I love to gift antennas to people, and let them enjoy free tv for life. Recently, I have gifted the Ani-24av small yagi, also sold on Amazon. Good antenna. I just bought this little RCA for a friend who lives in a very tv challenged situation, with higher terrain all around. This antenna is not as strongly built as the Ani-24AV, but receives well. It has a really cheap balun with flimsy leads that are inadequate. If this was in an attic it would be fine--and that is where we used this one. It got 36 channels in a very challenging place. Off the back side it got 2 stations one listed as 2 edge signal, the other tropo behind higher terrain at 27 miles . (Rabbitears.com) On the front side we were able to get in stations extending over an 80 degree swath. No peep out of a channel 2 station I was hoping for, but it is a hard catch. Next we are going to add the 13$ Onn Walmart amp and be done. The antenna really outperformed the prediction for the location, using the excellent Rabbitears.info site. On the front side we have good signal at 46 miles from a vhf hi station, and good uhf reception--only some low power stations are not showing, and again there is a terrain issue.The elderly lady loved it. She was so used to limited tv that she is in bliss with the the choice now of 36 channels.For many people, this antenna is an ideal solution. Make sure you zip tie balun to boom and tie cable so it does not pull on the connections so as not not break off the balun wiring.. Shown in inclusion: improbable reception off back side of antenna. Small antennas with little reflector coverage often exhibit bi-directional behavior. Thanks to rabbitears.info site!OK, back again after a month and want to give the antenna another Star-for 4. The reception is phenomenal with the addition of the $12.98 Onn Walmart amp. My friend was satisfied, with the antenna but had some weather dropout on weak signals. She was doing better than the predicted number of stations on Rabbitears.info. We had just put it up on a box in the upstairs bedroom, prior to putting it in the attic ("A" frame house, so attic is at same level as room upstairs). It stayed there until this weekend , went over and put in attic and added cheap antenna amplifier at TV--the coax run was only 12 feet. Scanned again and got 65 stations, including PBS from Ga., SC, and NC. This antenna gets great reception off the front and very surprising signals off the back, really excellent results.I have a little fear that a tropo-propagation event could have been happening, thus the amazing doubling of channels. I will find out next time over if this is the case, but I think the great reception will hold steady. One thing for sure--the weak stations it gets off the backside usually came in even without the amp, except for weather events, so it is very sensitive alone. The addition of the cheap amp made this antenna a tiger, and friend is so happy the antenna does not have to go outside. I zip tied the balun on the boom, and the coax too, so as to eliminate any pull on the lightweight connections. Antenna is not mounted, just lying on a cardboard box in attic. Among the new additions were 3 low power uhf stations that were very welcome, but still WGGS CH 16--which broadcasts on real CH2, was absent.I think it may appear with the loss of leaves in fall, though.This antenna works in an attic at a site with hard to get signals. I think a lake may be helping diffract the signals in off the backside, but it is at a higher elevation some miles off behind a hill as well. Looking at the antenna plot to the station shown in the chart included, it would look like only a big directional UHF array would have any luck with a signal behind big hills--but the little RCA does deliver the signal--off the back and across a wide swath forward.If an attic installation can work for you, you are spared all the hassle of outdoor mounting, wind, ice and bird damage, component aging, and cable deterioration.