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Originally Posted by MickMcGeough
Been meaning to try out an antenna for a long time, finally impulse bought a cheap one on Prime Day.
I live on Signal Hill and I'm within 5 miles of the broadcast towers for the 6 main channels. I thought just about any indoor antenna would be fine, but the one I got receives only the first three of these:
I tried multiple locations, including outdoors, and saw no effect.
Am I missing something or is this just an awful antenna? |
I bought an expensive RCA antenna from Wal Mart to try this out and it failed to pick up channels. Most of the modern ones seem to suck. Eventually I found one of those 1980s TV antennas with the little plastic dish and UHF/VHF/FM tuning, etc. in a thrift store for $2 and it picks up every OTA HD channel when put on the balcony, even on a balcony in the middle of downtown surrounded by other buildings.
There's something deliciously nice about getting clear HD signals over 30 year old TV technology.