Range Xperts Long Range Outdoor VHF/UHF Antenna Review - Updated Model 

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Ok, let me give you an honest world review. I put this Antenna on my mom's house in Davison, mi. All was going fine. She pulled in 35 channels, not a lot but good enough. Then a week ago, there was a bad storm with softball size hail. You do the math. I wish I could add a pic of what it looks like now. But long story short, she still has all her channels. It took a real beating but still works just fine.

bought this antenna for our cabin in the wooded Maine mountains....it pulls in more stations than my old antenna did with half the size...amazing range

I took a chance and installed this exact model today and was extremely pleased with the result. What made me leery was the lack of reviews, and forums talk that had no info to support this model. Anyway, a few years back, I used to live a block away and for my OTA, I had to use a roof mounted 12 foot channel master behemoth with guy wires, a rotator, along with a mast mounted preamp, and I still had a few channels with subpar signal. This antenna is less than half the size, mounted with a shorter mast on my deck roof, with more foliage between me and tv stations, plus no preamp, and it outperforms that old $600 system. To be honest, I didn't have a lot of faith in it performing like it did. I am 60 some years old, and have installed every antenna system I have ever had. My very first thought was if it works decent, it will be nice to have a backup should power goes out, lose Internet or anything like that. But this thing works so well, I might let my RU-vid TV go, and reduce my monthly bill. Kudos to the guy who engineered this physics breaker, where the philosophy used to be bigger is better, and it was that way for a long time, until now.

I purchased this antenna in September 2023. In 2 weeks, it arrived via UPS nicely boxed and without any damage. The assembly was straightforward and extremely simple. If you are placing it in an attic, it should easily fit through the opening in your ceiling and if not, it can be "sectioned" for final assembly in the attic. The signal reception is as advertised and boosted the channels I receive from 26 to 88. The signal reception is sufficient that the channels now present clear pictures and sound without interruption in the valley in which I reside. I couldn't be happier with the decision to purchase this antenna.

I bought this antenna back in August 2022, which is not the updated version and it works very well at my location. So Glad Tyler had a review recommendation on the Range experts antenna. I was pleasantly surprised it was able to get UHF TV signals clearly, that were 80-90 miles away. Since my wife watches the TV I found a sweet direction to point at where we can get all the local UHF & VHF stations without rotating antenna. My wife can serf channels like we're on cable.😀👍🖥

I bought the Range Xperts Long Range Outdoor Antenna with the VHF add-on kit. I'm in MidCoast ME receiving the closest broadcasts from transmitters 55+ miles away. Reception of all channels in both bands is very strong. Thanks so much for the recommendation.

I bought this antenna based on your review and I COULDN'T BE HAPPIER! I'm in northwest Indiana and I got 99 channels from Chicago. AND, it’s running through 100 feet of RG 11 before a two-way splitter! Thank you so much!

I managed a cable TV company in Tonopah Nevada for some time, and the man, whom installed the entire cable system for the whole town, mostly single-handedly , made his own coaxial out of 2 inch galvanized pipe with wood insulation suspended center conductor for his own design of an antenna array, this picked up the local stations out of Reno. Thank you for another quality video

Just put this antenna up and it’s fantastic. I’m around 58 miles from Nashville just 1 mile outside of Smithville TN. Every channel this antenna picks up works. VHF channel 4 that broadcast on 10 and PBS works. Really glad I got this antenna.

I have been using an earlier version of this antenna for over 3 years and I love it so much that I bought a 2nd one just to have as a back up. I use the Range Xperts antenna to watch the UHF stations out of Nashville Tn. I live just over 90 miles east of Nashville and the antenna works outstanding. The folks Range Xperts great to work with and are very helpfull. I also watch VHF station out of Chattanooga, I live 60 miles north of Chattanooga to receive the Chattanooga stations I use the STELLAR LABS Deep Fringe Directional Antenna VHF-Hi HDTV 174 - 230MHz 30-2476 I combine the two antennas onto a single RG-6 coax with an RCA PREAMP Digital Signal Preamplifier for Outdoor Antennas the amplifier has separate inputs for VHF and UHF.

I just bought the range expert and hooked it up...great results here in Ohio...thanks for the review..

This antenna beat out the Televes DAT BOSS Mix which surprised me. Because of this video, this will be my number one antenna plus I'm supporting an America made product.

My neighbor put this antenna up 6 months ago and he loves the unit. Antenna man you are correct, this is a great antenna with a great price.

GAVE THANKS $5 FOR THIS ANTENNA (see below). I live in a low elevation. After 4 other long range antennas I tried this Range Xperts Long Range Outdoor VHF/UHF - Updated Model. Mounted 14' off ground (10 feet lower than MY OTHER old antennas) It doubled the signal strength ,on my weakest station, while located in my living room. I like having all 4 broadcast stations. You were correct when you said how good quality of the build is, and the price was about 1/2 what I expected. Thank you for all your videos

Tyler thanks for your honest reviews. We have installed the Xps-1500. Our previous cheap remote control unit only gave us 23 stations. Now we have 41! You get what you pay for.

After much research, I purchased this top rated antenna. Very happy with this antenna.

Just bought one of these and it works super! I live where the broadcast tower is hidden behind a bluff and I have to pick up it's signal by reflection/refraction. No problem pulling in my local channels 70-80+ %. Assembly was easy and construction is very sturdy.

Tyler, glad to see that you were able to help this small business out... Cheers J

You were correct about the Range Xperts XPS-1500. The antenna is in the Attic at about 12 feet. The house has a tin roof, in a hole behind a hill. I have five UHF station at 35 mi.(rabbitears). All come in great, one I think was so strong it was overdriving the amp(Televes a 560483). I turned down the gain (I think it was gain) it was only marked with a line and 0-20. So if it it was in db, it is at about 15 under. This is just a great antenna. I am waiting on the rotor. When it gets here I am looking forward to really giving this antenna and amp a test drive. Thanks for the heads up on Range Xperts.

I'm old , so not a stranger to Broadcast TV at all. Learning about the changes in broadcast TV since the old days was helpful. Thanks for that! I paired this antenna with the basic Winegard Preamp. Baltimore stations were the goal for my tricky area. It took the preamp to bring in WBFF. The Mediasonic tuner now has 54 channels just pointed at television hill. Also some Philly and Harrisburg stations are coming in. My coax is 75 feet, so I will be getting a chimney mount to cut that in half stronger signal strength. I had an old flat lead Channel master I hooked the coax to without the preamp and got 34 stations. So the combination of this antenna and Winegard preamp made a huge improvement. When I move and shorten the RG6 I expect 20 or more % signal. This is a smart pick!

This excellent antenna, with the VHF add-on, was installed in summer, 2023, for our condo building in West Los Angeles. All our stations transmit from Mt. Wilson, about 25 miles away, but behind a hill from us. A scan picks up 120 channels, the only one missed being ch. 8, a low power real VHF channel. The antenna is on a short mast, just a foot above a Spanish tile roof, so it's unaffected by strong winds even without guy wires. The only downside is that you need a nut driver to avoid sore fingers when putting it together.

OMG! I recently purchased one of these and BOOM, I'm getting 4 bars on everything! With the old 4 bay, I was lucky to get one bar since I'm in a fringe zone. 60 miles from everything. I can't say enough good stuff about this antenna! Thanks AM for hooking me up.

I was just about to pull the trigger on the Televes DAT Boss Mix LR when I saw this video pop up. I've decided to give Range Experts a try first. At half the cost, it is worth rolling the dice. Thanks for putting this video review together, Tyler! Take care and God Bless.

we got one in 2019 and we love it , we get 99 channels more than we can use. We saved thousands of dollars just but cutting the Cable cord. to date we have saved over $5,300. Over the Air is the way to go, for everything else use the internet.

Impressive overall gain on both TV bands.

I've been "thinking about" getting an antenna for a long while. I finally pulled the trigger after after watching this review and ordered This antenna. Yes, I used your link. Thanks for all the great info you provide.

Awesome I'll have to recommend this antenna to people in my town having trouble with signals. 👍

I am quite impressed with the Range Xperts XPS-1500. Even though the FCC claims that my rural area is anywhere from weak to zero reception, I am able to receive stations from three different directions thanks to a rotator. I am also using a Televes preamp, which is very helpful due to a nearby cell tower. Thank you for a well made product.

It's nice to see a good antenna reviewed. Cool.

Thanks for all of your videos and helpful tips! I have been planning a DIY antenna install on our property and have found your videos to be the most helpful resource out there. Just ordered my Insane Gain today!

I have been using this antenna for the last 4 years.

You can look at this antenna and see it's a decent antenna. There is no way that make up for properly tuned elements. Size matters!

this antenna is a beast. i have doubled my channels i got one channel that is 97 miles

Best advice taken. Quality antenna. Got more channels than I expected.

That's a really nice antenna, I would love to get one since I happen to be in an all-UHF area (no VHF stations, just UHF). Hey AntennaMan, just a suggestion in your next video, can you do a video about the recent DirecTV-Nexstar carriage dispute? It's been going on since July 2, 2023, and my local CBS affiliate (WMBD) happens to be owned by Nexstar. An antenna would come in handy to bypass the blackout on DirecTV. I would love to see a video explaining why antennas could help bypass carriage disputes on cable, satellite, or streaming providers for the over-the-air broadcast stations. Thank you for your antenna reviews as always.

Definately going to be getting one of these!

This is good news for me! My wineguard took a fall and was destroyed.. I think I will try this antenna as a low cost replacement !

Thank you so much for showing me this antenna I had no idea what I was doing this seems like a nice solid antenna I think I will go with this one it looks like a lot of stations At least five or six are about 50 to 60 miles away from me

Ok so i stumbled on your videos tonight while researching a solution to my own antenna issues. I have a good amount of experience playing around with antennas throughout my life going back to the old analog days, but my issue lately has me kinda stumped for now, Im getting stronger channels now at full strength but at the cost of one typically reliable channel in the medium range, to elaborate I'm Currently running an older discontinued Mohu Sky 60 that has a built in preamp, despite the built in preamp ,i used to run a separate GE external outdoor preamp on this antenna and it worked great like that for a couple years, getting strong channels at 75% medium range channels at 40-50% untill the preamp burned up i lost all channels, So now im back to using just the mohu power inserter and i lost 1 important medium range channel, but stronger channels come in almost 100% (puzzeling) I do have a long RG6 cable run from the third floor roof top antenna to the basement where the power inserter is located then it all feeds into a basic two way splitter to two TVs. Basically im debating a couple things. Do i get a power splitter to amplify the signal from the preamped Mohu, or do i get a new Preamp like i used to run up by the antenba Or do i scrap everything and get a new antenna with new amplifier. Like maybe this range expert with an amplifier or Lastly i would love to see a video on amplification and how to know if you're over amplified or under amplified, i think you should do a video covering this topic and how to remedy it because it seems nobody ever seems to cover it in depth, beyond quickly stating that over amplification could be your issue if you're close to towers, but what if you need to amplify signal to get weaker channels in an area, but lose stronger channels? Theres got to be a way to hit a happy medium. Like using attenuators maybe? Also I'm wondering if its acceptable to run a preamp on the rooftop antenna then run a powered splitter in the basement or will that cause over amplified situation? Everywhere seems to imply using either a preamp or a power splitter/signal amplifier but not both together...

I'm half tempted to get one of these for the house. We're on a hilltop, and want antenna and redundancy as a backup for DirecTV stream whenever we lose internet, and I mostly am interested in this because of its great gain on VHF, CBS 13 is about 45 mi away from us on VHF, and the antennas we've tried have not been able to get it. Plus, since it's owned by nextstar, we would be able to get it back during this dispute

In your scenario, how much more improvement is the new model vs the old? Again in your scenario, is the cost of buying new justified by the amount of improvement?

Thanks Antenna Man!

It would be great to see you compare this Antenna with the Televes Dat Boss Long Range.

JUST bought it, thanks Tyler. try it out. About a few questions to ask an expert! :)

Here’s the missing info: The Range Xperts XPS-1500 outperformed the Televes DATBOSS LR Mix in signal strength by an average of 9.3%. It bested the Televes model for 4/5 stations, and equaled the 5th. This is despite the fact that the XPS-1500 is 35% shorter and has no preamp.

I may give this model a close look. The CM "Advantage 100" is exactly double the price, and would be a lot more awkward to set up. I question whether it's twice the antenna. Though the Clearstream Max V Pro is $120 and stocked locally, the build appearance has me suspicious. I have both bookmarked and will consider carefully.

Hey Vincent Van Bro, another most excellent video review. Just watching your reviews can lead someone in the right direction, not to mention your informative videos. Just to share my experience, I just moved 70 miles Southeast of Tucson to Sierra Vista, AZ 85650. I had my trusty Winegard 7694A and pointed Northwest toward Tucson, fine-tuned and got 36 excellent channels but didn't get the 13's which includes MeTV. So, I simply replaced the Winegard antenna with this Xperts XPS-1500 and BOOM, I now also get channels 13-1 through 13-6. However, interestingly, with the RCA preamp, the 13's were glitchy. So, I reinstalled my Winegard LNA-200 Boost preamp and now no more glitches on the 13's. So, with the Xperts XPS-1500 and Winegard LNA-200 I get 42 solid channels (which is most everything there is to get) and I'm quite a distance from Tucson. Hey, Bro-migo, thanks again for your most excellent and informative videos. Among the very best of any kind!

It looks like a good sector reflector 🪞

Awesome video and thank you for sharing your tips ❤

Wondering if this antenna would be a good choice for me. There are 2 towers in my area each about 15 miles away and 109 degrees apart. All stations are broadcast on ch 14 and above. I'm not sure if I can get all the stations from both towers with one antenna, where to point it, or if I would need a rotator, or 2 antennas and combine them. Great video as always!

Can 2 of these be brought together into a combiner?

Doesn't the reception change based on temperature, humidity, and general weather? How can we know more precisely how this antenna performs compared to something like the Televes, Channel Master, or similar large outdoor antennas? It would be nice if you could keep the best performing indoor and outdoor antennas to compare directly with any new antenna you review. If the new antenna beats the previous best, then keep that one going forward.

Just bought this tonight with your link.

Thank you for another informative video!

I tried this antenna out based on its higher gain readings than many others in Tylors reviews but my little televes dinova for some reason still picked up stronger signal and more channels. I am in a valley and it is very hilly and full of trees so this may be the reason. Location can make or break any antenna. There really is no "best" antenna. The guy that runs this company is a stellar person though. Customer service is the best there is for any antenna company.

Went from 77 channels to 119 channels and 11 if I play with the antenna some but still pixels at points

Ok, this is a P.S. Get the SiliconDust LPF-608M LTE Filter, I added it , and man, what an improvement. I mean, I was blown away at how much better things are. He reviews it, but I don't think he likes the links in chat but it's worth it

I didn't buy the antenna, i just watched your videos for fun

I like the heavy duty design with large 3/8" diameter elements. But this antenna is very short. Wouldn't I pull in very long distance VHF stations much better with larger antenna?

I miss the 10 foot long 200 mile antennas with the rotator and the box on the top of the TV with the 300 ohm twin lead and big clear round knob on brown plastic box. The rotator had to be turned because each Station was in a different direction. 13 was east, 19 was se, 6 was west 10 was south , 17 was sw. 45 and 55 were south You needed a rotator and a roof antenna of 150 miles The amplifier was a good idea too. This was back in the 70s Now all the stations are SW and you can't get a single one Digital was the end of ota free TV

Have you ever thought about or done a video for RVs? Wondering if there are smaller but good antennas that we could take to the different parks that we visit during the summer. I do see a lot of people with the cheap directional one that you don't recommend.

I can't do outside, don't have attic. Need best inside antenna recommendation. We live kind of bottom of hill. I have used an amplified RCA flat antenna and one with rabbit ears that only pics up a couple stations. Live Raleigh Nc. My TV is a roku tcl. It does sit several feet from a window.

There are several antennas, however, there are two cities near me, Colorado Springs is 27 miles and Pueblo is 24 miles, so I am between those two. I lived in small town, not too far from those two cities. I was wondering which antennas would be better for me. Please let me know before I purchase.

I ran across Range Xperts a few years ago when searching for antennas. Their antennas look like they have a good build. Range Xperts still over exaggerates mileage performance. The Mini Metro antenna could be a good antenna for those in medium to strong signal areas, but there are no specs on the product page. I moved to a single family home and placed my antennas in the attic. They work fairly well there, but they might not after I install a radiant barrier to reduce the attic's temperature so I might need an antenna that can go on the roof.

Tyler, after watching many of your videos, I am about ready to cut the cord....however....my house has a metal roof and I am hesitant that it will interfere with any antenna I may want to use....which is the main reason I have not cut from satellite. Any thoughts?

thanks i just bought one

I watch your channel occasionally. Recently I had a new roof put on our house and I had the fellas get rid of the old, unsightly antenna. We get cable and I watch apps on my smart TV but I would still like some channels that I did lose when they scrapped my old antenna. I did have them save the wires - albeit they did cut, shorten them, and wrapped them so they are hidden off of one of the corners of the second story. What small, “cheaper” antenna would you recommend? Like I said - I want to stay in the antenna game but it isn’t a priority. By the way - I live in a rural area but certainly not off the grid - 20 miles or so from Youngstown, OH and 50 miles or so from Pittsburgh, PA.

I paid to get the expert help for my dad (who's between markets) in Indiana (memba?). Followed your recipe with great success! Thanks AntennaMan. I'm going to nab the new Hoosier antenna for my garage!!

Great stuff man love all your videos. Could this antenna be used in an attic? I know it's pretty big but if there was space to mount it would it be acceptable to do so?

Can you mount this in the attic? I am about 50 miles from the cities with reception.

Greetings. I've been watching your videos for awhile now and love your hardware reviews but now I have a question. For years I have been using an old pre-digital signal antenna that has worked fairly well receiving local signals around 20-30 miles away in Colorado Springs but can also receive some Denver stations 50-60 miles away off the back side of my antenna. This RangeXperts model looks intriguing but I've often wondered how difficult it would be to gang two antennas to one coax feedline with each pointing in different directions. Any hints/suggestions?

Comparing to the last two reviewed antennas is a bad metric. Compare to the best antennas previously reviewed unless an antenna is no longer available.

Not to get too far off topic, but something I could use would be some advice on what the best coax is. Right now I’m using some RG6 rated for satellite use, but I don’t know if it’s durable enough to use with an antenna rotator. Most have solid inner conductors which may limit the amount of flexing. Perhaps the RG6 could be coupled to a flexible coax pigtail.

Thanks!

TYLAR, do you think Range Xpersts will increase the antenna range even further ??? I have a hunting camp in Tioga County which could use a little more UMPH gain. Thanks vf

Can I receive low VHF stations with this antenna? I live in West Memphis Arkansas and channels 5 and 6 are low VHF stations. Channel 5 is NBC.

love to see an 2024 upgrade please

Do others occasional get channels in from much further away? If so how far? I recently installed this antenna on top of my house (single story) & often do new channel scans. Well today I noticed new channels & realized I'm picking up a channel from 186 miles from the transmitter & it's solid at about 60% at the moment. I live in Northern Indiana (Zip 46534) & the transmitter I'm picking up is WCMU PBS located in central Michigan. Transmitter coordinates: 43°45′5.1″N 85°12′46.2″W. It won't last but thought it was interesting, I didn't realize such distances were even possible.

100 mile range? Bit of a brag. But given the solid results, this might be a contender.

Mine is shipping today.

Tyler, I listened to you saying people who say they can't pull in a signal are wrong. I live in an area where I can only get one network. On dish I get everything out of Washington DC. I live in a valley so I can't get DC or Baltimore stations. My zip code is 21711. My goal is to being in all of the networks CBS, NBC, ABC &FOX. Can you help me so I can stop paying out to Dish and us Philo for my other channels? Thanks, Rick

Will this work in a valley area with power transmission lines near by?

I live in Riverton Wyoming and get the tv signal 107 miles away in Casper.I still using the cheap 18$ junk antenna from EBAY 5 years now Clear signal.

New to this cutting cord as of sept 1 , can I use the cable that does to the tv now for the antenna hookup , thanks Jerry

The signal strength readings from this new version aren't much different than on the older version that you reviewed previously. In fact it looks like WTXF 31 decreased a little. I wonder if optimizing antennas for the repack has much of a real world effect on UHF performance.

I thought this antenna was actually junk because it was advertised on RU-vid and all over the internet back in 2020 to 2021 when I was researching antennas. Tyler you helped me with setting up a stacked set up with the RCA antenna I chose that couldn't get WHTM's then very trash signal by adding the stellar labs 30-2476. It has been since working flawlessly except for a little bit of an issue with wind load on very windy days causing some pixelation. I'm wondering if the vhf/uhf version would be a good replacement for both antennas since WHTM almost doubled their signal last October. Or if the UHf version which is smaller than the combo RCA antenna would work with the 30-2476 and have less wind load?

Antenna Man, would adding more elements and making the reflector larger and use copper instead of aluminum make this antenna into an ultra unit ??? Thanks Tylar.

Awesome channel👍

I'd like to see a direct comparison between this antenna and the Televes DAT BOSS Mix LR Low-VHF/High-VHF/UHF. Just looking at the long low VHF element on the Televes, I have a feeling it would be better for low VHF, but unfortunately, Tyler (excuse me ANTENNA MAN!) doesn't seem to have a nearby low VHF station to use in his tests.

i've got an 8 bay antenna in my attic now, wonder how well this one would do in the attic as well?

That antenna looks pretty weird with a 3 element reflector located behind an 8 element reflector! Can you explain how that cam possibly work? Also you charts compared it to a Chinese model that doesn't work at all so you should do it with a different one that can actually pick up a signal!

When you test outdoor antennas what height are they at? I know sometimes the higher up it is set at isn't always better but I'm just curious. Thanks.

Is it weird that I only turn on my TV to see if the one channel I only get 3 days a year is on, whenever you post a new video?

This somtimes will need to you buy an free to air satlight TV box for your TV. But I wonder how he fells about getting old satlight dishs and conveting them into antennas.

I'm curious about this versus the Televes 149884, as it's been 2 years since you recommended that to me and I have not bought it since life happens. Would you still recommend that over this, or the other way around?

My parents need a new antenna for their home. They had their antenna since they started the digital system. Since they got a new TV the antenna it seems harder for them to get good reception now. What antenna would you recommend highly for someone that lives out in the boons with lots of trees around? Most of the TV broadcast channels are coming from the same direction (Atlanta Georgia). They live roughly 50 miles from Atlanta Georgia. Your advice would be greatly appreciated to help me help my parents.

I was considering putting up a new antenna but if ATSC 3.0 is going to encrypt all OTA then it isn't worth buying an antenna.

I wonder if some antennas are more directional than others ? A lot if this a antenna stiff is PFM to me 🤔

Time to replace my yagi with this one.