Winegard HD-1080 HDTV High Band VHF Antenna

by WINEGARD

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 43 x 6.7 x 6.5 inches ; 4.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• Shipping Advisory: This item must be shipped separately from other items in your order. Additional shipping charges will not apply.
• ASIN: B001DFTGQU
• Item model number: HD-1080
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (60 customer reviews)
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  • #57 in Electronics > Accessories & Supplies > Audio & Video Accessories > Antennas > TV Antennas

Product Description

HDTV high band VHF antenna with 0-40 mile range.

Customer Reviews

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43 of 45 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 40 miles and a pre-amp, August 18, 2008

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Mark LaRock (Boston, MA. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winegard HD-1080 HDTV High Band VHF Antenna (Electronics)

Nice quality antenna, but it was significantly smaller than my old antenna and did not pick up the Boston channel digital signals as strongly on its own (1 bar out of 6, compared to 2-3 bars for my old antenna)but once I added the pre-amp BOOM! The digital signal exploded into an unbeliveable 6 out of 6 bars! No more dropped pictures and fantastic picture quality, visually in my opinon better than what the cable provider was giving me and I am saving $50.00 per month - SUPER NICE!

Boston to Shirley 40 miles, highly wooded, antenna sits on top of a second floor chimney, cable run from chimney to pre-amp 3', cable run from pre-amp to Samsung digital converter box approximately 40'.

31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great reception in a small package..., April 5, 2009

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siliken - See all my reviews

This review is from: Winegard HD-1080 HDTV High Band VHF Antenna (Electronics)

The first thing you need to know before purchasing an HDTV antenna is whether or not you will need a VHF/UHF antenna or just UHF. Winegard states "VHF-Hi band is needed in 98% of 2009 DTV markets".

The [...] puts most of my local transmitters between 37.8 and 41.8 miles. The 1080-HD's stated range is up to 40 miles for channels 7-69...the only channels available once the digital switchover has been completed. In San Jose, all channels except 11 are broadcasting HD on UHF, but digital channel 7 is scheduled switch from UHF 24 back to VHF 7 once analog brodacasting ceases after June 12, 2009.

The HD-1080 is rated at -11 db gain for channel 7. Channel 12 is rated about 0 db gain and I am receiving a strong signal from 37.8 miles. If channel 7 starts giving me dropouts in June, I may have to upgrade to the Winegard HD7694P HDTV High Band VHF/UHF Antenna which supplies higher gain in the VHF-HI range with its 65" boom and Yagi design. Note that you'll save about 20" in boom length for the same gain by purchasing a VHF-HI/UHF antenna designed for HDTV without the channel 2-6 elements such as the Winegard HD769 series.

The dimensions of the assembled 2-bay HD-1080 are 34.5"W x 18.25H" (the dimensions on the Amazon page are of the shipping box). The instruction sheet was a single page but the instructions for connecting the front and back sections of the antenna were a bit confusing. Careful examination of the illustrations clarified the spacer strap installation. Newer models use a different style of spacer between the sections and indicate only a single mast clamp.

I bought a J-mount Mast hoping for a nice, compact mount. The problem that I ran into was the fascia I was mounting to wasn't perpendicular to the ground and I couldn't plumb the installation without using some washers as spacers to bring the bottom of the bracket out, but I did avoid having to penetrate the flat roof with any mounting hardware.

Overall, I am very pleased with the antenna. I went from 10 stations with an indoor antenna to 43 stations of clear digital. I will re-evaluate the antenna in late summer after all of the TV stations have settled into their final broadcast slots and finalized their power.

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars No good at all for High VHF, December 15, 2009

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g "g" (dc) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Winegard HD-1080 HDTV High Band VHF Antenna (Electronics)

This antenna has VERY poor high VHF performance. I am about eight miles from the main local towers, have the 1080HD located 45 feet above ground level with no obstructions, I use tvfool generated aiming results and it refuses to work for two of the three networks whcih are on high VHF.

This is a good compact UHF antenna but should not be predominantly advertised as "high VHF" as it is here.

I have discussed it over at avsforums and everyone with this antenna gets very poor high VHF results.

here is my advice on outdoor antennas.

1) go to tvfool and generate a report. by putting in your address you will get the compass direction distance and frequency of all your possible surrounding stations. KEEP in mind many stations have moved back to from UHF to high VHF where power output is limited to 10% of UHF limits and if there are high VHF you need, do NOT just trust the manufacturer statements on high VHF.

2) go to avsforums and where there is a very good OTA (over the air) antenna thread. provide your TVfool results. people there will help you.

3) Sadly do not buy from amazon where you CANNOT return. Instead buy from any number of sources that will take exchanges. Yes you pay about 20% more but there is nothing for you to do with an extra antenna that isn't optimal.

I found a CM2016 did much much better as did a winegard 7694p than this 1080.

In my case winegard 1080HD with no preamp got 22 channels with NO high band VHF meaning no CBS or ABC in my case. a preamp added two stations and still did no better on high VHF. The CM2016 (channel master) and Winegard 7694p both got me 61 channels and had no problem pulling in all the high VHF, both with no preamp.

This antenna should NOT be so prominently advertised as high VHF, it does terrible with high VHF. Again go to TVfool website and put in your address, and then go to avsforums and ask!