3 Star 4224 4-Bay Multi-Bow HDTV UHF Antenna

Polished and Machined Aluminum gives this Antenna an asthetically pleasing look. Riveted Construction combined with Steel Hardware and Wing-nut Assembly with Plenty of finger room means Installation couldn't be easier. I've installed many Antennae in my day, and I always felt like I needed a third hand. But not with this antenna; it's Ultra-light, no dropping of nuts (rubber stop grommets reduce that likelyhood) and I practically mounted it with one hand! (Thank the Installation Gods for Huge real metal wingnuts) Plenty of Space behind the antenna for access to the mounting hardware eliminated cuts from trying to wedge my hand in tight spaces while Mounting and Aiming the Antenna. Which, as you know, is one of the many draw-backs of installing some of the older style mesh screen antennas like the 4221 and copies now being sold on eBay for the same or more money than this one costs!

If You have a good clean and unobstructed view of the TV Transmitters from the Installation Location of this Antenna, You can receive crystal clear, native, uncompressed HDTV UHF signals up to 45 miles away from the broadcast tower. And it's got a 32 degree Beamwidth to boot! As Terrestrial Digital / HDTV broadcasts become more prominent, UHF antennas will play a larger role because the majority of the HDTV/Digital channel allocations will be in the UHF frequency band. Operation in the Violet and Pink Reception zones may require use of a Pre-amplifier. We have Pre-Amplifiers Available. 

Understanding the CEA Antenna Selection Guide

Bowtie- Is respected as the Master of UHF reception due to the physicality of size. It uses more than one driven element to collect the signal, and the increase in the size of the reflector and number of driven elements (the bowties) directly impacts its gain characteristics. The size correlation is that compared to the electrical wavelength of the frequencies desired in reception. As UHF is higher in frequency and shorter in wavelength, a respectable size antenna can mathematically be gargantuan with respect to frequency, yet physically be manageable for installation. The design is unique to UHF however, as the translation to the larger wavelength of VHF frequencies lends itself impractical in size. For this reason, Bowties are poor performers with regards to VHF frequency reception, but absolutely the best for UHF. Small Bowties are the least obtrusive to aesthetics and are wide beam-width to capture sources of signal diverse in azimuth (direction). Large Bowties simply intercept a large portion of the signal wave as it passes by and is most efficient in its ability to funnel the signal through multiple Driven elements into the cable where you need it. Many Customers have seen success in using combining more than one antenna's signals together (a 2-way splitter used in reverse). For Example; with a UHF for Signals in one Direction and a VHF in another (or two UHF's, or two VHF's, so forth and and so on). This has given many the ability to capture signals in different directions, yet without the need of a Rotor to go back and Forth and in between. Any Model and Make of Antenna(s) can be combined in this manner and will maximize the Gains coming out of all Antennas utilized in this fashion!