Channel Master Antennas

[DavGoodlin]

I have a CM 1111 in pieces, which is simply the VHF part of a CM 1160, which I am using now. The quantum series was discontinued because Channel Master greatly reduced thier offerings. The HD7697 is nearly the same performance anyway, per my testing on a 45 foot height.

MR Squirrel is spot on regarding Winegards. They are still stronger than CMs and perform like Channel Masters used to. I recently put up a HD7697 with CM7777 mast preamp at our hunting camp, 40 miles NE of Scranton. It gets 5 the five transmitters there and two from Binghampton NY. There is only VHF-Hi and UHF there.

If you want ONE antenna for ch 2-51 HD and FM, I highly recommend the Winegard HD8200. Unless your RG-6 wire is less than 30 feet long, use the CM-7777 preamp and switch OFF the FM trap. Mine trap needs to be on due to two 25 kW FM stations which affect ATSC tuners which do not have very good filtering or image rejection.
first putting it on my tower...
CM 1160.jpg

[cg1973]

I purchased a Channel Master 3677. I think thats the model. It looks like the Winegard HD8200. It is doing alot better than my old wore out Radio Chack. I now get a few low power analog stations and most of the HD channels and their sub channels. ME TV is my favorite. I do not have an amp on it right now. It was suggested by a friend that I get a wineguard amp because they do better than CM. Right now I got it maybe less than 30 feet not much less. I need more guy wire to get it tied down real good. Also have the same Radio Shack rotator. The rotator has CM round wire I do not like the flat wire. It is is not the remote kind I already have too many remotes. One of the analog I get is a low power that is over 45 miles away but it is high on a tower about 800 Foot. I was susprised I get that. What name of antenna is this?



And this one is what mine looks like.

[DavGoodlin]

Originally Posted by cg1973

I purchased a Channel Master 3677. I think thats the model. It looks like the Winegard HD8200. It is doing alot better than my old wore out Radio Chack. I now get a few low power analog stations and most of the HD channels and their sub channels. ME TV is my favorite. I do not have an amp on it right now. It was suggested by a friend that I get a wineguard amp because they do better than CM. Right now I got it maybe less than 30 feet not much less. I need more guy wire to get it tied down real good. Also have the same Radio Shack rotator. The rotator has CM round wire I do not like the flat wire. It is is not the remote kind I already have too many remotes. One of the analog I get is a low power that is over 45 miles away but it is high on a tower about 800 Foot. I was susprised I get that. What name of antenna is this?


And this one is what mine looks like.

The first antenna is a Winegard CS-8100, no longer available.
That one you have is a CM 3671, the biggest one also. Your UHF section on that will probably do as well as a separate antenna.