High Power. Long Range. Massive Size. When we introduced Televes antennas last year, we weren’t prepared for the massive demand for the most gigantic member of the family. Now, it’s been fully improved and refined, and we’re ready to go.
Check out this new DATBOSS Mix LR from Televes. You might be forgiven for thinking it looks an awful lot like the previous generation, but it’s been refined inside and out to give it even more totally blistering reception power. Not only that, the plastic that used to be white is now grey, but that doesn’t make much of a difference. What’s more important is that it now includes the powerful T-Force amplification system that produces more power and cleaner amplification.
The whole antenna itself has received a once-over and gets up to 10dB more gain even when unamplified, and the built-in amplfiier is so clean and so powerful that even at 70 miles away the auto-gain-control kicked in and limited the power of some received signals.
The new DATBOSS Mix LR is available NOW at Solid Signal, but before you check it out… read our review of the DATBOSS Mix LR , which gives all the details. If you need UHF and VHF performance in an antenna that will pick up even the most distant signals, check out the new DATBOSS Mix LR!
Hi Stuart, I wonder If you know what is the long distance record for a digital TV signal in the States?
I already got good signal at 180 km (over 100 miles) in Costa Rica using a Televes DATBOSS antenna. There must be a longer distance record using two high points between the transmiter and the receiver,
I’m not sure if there is an actual record. I know of people who have used antenna stacking and towers to get over 180km, but I couldn’t recommend that method to an average homeowner of course.
I understand you.
My next test will be at 220 km (around 135 miles) at Playa Langosta, Guanacaste, Costa Rica. This distance is the visual horizon from the Irazu Volcano in Costa Rica. Broadcast antenna is at an altitude of 3,400 meters (over 11,000 feet). The radio horizon is 245 km or over 150 miles.
This time I will be using my Televes DATBOSS LR antenna in pasive and active modes for testing. I call it “The Beast”.
It is all about a CLEAN Line of Sight (LOS)! Cheers!!!
We did it! On may 4th, 2020 we went to Playa Tamarindo, Guanacaste in Costa Rica and got signal at 220 km (135 miles) from Irazu Volcano, Cartago! We used the Televes UHF LR antenna in passive mode – our signal meter’s 12 V power source did not work – and got most channels from the San Jose area, except for the weak channels as expected.
As stated above, it is all about a clean line of sight (LOS) between two points!
¡Si se pudo, si se pudo!
What is next? The radio horizon at 240 km (over 150 miles)!