Mohu Sky 60 TV Antenna, Outdoor, Amplified, 75 Mile Range, Durable Lightweight, Mount Kit Included, Roof or Attic, 4K-Ready, 30 Foot Detachable Cable, Premium Materials for Performance, MH-110585,Black

Before I get into the review and personal findings, I want to say the Sky 60 is a basic antenna equal to rabbit ears at best. It is well designed and made of good heavy material to stand up in the harsh weather conditions. Mine seems to pick up my local stations in 4 different directions with a good signal. But it is not much better than my old rabbit ears that sits on top of the TVIf I turn the Sky 60 to face a different direction, the signals have some change meaning it is semi directional contrary to what Mohu claims. So I just aimed it at my most distant and weakest signal and left it alone.I opened it up to see what makes this antenna tick, and I was surprised and stunned at the same time. There is not much inside to talk about.There are 2 large flat surface, horseshoe shaped tin plates side by side (Left and right). They are connected to a small board in the middle with connections to the "F" connector on the bottom. The center wire of the connector connects to one of the big metal fins on one side, and the shield (or ground) side of the connector connects to the other big metal fin. And that is it. No military technology or any kind of circuitry of any kind.This is a very simple but somewhat smart design that has been around for many years before Mohu was ever heard of. It is a fact that the larger the surface of the antenna, the more signal it will pick up. And the curved shape of the metal fins offer a constant changing length to match a wide range of frequency that the antenna is designed to cover. The vertical height of those fins also allow it a small amount of vertical polarization to work partly in all directions, even though the fins are arranged in a horizontal plain. So it has both vertical but mostly horizontal polarities to work in multi directions.I have one major complaint. The outrageous price tag. $150 is way to much for what this antenna is made of. With the entire package that consists of the antenna, the mounting bracket and hardward, 30 feet of average RG-6 coax (which for most people is not enough), and last but not least, the tiny little amp injector device, the entire package might be worth $25. Probably less to a company that can buy the materials in bulk for much less costs. Each Sky 60 unit probably cost Mohu $5 to mass produce.Here is the joke on us. I copied the shape and size of the metal fins, and cut 2 more made of tin and a short harness with a connector on it. My version took me 20 minutes to make and it is equal in performance to the Sky 60. They are both virtually the same exact antenna except mine cost $6 and 20 minutes to make.The amp that Mohu includes is a very basic and very tiny transistorized signal amplifier circuit inside the tiny little cone shaped injector device that goes in the coax line behind the TV. Mohu claims it has a 15dB gain factor, but in reality it was tested with an oscilloscope and signal generator, and the real gain is more like 3 to 5dB. I could see very little improvement in the signals when I added their amp in the line. And I know the amp is working normally.I decided to not use the Mohu amp device and instead use a much better signal amplifier that has a 32dB gain factor. It works much better than the included crappy little Mohu amp. I advise everyone who actually pays the $150 and buys this antenna to do the same thing.Just a small note of interest. I have seen pictures of the inside of older Mohu Sky 60 antennas showing the original design. The large fins were the same, but the amplifier was built into the antenna as clearly shown in the photos and video. Mohu used to include a phantom voltage injector that was connected near the TV and sent power through the RG-6 cable to feed the amp. This is a much better idea as it is always best to amplify the signal at the antenna then send the amplified signal down the coax to the TV. When the amp is located inside the home near the TV, it amplifies a weaker signal after it has lost some gain in the long coax run. It also amplifies any video noise picked up by the long coax length. This produces less amplification of the actual signal. It is the reason why many manufacturers make, and why professional antenna installers use antenna signal boosters that mount on the mast right under the antenna. I may actually do this to my Sky 60 for better signal. Why Mohu changed this design, I will never understand. I am sure it was probably cheaper for them, but it lowered the signal gain.I can not see any military technology in this antenna. The large metal fins are a smart design and has been known for many years by communication engineers like myself. And the amp is just a couple of electronic parts on a board that do nothing more than amplify signals. These have also been very common devices made for many years by dozens of manufacturers. But there is nothing in or about this antenna that has advanced military technology. It is all basic parts you can buy at most electronic stores and hundreds of websites. The Sky 60 antenna would be more reasonable if sold for $50 and Mohu would still make a big profit on it. But $150 is just asking way too much for an antenna that is no better than rabbit ears.Thanks========================================================================I just wanted to do an updated review of the Sky 60.I got the Sky 60 back in March of this year (2015). It is now almost 9 months later and I have had several months and season changes to see how this antenna really works.Before I go on, My Mohu Sky 60 is on a mast above the home about 30 feet from the ground. I use RG-6 Quad shield with pressure connectors installed on each end. The coax runs down to a ground block then into the home another 8 feet to the TV set. I removed and trashed the very poor amp that Mohu provides with this antenna, and I use a much better antenna booster amp with 32 dB gain.All of my local station are minimum 10 miles to maximum of 22 miles. They are in 4 different directions. Turning the Sky-60 to face different directions helped with a couple of stations, but lowered the others. So when Mohu says the Sky 60 is not directional, that is not true. The metal antenna fins inside the antenna are large and flat. They are not round. So of course the antenna is directional. For radio operators out there, this is a dipole antenna. I would call it semi directional, mostly in 2 directions. Stronger stations can be picked up off the ends of the fins, but weaker stations can not.The Mohu website channel look up says I should get 18 channels. But of course there are only 7 channels in my area. 11 of those channels they mention are actually subchannels derived from the actual 7 channels.Of course I can only get 5 of those local channels, or 12 channels which include the subchannels. So when you do a check to find out how many channels you should get with the Mohu Sky 60, chances are that you will not get all of them. Mohu is stretching the truth to make a sale.Over the changing seasons, I have seen 2 channels go from 99% there to about 70% there. This is because of trees growing leaves with water content and acting as a solid steel wall..When it rains steady, most of the channels freeze and pixel until the sun comes back out. This gets a little worse with winter snow. And if the wind is blowing at 15 mph or higher, none of the stations are solid. They all freeze and pixel. Sommetimes they freeze for a very long time.Today's digital TV is more "Line-Of-Sight". Meaning if the station towers are a little farther away from you, they should be within visual range of your eyes to work with the Sky 60 antenna. In other words, if you can see the lights on the tower blinking, you may have good luck. If you can NOT see the tower lights, and if the tower is more than 8 miles away, you will most likely have problems and need to buy a bigger directional antenna.When I first saw this antenna and all of the technical hype that Mohu built up around it, my first impression was just another "Too good to be true" gimmick. But I lowered my intelligence just long enough to order one. Mostly out of curiosity, but I really wanted a good TV antenna that wasn't the size of a mobile home and I didn't have to turn it. I should have stuck with my first impression and saved $150.I think the SKY 60 can work for very local stations between 5 and 8 miles away. If you have a good "Line-Of-Sight to the station towers, you might get good signals at 20 miles. If you get signals farther than that, consider yourself lucky with your location. But always remember this. Whe you see wild praising reviews about people getting 50 strong stations from 60 miles away, they are lying. They are posts made by the company and anyone who invested in the Mohu company. They just want your cash, and they are hoping you will be as stupid as I was to let my guard down long enough to order it.To those who have given this antenna a bad review, you were right.Like I said before, my main complaint is the sky high $150 price tag of this $5 worth of parts antenna. I recently priced a very nice TV antenna that has a better range and actually cut frequency elements that would cover Hi-VHF and UHF TV bands. It cost $99. A rotor from the same company to turn the antenna cost under $40. I already have the coax cable and a good booster. So for less than the cost of the Sky 60, I can get a real actual TV antenna that will pull in and hold stations to 50 miles away. Not a gimmick either. I used to have a similar antenna years ago that was amazing. I got stations from 2 different outside markets 90 miles away. The Sky 60 couldn't pick up stations 90 miles away if I had it on a 1,000 foot tower on a mountain.Yes the Sky 60 works, but nothing as advertised. Most of the advertisements for this antenna are just sales hype and marketing. Trust me, I saw what is inside this antenna and there is no way it has any kind of military technology in it. It is 2 metal fins made of tin, mounted inside plastic. That is what you pay $150 for. I used aluminum foil on cardboard cut in the same exact shapes of the Sky 60 fins, and it worked exactly the same in the house.My advice to everyone. If it sounds "Too good to be true", it most likely is. That should be the first and only clue you need to just walk away from it. Buy a real TV antenna with elements that you turn towards the station. And don't fall for those little marvel antennas that have a motor built in and claims to get stations 150 miles away. They don't work either. There should be laws about truth in advertising. If you would like to see my pics of the inside of the Sky 60 and read my more detailed review and technical study of this antenna, you can visit the review page on my website at... http://www.k3dav.com/mohusky60antenna.htm

Like many people, I've been doing some reading about ditching cable and being able to solely subsist on over the air channels and get rid of the cable bill. I watch very little TV - mostly I'm into documentaries and what little TV I do watch is news. Obviously, turning off cable and going it alone with just an antenna I realize I'd lose all the cable TV news channels. But I wanted to at least do some testing to see what I'd be able to pull in.Also, being that I live in Florida on the coast, one of the other goals I had for this series of tests was to find a decent antenna to see exactly what channels I'd have access to in the event of a hurricane.Before I post results and conclusions of the tests, here is some information on what I've tested and with what devices:Antennas:I tested four: Mohu Sky HDTV Antenna The SKYHDT is designed to be mounted although it can easily be hung in a corner of a room or in an attic. My tests using it, to be fair to the antenna and to Mohu, were not done with the antenna mounted and no doubt better results will be obtained if that's the case. Other reviews here on Amazon can attest to that. My goal was to see how well it performed compared to the others and under similar conditions and from similar locations in my apartment. Winegard Company FL-5000 FlatWave HDTV Indoor Digital Flat Antenna - Made in USA Mohu Leaf Paper-Thin Indoor HDTV Antenna - Made in USA The Wineguard and Mohu Leaf are very similar in design in that they are both flat and thin and can easily be hung from a wall or window. RCA Basic Indoor Antenna The RCA Indoor Antenna is your basic set of what we used to call "rabbit ears" as it has protruding dipoles.I tested these antennas using two TVs: LG 42LD450 42-Inch 1080p 60 Hz LCD HDTV Viore PLC7V96 (not purchased from Amazon) TELEVISION The LG is a standard 42 inch LCD TV and the Viore is a small portable - exactly the kind of TV you'd use if power goes out and your limited to battery operated devices.During testing, I didn't notice any difference in the ability of one TV to pull in more stations than the other which indicates I have functioning tuners in both for UHF and VHF. That's why you'll see only one set of results.When indicated during testing, I used the following coax cable to connect the TV to the antenna(s): Mediabridge Coaxial Digital Audio Video Cable - (50 Feet) - Triple Shielded, F-Pin to F-Pin with Easy Grip Connector Caps This is an excellent cable with solid connectors. It's a bit stiff which is to be expected. Any Mediabridge product I've purchased from Amazon has always been of high quality (HDMI cables, etc.).Note that the Wineguard antenna has a 15 foot cable that cannot be detached. In my testing I added the 50 foot Mediabridge as ultimately it had to perform using the 50 foot cable as the 15 foot cable simply wouldn't be long enough to reach my TV(s). The Mohu Leaf comes with a 6 foot antenna but again, I tested with the Mediabridge 50 foot cable for the same reason. The RCA antenna comes with a 6 foot cable as well (non detachable).Here are some somewhat surprising results.Although these tests only show 3 physical locations I experimented with various locations to find these three which yielded the best results overall. Like others I found that moving the antenna even just a foot or so could mean a big difference. Weather also influenced the results. One day I did some testing during a huge rainstorm and the number of channels dropped considerably.SkyHDTV:Outside - in front of my apartment: 30 channels (tested with included 30 foot cable)Inside - hung from south facing window: 25 channels (tested with included 30 foot cable)Inside - hung from the center of south wall: 25 channels (tested with included 30 foot cable)The SkyHDTV brought in more channels than the others, but I was surprised to find out that it didn't outperform the others by much and in fact, in some cases, depending on location it didn't outperform the other antennas at all. It's important to note as I've mentioned elsewhere that this antenna, by design should be mounted on a mast which I did not do - I merely wanted to test it against the others in the same exact conditions where I'd be using it. One other item to mention: the rubber gasket that is used to join the two of the halves of this antenna was not installed properly on the antenna I received. In fact, I consider it a defect on the unit I received. While I don't think it affected the antenna performance, I returned it solely because I realized that if indeed I ever did want to mount this antenna outside, the gasket wouldn't protect the insides of the unit. I don't see this as a reflection on the device, but simply as a problem with the unit I received. All in all I gave this antenna 5 stars as it did ultimately pull in more channels than the others and I suspect mounted on an mast would do even better.Winegard Company FL-5000 FlatWave HDTV Indoor Digital Flat Antenna:Outside - in front of my apartment: 25 channels (tested with included 15 foot cable)Inside - hung from south facing window: 25 channels (tested with Mediabridge 50 foot cable and included 15 foot cable and connector)Inside - hung from the center of south wall: 25 channels (tested with Mediabridge 50 foot cable and included 15 foot cable and connector)Mohu Leaf Paper-Thin Indoor HDTV Antenna:Outside - in front of my apartment: 25 channels (tested with Mediabridge 50 foot cable)Inside - hung from south facing window: 27 channels (tested with Mediabridge 50 foot cable)Inside - hung from the center of south wall: 25 channels (tested with Mediabridge 50 foot cable)The Wineguard and the Mohu Leaf performed almost identically. I would say any difference in how many channels they pulled in is probably an anomaly. I would consider both of these pretty good antennas and it would be a draw as to which one is better. The one advantage of the Mohu over the Wineguard is that the Wineguard's 15 foot antenna cannot be detached - 15 feet is either a long enough for your purpose or - like what I had to resort to, you'll have to add a connector and more cable.RCA Basic Indoor Antenna:Outside - in front of my apartment: 24 channelsInside - placed in south facing window: 28 channels (tested with Mediabridge 50 foot cable)Inside - hung from the center of the south wall: 25 channels (tested with Mediabridge 50 foot cable)The big surprise: The cheap, inexpensive "rabbit ears" performed as well as the Wineguard and the Mohu Leaf. I was nothing less than astonished to see these results. Of course, the aesthetics of the Mohu Leaf and the Wineguard are somewhat better as you can hang either of them on a wall or in a window and they are mostly unobtrusive. Since these "rabbit ears" sit very well behind a curtain on my south facing window and can't be seen, that's where it sits right now - and where I'll probably leave it.If you're looking for a cheap, simple solution to give you an antenna for a portable TV for a hurricane? You can't go wrong with the RCA Passive Indoor Antenna. I fully expected this antenna to be subpar, but in retrospect I'm glad I got one to test. I'll be keeping it. I also wound up keeping the Mohu Leaf and sent back the Wineguard and that could have been a coin toss as to which one I was going to keep - they are both very good. I'll also probably get another set of RCA "rabbit ears" and keep those for a backup as well or to use on another TV.Other notes:1. Reading the results of what other people have discovered and the number of channels they pulled in, I expected better results based on my location and other factors. While not unhappy with the results, it seems I'm not located close enough to the source transmissions or my location in an apartment on the ground floor doesn't allow for the kind of reception I need to pull in distant stations. By the way, I'm located about 30 miles north of West Palm Beach in Stuart, Florida just in case anyone is from my area. They may be able to have at least some findings to test against or use as a comparison. Note that 95 percent of the broadcasts I was trying to pull in are located almost due south of me or due south west. You can find the stations that broadcast in your area by going to TV Fool DOT com or Antenna Web DOT org and several other sites easily found online.2. I did do limited testing from a second floor outdoor staircase just to see if my results would change substantially but they did not. I didn't include those results simply because they were almost the same as the testing I did outside from the front of my apartment.In the end I don't think I'll cancel cable just yet, but I'm pretty happy knowing I can get at least 25 or so channels in the event of a hurricane. How many of those will remain up during and after a storm?Those tests I hope I don't get a chance to report back on!

I bought this antennae for its more omnidirectional reception. Easy installation and after some minor adjustment, on average, the signal strength across the majority of channels in my area was better. Because it is more omnidirectional, I was able to get 4 channels that I could not get from my previous antennae.BUT...I lost 4 other channels that I could get with my previous antennae. So, I swapped out the signal amplifier that this antennae shipped with for the signal amplifier my previous antennae came with and POW...I went from getting 16 channels on the old antennae/amplifier to 40 channels on the new antennae with the amplifier from the OLD antennae.This would have been a 5 Star purchase for me if they shipped with a better/more powerful signal amplifier. I was honestly so disappointed when I lost channels... -2 stars

Can hardly believe it. I did a lot of research and I bought what I thought was the best. With no antennae and just a cable hanging out the window I only got 1 digital channel and 1 analog. With this unit mounted on the roof I only get the 1 digital channel. Not even the 1 analog which broadcast 4 blocks from my house. So it's worse than no antenna.

Excellent reception. It does need to be aimed. Usb cord had to be plugged into the back of my tv set not the electric wall outlet, for thepower amp to work. I live in Toronto and it gets Buffalo and Toronto stations crystal clear .

This is a great looking antenna. Worked on par with the C2-V-CJM Clearsteam but cost 3x more. The amplifier actually caused interference dropping my channels from 17 to 2. Suspicion is that the amp is damaged. Mohu support service was very helpful but in the end the cost/performance ratio was too high so I returned it to Mohu.

Excellent ! The antenna don't need to be oriented. I have 5 channels in Quebec city : CBVT-DT (Radio-Canada), CFAP-DT (Vtélé), CFCM-DT (TVA), CIVQ-HD (Télé-Québec) and CKMI-DT (Global Montreal). I have removed the digital amplification after some testing because I can have all five channels (available in Quebec city) without it. With my Roku and Netflix, I have the perfect combinaison.