NorthVu Shipping Fractal TV Antenna

By Doug Lung
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NorthVu Systems has announced its NV20 Pro Fractal Indoor HDTV Antenna is now available in the United States. I had a chance to preview the antenna in the NXP Semiconductor display at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year and was impressed with the engineering. It uses a fractal antenna design that was tested at Communications Research Centre Canada.

“More consumers across the North America are choosing to take control of their cable TV costs by using a TV antenna to watch the top network and local broadcast TV for free,” said David Mosley, vice president of business development at NorthVu Systems. “The NV20 Pro receives digital broadcast TV channels directly off-air and supports stunning full HD, providing consumers with better picture quality than that offered by cable or satellite distribution. By combining the NV20 Pro to receive live digital TV broadcast programming with the volumes of on-demand movies and shows available via online streaming, consumers get the ‘best of both worlds’ and save money.” 

According to the NorthVu news release announcing availability in the United States, the antenna is “optimized to receive VHF-high, UHF digital broadcast TV (Channels 7 thru 69) and FM radio signals.” 

The NorthVu Systems NV20 antenna is available for sale on Amazon.com for $49.99.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack.
A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.