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User Reviews about Winegard HD7698P HDTV High Band VHF-UHF Antenna

I installed this on my roof, replacing a very old antenna and the result is that I now bring in about 5 additional channels. The key with any antenna 1) is getting it up high (mine is on a pole strapped to my chimney) 2) having one of those signal booster things hooked up to it 3) ensuring good connections and trying to not have long runs with the coax cable and 4) pointing it in the right direction - the channel mapping web sites are excellent help for direction. Assembly took about 45 minutes, installing it on the pole another 45 minutes. Could not be happier with the result. -- Works!

Winegard HD7698P Deep Fringe Antenna
A Picture in the Wilderness

This is a layman's take on what my research had determined to be the best Deep Fringe antenna on the market. We live in a unique area, a remote, small island off the coast of Washington State. Seattle is the location of most channels we wish to receive and it is roughly 65 to 70 miles distant. We have a good southern facing toward the signal emission point at 139 degrees, SSE. There are a few tall trees in the vicinity of the house and I have the antenna mounted on the roof of an outbuilding (roughly 20 feet up), angled right at tree line two hundred yards distant.

Before the digital switchover we picked up Channel 13 well but struggled with 4, 5 & 7, getting considerable interference most of the time. With the advent of digital and a Vizio VW26 I tried several old conventional antennas with no pre-amp and picked up 13 very well again, and occasionally managed 4,5 or 7. It was rough, but I had hope.

After a hundred turns climbing onto the roof and down again I pulled the trigger and picked up a Winegard HD7698P antenna with an AP-8275 preamp. I can't say it was instant success, but damned near. 13 is a tad off of the core 4,5,7 group by a few degrees but I've found a spot that splits the difference and does well. Occasionally I've had to tweak that angle and rescan, more often I can bring in a channel simply by tweaking the cables and cords between the pre-amp and the set. My guess is this is an issue of electromagnetic fields interacting with one another. I would have thought the cables were shielded. In any event, it beats going up on the roof.

Compared to a comparably priced and high end Channelmaster we brought in and tried side by side (and in all honesty, did as well as the Winegard, their best Deep Fringe, Crossfire 3671 with a 777 pre-amp), the Winegard is a thing of beauty. With rear elements roughly half the width of those on the CM, this particular model Winegard has been optimized, apparently, for the digital era. Weatherproofing on the antenna is excellent and they use square tubing instead of round, providing a stronger skeleton.

The only niggle I have on the Winegard is the instructions. WHAT-THE-HELL? It took two college grads scratching their heads and attaching metal in all manner of insane configurations to finally get it right. More illustrations please, more big pictures. But overall this baby solved a dicey reception problem and we are extremely satisfied with it. If you're out in the boonies like us, it is HIGHLY recommended.
-- Winegard HD7698P Deep Fringe Antenna--A Picture in the Wilderness

The antenna seems to be a big improvement over my old antenna, except for channel 4. I am getting better reception now, even though I haven't installed the new antenna up on the roof yet. It's hanging from the living room ceiling, yet still works better than the old antenna on the roof. -- Winegard HD7698P antenna

I am pulling in the DC stations I lost after the June 2009 conversion to digital plus some Baltimore stations. The [...] site said I was unlikely to get the DC stations because I'm on the wrong side of a mountain but this antenna is doing a good job. -- Good antenna

Wish it would come with more guidelines of how to set it up.
Had troubles but at the end went on line with better results.
Had to buy an amplifier to get better qulaity reception.

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