“Raptor” 4G/LTE ready Log Periodic Digital HD TV Aerial/Antenna – one of most popular models in UK

.....for this 'Raptor' aerial. This aerial has to get 5 stars. I 'mounted' this Raptor (I actually laid it on a shelf pointing in the general direction!) up in the loft. We live around 50Km (33 miles) from Sutton Coldfield in North Rugby and it pulled in 119 TV stations and 32 Radio stations. Previously, stations like BBC1 and 2 were constantly breaking up but now they show a signal strength of 98% and a signal quality of 100%....and we've gained twice as many other TV channels. I connected the aerial using one of AmazonBasics CL-2 coxial cable with pre-fitted 'F' connectors straight into an old powered splitter box and this aerial now gives a brilliant TV picture in all the bedrooms and also to our downstairs kitchen TV although that also has a Sky Q mini box. That is the furthest run on the old coax but we still get a HD picture and it pulled in a load of extra 'Data' channels.. The bedroom TV's don't get HD but they are quite old and the SD picture is extremely good; I'm certain they would also receive the HD channels if they were newer sets. UPDATE: Tested these rooms with a newer set and yes, they did receive HD channels... Very pleased with this aerial. Highly recommend. NB: Thought I add some extra information as I retuned our main TV in the lounge. That is connected to our external log-periodic aerial which is mast mounted on our chimney. That aerial is about 4 years old and with 38 elements it's longer. It managed to pull in 109 TV channels. That proved to me just how good this new 'Raptor' aerial is.

I used this to replace a much larger aerial that was causing issues during bad weather. It arrived in a large cardboard box, already pre-assembled. One of the bars had become detached in transit, but this was easily rectified - push & turn-to-lock. I replaced my previous cable at the same time. I get full signal strength & 100% qualiy on most channels. Only Ch55 - which is transmitted at slightly lower power in my area - gets a slightly lower level. The channels on this frequency were previously lost in bad weather & are now retained. Doing this review after a week of service -hopefully the mast will outlast the one it replaces.

good aerial for use in loft

It came in a box, other antennas I have bought in the last few years have arrived wrapped in plastic and looking like the courier stamped on it... The build quality appeared good. It arrived pre-assembled in the box and set up for horizontal polarisation so all I had to do was removed the old antenna and screw on the coax to the f-connector. 10 minute job at most. As far as signal strength, I got 80% straight away - a re-scan got me all the correct channels for my area. Very nice, compact, powerful antenna.

Previously had a short aerial in the loft via an amplifier. Our Tx mast is just over 9 miles away, but for some reason I could no longer get a signal. I put the Raptor aerial in without the amplifier and now get all the available channels, including HD. The signal quality registered at 100%. I would reccomend this aerial to anyone.

why pay so much more when this is good enough.

Very good well made

A Review for the Unispectra Raptor L2811UF/LTE Aerial - I bought two of these, both went back. The Good - Rapid delivery by the sellers. 1st one purchased was from 'Onsaco', the 2nd was 'Unispectra', (same company going off the addresses). The Bad - Either the manufacturer made both at 16:55pm on a friday or they couldn't afford better packaging to protect them on their way from China. I returned the first one for a refund then ordered the second The second arrived in a similar state so that went back too. As you can see from the pics the Elements are all over the place. I had initially presumed from its rattling around loose in the box, though on inspection the 'element' rods were quite stiff so I'd have expected to see more damage to the box if this were the case. And the F-connecter shroud on one of them was deformed too, I wouldn't have liked to trust it would be weatherproof...and I didn't want to be going back up there in the future if it wasn't. It was due to the strength/stiffness of the Elements that I didn't want to risk snapping one as I then couldn't have returned it. Besides, it would have been hard to judge which of the elements to follow as true/aligned as too many of them were out of alignment. On a lot aerials the elements are cut/pressed from thin Aluminimum and its a simple job to straighten them, not so with the Log-Periodic types which are solid rod pressed through the main beam so even if you straightened one it would likely loosen the push-fit into the beam during the process. I say these are Chinese (some of the stuff is good, some is not) as I googled the L2811UF/LTE code number looking for an alternative supplier and found several companies selling these under their own branding. As there were no others on Amazon at the time I googled Log periodic aerial manufacturers in the UK. There's one in Sheffield called Blakes. I collected one of theirs (BLA-LP28T) with the same spec/size as these 'Raptors' from my local branch of one of those national diy/tool outlets with zone in its name. Supplied in a Poly-bag...which worried me when they handed it to me but on inspection all the elements were perfectly aligned so I can recommend theirs. Build quality is a big improvemant and they're made in the UK. Now, it could have been me, I might not know what I am talking about, I might be unused to buying Aerials etc. but... Whilst not a specialist aerial installer I was an Electrician for over 30 years, both commercial & domestic, and as such It really peeves me that Manufacturers knock out this kind of crap.