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Antennas Direct Clear Stream 1 Outdoor Medium Range Digital TV Antenna - Black (C1) | 
 enlarge | Brand: Antennas Direct
Category: CE
List Price: $59.99
Buy New: $53.20
You Save: $6.79 (11%)
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Rating:  11 reviews
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0.1
MPN: C1
UPC: 853748001316
EAN: 0853748001316
ASIN: B001DR3ZWO
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | ClearStream antennas represent a new breakthrough | | • | Video-antennas | | • | Uni-Directional Antenna | | • | ClearStream's efficient, compact design offer excellent gain and impedance matching across the whole post 2009 UHF DTV spectrum. | | • | The ClearStream 1 is superior to existing compact antennas for receiving UHF DTV signals |
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Product Description
ClearStream's efficient, compact design offer excellent gain and impedance matching across the whole post 2009 UHF DTV spectrum. The ClearStream 1 is superior to existing compact antennas for receiving UHF DTV signals. Good directivity at all UHF DTV frequencies with a peak gain of 8.25 dBi. The C1 is optimized for the UHF bandand high VHF band signals.
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 11
 Good Bang For Your Buck October 30, 2009
K. J. Otto
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This antenna works very well. It is way better than the RCA digital flat antenna I purchased and returned to Walmart. I can get twice as many channels (crystal clear f.y.i.) with this antenna compared to the RCA. It is important to note that I live 30 miles from the broadcast location (so cheaper antennas could work just fine from shorter distances, but I don't know for sure because they didn't for me). If your looking for a great antenna, look no further. I highly recommend this product.
Excellent Product!! July 27, 2009
Mark Cosenza (Chicago, IL)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
I've tested a lot of indoor antennas and I have to say that this ClearStream model is outstanding. Their smallest indoor model pulls in as many or more than the ones you plug in or are larger. It advertises 25 miles but some of the channels are definitely further... I'm actually shocked because it is so compact as used without the outdoor gear that it comes with.
I just installed this in my summer place in Union Pier, MI and it pulls in both South Bend channels and most of the Chicago ones. (the lower frequency channel 2 is an exception).
Before taking it out there, I also tested it in my Chicago house and it performed as well or better than the much larger plug-in HDTV Radio Shack antenna and the large bulky Antenna Direct one that probably is best outdoors I have hidden away in my closet.
Powerful little antenna July 9, 2009
R. Moreno (chicago, il)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This antenna helps us get all of the channels on the digital spectrum. We are 15 miles away and are able to get almost all the channels at full strength.
 Good but needs better high-band VHF reception June 19, 2009
Kory Ball (Seattle, WA USA)
18 out of 18 found this review helpful
This thing picked up 40 channels the night I set it up (compared to 25-30 channels I got with the amplified GE Quantum 3-panel with VHF mast). I also used a ClearStream4 at a remote cabin that had all poor edge signals and it picked up most of the channels with no amplification, so I believe these are superior UHF antennas.
However, it appears the ClearStream antennas do not pick up high-band VHF very well... it also doesn't help that the FCC mandates minuscule power levels for high-band digital VHF stations now (post-transition), but I have this thing aimed at the tower, line of sight, 12.5 miles away, and still have very poor reception of the VHF channels in Seattle (KCTS 9, KSTW 11, KCPQ 13).
KCTS is 21.7 kW, KSTW is 12.5 kW, KCPQ is 30 kW. KCTS cuts in and out, KSTW doesn't come in at all, and KCPQ (nearest to UHF) comes in just adequately enough to not drop out.
A lot of people have spent a lot of money on HDTV antennas and most of them are UHF only or UHF plus a tacked-on high-band VHF stick as an afterthought, but some stations decided to move to VHF and submit to the mandatory power cut anyway, so the viewers are left out in the cold unless they subscribe to cable or buy a really high-end VHF roof antenna. It seems these stations' only reason to continue broadcasting is so the cable companies can tune the station for rebroadcasting over cable. Too bad satellite TV subscribers (using OTA) and straight OTA viewers.
Anyway, when the literature for the ClearStream antennas said a few months ago that their antennas were optimized for "the whole post 2009 DTV spectrum", they are now quietly changing it to say "across the whole post 2009 UHF DTV spectrum", "powerful across the core UHF DTV spectrum", or "additional capability on higher level VHF frequencies", though they still do say "Designed for reception on high VHF (Ch 7-13) and core UHF (ch 14-51)"... well maybe if the high-band VHF stations broadcast at 800+ kW like most of the UHF stations instead of the tiny [almost-pirate-radio] 10-30 kW that the FCC limits them to.
My advice: If you have VHF DTV stations in your area that are hard to receive, the ClearStream antennas won't pull them in (but they will pull in even very weak UHF). Instead get a really big VHF roof antenna and a signal combiner to go along with a good UHF roof antenna like this one... or just give up the VHF stations because they surely don't care about you.
Great performance, Best price. June 13, 2009
Daryl George (Cincinnati, Oh. USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was able to use this indoors in the basement! The price here was about half of what it is in local stores. Verry satified and would recommend. I had places to hide its appearance from view. It is not great to look at.
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