picks up further stations. Preserves signal purity with Extremely Low Noise (ELN) circuitry. Mounting hardware and power adapter included. One year limited warranty.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous option for the monetarily challenged, December 2, 2009

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Suzanne Patricia Doell (Waynesboro, VA) - See all my reviews
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This is the best purchase I have made in a long time. It is easy to install and picks up more channels than I expected. All the channels are crystal clear and the antena is not an eye sore. It actually looks pretty slick on the roof and everyone thinks it is some fancy satelite disc.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It works, but don't expect miracles, May 20, 2010

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Jim K - See all my reviews

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First, let me describe my TV reception problem. I live in the urban core of a medium-size metropolitan area, so getting good TV reception shouldn't be too challenging. Unfortunately, I live in a condominium in a low spot (there's a rock wall behind my building that extends above my roof line).

I thought RCA ANT800 would be a good choice for me because it appeared that it would be versatile (indoor or outdoor), easy to install (not too big and comes with a mounting bracket) and it's omnidirectional. As I said, I live in the middle of the city, but all the broadcast towers are about 10-12 miles away, some north, some south and some west of me. So I needed either an omnidirectional antenna or a directional antenna with a rotor. Also, the local stations transmit on a mix of VHF low, VHF high and UHF, and the ANT800 is supposed to work with all broadcast frequencies. I've noticed that a lot of TV antennas only work with UHF or with VHF high and UHF, so be sure to check that before you buy any antenna.

At first I tried the ANT800 as an indoor antenna behind the TV. It picked up several channels, but I wanted all the local channels. Then I tried it in the attic. That worked better, but I still couldn't get the PBS channel, and that's the most important channel for me. My last option was to mount it outside, which is more difficult.

I opted to mount it upside-down from the eave overhang outside the back door. The main difficulty to that was with the mounting bracket. It has four screw holes in it, but they're too far apart to use on a single 2-by-4, so I had to screw it to another board then attach that to two 2-by-4s in the overhang.

Another problem is that the antenna is supposed to be an outdoor antenna, but it doesn't come with a grounding block, and the instructions don't mention anything about grounding it. So I bought a grounding block and wire and a signal splitter for three TV sets and got it all hooked up.

I'm happy to report that I can now pick up all the local TV channels, even PBS. I can't pick up any out-of-town stations, but I really wasn't expecting to. And reception isn't perfect. There are still periodic signal losses, where the picture will freeze or blot out and the audio will go out for a couple of seconds. It doesn't happen often enough to be really annoying, and I imagine if I wasn't splitting the signal it would come in strong enough not to drop out like that.

So the bottom line is it works fairly well for me. Since I live in the middle of the city I was hoping it would work in the attic and give me perfect reception. Well, I had to put it up outside and the reception isn't perfect but it's close.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The right spot, June 17, 2010

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S. Brown (Queen Creek, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This product works great if you can get the right angle and position. Holding it in your hands affects the signal, so see if you can set it somewhere where you plan to hang it (ours is in the attic) and move away 10-15 ft. to check channels before mounting in a permanent location. The T.V. freezes on some channels when the microwave is on.