HDTv Antenna LabsAll About HD Antennas
HDTv Antenna LabsChannelMaster CM3010 antenna reviews: 42
ChannelMaster CM3010 average rating: 3.8
| Excellent | 23 reviews | |||||||||
| Good | 7 reviews | |||||||||
| Average | 2 reviews | |||||||||
| Poor | 2 reviews | |||||||||
| Very Poor | 8 reviews | |||||||||
| Band: | VHF/UHF |
| Placement: | Outdoor |
| Amplifier: | No |
| Range: | 30 miles |
| Color area: | Yellow |
| Compare prices on ChannelMaster CM3010 | |
| Write a review | |
Lately we have been dealing with an increasing number of attempts to manipulate antennas ranking. Note: each person is allowed to post one and only one review for each antenna model. Exceptions can be made only under special circumstances when the reviewer feels that his earlier review must be corrected.
We have a sophisticated manipulation detection system in place and we will not tolerate any attempt to game the system and mislead consumers and our visitors. We reserve the right to delete any review that we feel is misleading or inappropriate and do that at our sole discretion. Thanks for understanding.
Also, from now on we require all reviews to be at least 100 words long. Short reviews, such as "a piece of junk" or "works as advertised" are not very helpful. Consider specifying more details. Elaborate on your location, the equipment you are using, reception quality of specific channels in your area. Check the word counter at the bottom when writing.
Below are 5 randomly chosen reviews of ChannelMaster CM3010 antenna. See all CM3010 reviews.
| ChannelMaster CM3010 Review #0 | ||
| Rating: 5 (excellent) | Nickname: anonymous | Date: 2008-06-22 |
| Summary: | ||
| we live in 60miles se of Orlando. We have had our stealthtenna for 5 years. With the amplifier, we get awesome reception. A hurricane 3 years ago damaged the antenna but even with 1/2 of the antenna missing, we still get great reception for the channels we do receive. We plan on purchasing a new one in order to enter the digital (hdtv) age and expect to get all of our channels. I highly recommend this with the amplifier (we had poor reception w/o it). | ||
| ChannelMaster CM3010 Review #1 | ||
| Rating: 1 (very poor) | Nickname: anonymous | Date: 2008-01-27 |
| Summary: No DTV 19.4 miles from transmitter | ||
| I've had this antenna for 3 years and I have never been very satisfied with its performance on the analog stations. I have it mounted on a pole above my roofline, and there are no obstuctions between me and the transmitters. My unit does not have the amplifier... I just bought an HDTV and the thing isn't pulling in a single station (there are at least 10 of them within 20 miles from me). Looking for something else at this point. The Stealthtenna is a piece of junk as far as I'm concerned | ||
| ChannelMaster CM3010 Review #2 | ||
| Rating: 1 (very poor) | Nickname: geoperkins | Date: 2009-10-06 |
| Summary: Beware: Poor mechanical design for coax cable connector | ||
| I purchased both the matching Channel Master STEALTHtenna 3010 antenna and the Channel Master 3038 preamplifier and carefully installed them on my roof in a temporary configuration to find the ideal mounting location for the mast. Note that the antenna comes with a passive circuit board which is replaced when you add the preamplifier. Both the passive circuit board and preamplifier lack any mechanical strength for the coax threaded barrel connector. While my experience was directly related to a design flaw of the preamplifier, this scenario would have played out the same had I left the original passive circuit board in the antenna. My experience, and why I recommend you do NOT purchase this antenna: When it was time to transfer to antenna to the permanent mast I attempted to release the coax cable downlead (hex nut on threaded barrel) which snapped off the connector. I examined the circuit board of this antenna to see if it could be repaired, and discovered that the threaded barrel connector was simply a few solder joints on the circuit board - there is no mechanical strength to this design at all! BEWARE. First, if you haven't purchased this product, then DO NOT. If you have purchased it, you will need to attach your coax connector VERY CAREFULLY and NEVER attempt to remove it in the future. You must ASSUME that if you have need to change out the coax cable for any reason the connector will NOT come off the antenna. Therefore, you will have to CUT the cable and reterminate (thus adding a signal loss by splicing). If I hadn't already discarded the shipping package, receipt, etc., I would attempt to return this product. | ||
| ChannelMaster CM3010 Review #3 | ||
| Rating: 5 (excellent) | Nickname: sitd238 | Date: 2009-09-29 |
| Summary: No problems after six months | ||
| I wanted a small and easy to install outdoor antenna for OTA DTV. I decided on the CM 3010 and bought Channel Master's chimney mount kit and mast. I bought the mast from an Amazon Associate and was not pleased with the packing because they didn't put enough tape on the ends and when I received the package one end was open (probably from the mast ramming the end of the box during shipping). The only thing in the box was the mast and I don't know if anything fell out. But it was a mast so how much more could there have been in there?
The antenna requires some assembly but it isn't too difficult as the instructions are fairly clear. I installed this antenna right next to a satellite antenna I installed using a similar chimney mounting kit. I'm about 25 miles from the most of the broadcast towers in the area and I just pointed it in the right direction using a Silva compass. The 3010 is light and not too hard to handle so I'd say it's reasonable for someone to install it without helpers (I did). The cable attaches to the bottom so a good connector probably makes a difference and it is sealed by a weather boot which will be hard to put on if the cable has a connector on it. I ran some RG6 coax to the antenna, slipped on the boot then attached an LRC connector to the cable. No problem if you have the tools and parts. After that I just had to screw the connector on and slide the boot into position. If someone is concerned about appearance it is a nice antenna because it isn't too big and doesn't have much of an antenna look. Sitting next to the sat dish it doesn't stand out. If it's mounted low it won't stand out much because of it's flat profile. The resulting television picture is very nice with good signal strength. I have not noticed any problems with reception (except in the case when I tried it with an inexpensive DTV adapter box and the problem there was probably the adapter itself because it isn't all that great with any antenna I've tried). Great reception when the 3010 is attached to a Channel Master 7000 adapter box. It's a VHF/UHF antenna so there are no issues with high and low band VHF (it covers 2 through 69 so that's the full range, but note it's range is 30 miles for UHF and 45 miles for VHF/FM). Someone I know who lives about 10 miles from the broadcast location has the same antenna and reported great performance. Although it doesn't seem to perform noticeably better than the twenty year old Winegard UHF/VHF/FM antenna in the attic, it consumes a LOT less space. I like it enough I'm considering purchasing a second one with an eave mount rather than mess with a distribution amp. If someone is having problems with a 3010 at distances of less than 30 miles from the towers and with minimal tall structures in the line-of-sight that might be causing multipath interference I suggest checking the wiring of the "wings" onto the circuit board in the body of the antenna. If those receiving elements weren't connected when it was assembled performance will suffer. And if the connector wasn't installed on the cable with a coax stripper and a compression/crimp tool that matches the connector it might be good to check that part of the cable. |
||
| ChannelMaster CM3010 Review #4 | ||
| Rating: 4 (good) | Nickname: anonymous | Date: 2009-09-29 |
| Summary: WORKS FOR ME | ||
| I live in a difficult area. Nashville's towers are spread about 75 degrees apart, I live on the bottom floor, and the rest of the building shields my living room from the towers. I don't have access to the roof or an attic.
However, I was able to mount this antenna on a tripod stand about 8' above my patio. While there are some new UHF stations which I can't get, most of these are preachers. I get all the VHF stations, and all the UHF I need. Perhaps, if I lived further from the towers, I would need the amplifier, but this antenna works for me as is. |
||
Read more ChannelMaster CM3010 antenna reviews...
Check other HDTV antenna reviews...
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT SOME OF THE CONTENT THAT WE MAKE AVAILABLE TO YOU THROUGH THIS APPLICATION COMES FROM AMAZON WEB SERVICES. ALL SUCH CONTENT IS PROVIDED TO YOU "AS IS." THIS CONTENT AND YOUR USE OF IT ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AND/OR REMOVAL AT ANY TIME.
Subscribe to