Winegard,HD-8800, 8Bay,HDTV & UHF,TV antenna NEW ! Start Price USD 62.95 Current Price USD 62.95 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price USD 82.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Monday, December 01, 2008 End Time Thursday, December 04, 2008 Location Burbank Ca. See more about 'Winegard,HD-8800, 8Bay,HDTV & UHF,TV antenna NEW !' Description  You are bidding on a "real" antenna, not a cut down or trimmed down indoor antenna made to sort of work. This is what a real antenna company would  install. We are a real antenna installation company and this is the antenna we use to replace the Square Shooter, Turk and many other antennas when we find they do not work. $10.00 off shipping if you use Buy it Now.   This is brand new from the factory Winegaurd 8 bay UHF band antenna model number HD-8800. This is the finest built and best working HDTV & UHF antenna money can buy This 8bay is twice the size of our 4 bay antenna also posted on eBay on another auction. Use this antenna if you are in a very bad reception area or you are more then 100 miles from the transmitter. This is not for channels 2 through 13 in the VHF band although will pick some of them up ok Picks up regular channels 14 to 69 in the UHF band and the new High definition signals HDTV that are also broadcast in this band. Note that in a few cities they may elect to broadcast some of the HDTV signals in the lower VHF range. To find out if that is the case in your area go to this site http://www.tvtower.com/hdtv_status.html or call each station. You are purchasing this from a TV store that installs antennas. When you buy from us included in the price is access to any knowledge we have regarding installation. Please read our most asked questions below before emailing us as we may have already answered your question there. When someone wants HDTV (High Definition TV) or UHF the 4 bay version is what we try first. If it does not work or you are more then 100 miles from the transmitter or in a bad reception area we then suggest using this antenna. We find it works in most areas. This antenna is made by Winegard who is one of the finest makers of high quality TV antennas Rated suburban to far fringe. The DB gain is Ch14 10.7 Ch32 12 Ch50 11 Ch69 12.5. Antenna selector colors are Yellow Green Lt Green and red. But we have used it in locations 100 miles and more from the transmitters here in LA It measures 45"x34" and weighs 8.10 LBS Antenna only no pole or wire included but does include mounting hardware and a 300 ohm to 75 ohm converter so you can use coaxial wire. RG6 is recommended if you have long lead in or are in a bad reception area or far from the transmitters. It is designed to be mounted to a 1 to 1 1/2 inch pole. Small enough for a balcony installation or attic although putting it in the attic will cut the reception by about 50%  CHANNEL CH14 CH32 CH50 CH69 dB gain over reference dipole 10.7 12 11 12.5 Beam width at half power points 32° 23° 20° 17° Front-to-back ratio -9dB -17dB -11dB -9dB We offer $10.00 off SHIPPING if you use Buy it Now (In the USA and Canada) The buy it now option goes away once the first none buy it now bid is made EBays calculator may be wrong either email me or go to the USPS site to get the right postage amount. The Ebay shipping calculator does not work well so please email me before paying for accurate shipping costs. When calculating shipping cost this is an oversized package so for accurate rates you must put in the dimensions of the box which are, 54"x6x"x6"  Can be picked up at our shop in Burbank Ca. Priority shipping to Canada is $25.10 Note: although these are brand new we cut the box down and reseal it in order to make it smaller for a better shipping cost. 2" saves $20.00. We accept Paypal, money orders or checks. If using Paypal we will not ship to unconfirmed addresses. These are packaged by Winegard not us. If there is any problem or missing parts Winegard should be contacted directly as that would be the cheapest and fastest way to handle that kind of problem. Returns? We can not offer returns of this item because we can not guarnatee reception in all parts of the country. If it does not work for you simply repack it and repost it on ebay and you will get most if not all your money back. Most often asked questions Antenna work. When you get right down to it, is trial and error mostly. So if I am 100 miles or less from the transmitters I use the 4 bay antenna. If I am in a bad area, tall buildings or mountains, or more than 100 miles or have long antenna lead ins, then I would mount two of these side by side. No reason you could not put 4 up also Amplifiers? I avoid amps whenever possible as they have to be plugged in and can add noise to the signal. A good antenna should not need to be amplified. Usually small one element camper type antennas are amplified because the antenna itself is too small to gather enough signal so they have to put an amplifier in it. The only conditions where I use an amp is if you are in a very bad reception area, like behind tall buildings or behind mountains or you have a very long lead in from the antenna to the set (over 100 feet). In that case you are just trying to push the signal down the long lead in. I would try a push down amp first, rather than one that is at the set and just amplifies what is coming in. But before using an amp I would first try a bigger antenna or RG6 wire first. When you have long lead ins, more then 50 feet, I would suggest using RG6 coaxial rather then RG9 as it allows more signal to pass down the lead in. In fact, 300 ohm flat lead passes even more signal then RG59, so I sometimes use that in a difficult area. Rotors. If the transmitters in your area are located in different locations, more than 30 degrees from where you are, then you may need a rotor to turn the antenna. You could also put two antennas up and just switch them down at the set with an A/B switch. Which is cheaper and easier then using a rotor as rotors are slow. I do not know of any good multi directional antennas. Some of the camper type multi directional antennas may work if your not too far from the transmitters Do smaller antennas work as well? No, you see the market floaded with smaller cut down versions of "real" antennas. It is natural that people would like someting small, but any time you cut the size down on an antenna you also cut down the signal strength. They often then try to make up for this loss with a cheap amplifier. Now in some areas if you are not too far from the transmitter they will work and but so will a coat hanger if you are close enough. But when you start getting further away you need a real antenna. Attic installations. If you are in a strong area you can put the antenna in the attic but you cut the signal down by 50% percent when you do that. Again it is trial and error. How about combo antennas? A good-sized combo antenna can work fine in good signal areas. It is usually harder to get the UHF signal then VHF, so if yours is not working you can add our 4 bay to it and increase the signal. Although it is better to run in a separate lead when doing this, signal combiners are obtainable so that you can run it down the same wire How many of these antennas can you tie together? I have not tried more than two but, if done correctly, there is no reason you could not put up an array of 4 as long as the lead from each to where you tie them together are all the same length. The more elements there are the more signal you can capture. Where is the HDTV signal broadcast? The HDTV signal usual broadcast in the UHF band although in some cities some stations my use the lower VHF range to broadcast the HDTV signal. To find out you need to either call all the stations in your area or check this site out http://www.tvtower.com/hdtv_status.html. Most stations won't because the UHF band has superior qualities and less noise. The FCC site gives little information regarding this and has thus caused a lot of confusion. Also, even though say channel 4 is broadcast in the VHF frequency band, the HDTV channel 4 signal is usually in the UHF band. That is because sometime in the future the VHF band will mostly be eliminated and most TV "broadcasted" stations will be broadcast in the upper UHF bands. If a station in your area does go to the VHF band then you can use a combination antenna or just add a VHF antenna to this one. In some areas the combination antenna does not work well for the UHF stations and if that is the case you can always add this antenna to it for more gain in the UHF band. Does how high the antenna is mounted matter? In some areas like behind hills, tall buildings and mountains it could make a difference. Again, trial and error. Does the type of HDTV tuner you use make a difference? Yes, we have found that with the HDTV signal there is a big difference in the tuner you use. We have found as much a a 30% gain in signal from one tuner to another. I do not yet have enough data to suggest which ones work better, once again, trial and error. 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