Summary:I live in the Washington DC area, within about 15 miles of several transmitting towers. According to antennaweb.org (you should visit this site if you are planning to buy a TV antenna), the TERK TV36 should have been more than adequate. It was not. I substituted a much better quality Winegard 7082 antenna (about the same price) and am getting all the reception I had hoped for.
Details:
I installed the TERK TV36 on a 15 foot mast on the roof of my two-story home. I was able to receive VHF analog signals pretty well, some UHF analog signals relatively poorly, and no UHF digital signals at all. I added a Winegard AP 4700 pre-amplifier, and was able to pull in two digital channels (NBC and FOX), but nothing more (there are over a dozen UHF digital channels I should be able to receive where I live).
After talking with a professional installer, I chose to try a Winegard 7082 antenna instead (about the same price as the TERK TV36, perhaps a bit cheaper). The first thing I noticed was the higher quality of the antenna construction. The next obvious thing was the greater number of elements, and finally, the built in balum (much better quality than the TERK Transformer). I installed the antenna exactly as I had the TERK TV36, and am getting all the digital signals I had hoped for.
I suspect it's no accident TERK doesn't post their reception specifications like Winegard and Channel Master do.
Bottomline, the TERK TV36 was a great disappointment; for the same price you can do much better (check into either the winegard or channel master antennas).
