What is a yagi antenna?
A yagi (Yagi-Uda) is a directional antenna: a boom with a driven element plus carefully spaced directors and a reflector. Point it toward a station or tower and you get useful gain in that direction — at the cost of a narrower beam and weaker reception from other angles.
YagiAntenna.com is an educational hub for people shopping directional antennas. We keep OTA TV / cord-cutting, amateur (ham) radio, and cellular booster yagis in separate lanes so you do not buy the wrong frequency range or connector type.
Three different jobs (do not mix them up)
OTA TV / cord-cutting
Outdoor digital TV antennas aimed at broadcast towers for free local HD (and newer ATSC 3.0 where available). Typical 75 Ω coax to a TV or tuner.
Ham / amateur radio
VHF/UHF directional antennas for licensed operators talking to repeaters, satellites, or distant stations. Impedance, power rating, and band coverage matter.
Cellular booster yagis
Outdoor donor antennas for signal-booster systems (for example weBoost / Wilson). These are not TV antennas — they target cell bands and usually use 50 Ω connectors.
Learn the physics (plain English)
Elements, boom, front-to-back ratio, and the gain-vs-beamwidth tradeoff without the textbook slog.
Featured Amazon picks
These five products appear in the rail on every page. Short names below match public Amazon listing titles (trimmed for readability). Always verify frequency range, connectors, and kit contents on Amazon before buying — we do not invent specs or claim live prices.
- Five Star Outdoor Yagi TV Antenna — OTA TV oriented outdoor/attic yagi-style antenna; listing notes VHF/UHF digital reception, weather-resistant build, and a kit that includes coax plus a short mounting pole. Range claims on retail listings are optimistic and depend on terrain and tower distance.
- McDuory Outdoor Yagi TV Antenna — OTA TV outdoor yagi (model family UHD-3968 on brand materials) for attic or roof mount; listing emphasizes UHF/VHF digital reception and weather-resistant construction.
- weBoost Single-Band Yagi Antenna — Cellular booster accessory (Wilson / weBoost model 301111), not a TV antenna. Directional 50 Ω outdoor yagi with N-female connector aimed at lower cellular bands (~700–900 MHz per brand materials). Use only with a compatible booster system.
- TWAYRDIO UHF 400–470 MHz Yagi — Ham / GMRS-oriented outdoor UHF yagi (listing: ~7 dBi class, 3-element, SL16/UHF female, 50 Ω). For transceivers and repeater paths on UHF — not for broadcast TV.
- CeKay Outdoor Yagi HD Antenna — OTA TV outdoor yagi with 40 ft RG6 and J-mount per listing; all-metal weather-oriented design and ATSC 3.0 compatibility noted by the seller.