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Old 8-Jul-2014, 6:45 PM   #4
tomfoolery
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The first dozen channels are all strong, line-of-sight, and in the same direction; tailor-made for a small outdoor high-VHF/UHF antenna like the ANT751R or HBU11 or HBU22.

But for an indoor antenna, I'd try the Terk HDTVi (the non-amplified version), which is more directional on UHF than a simple loop, which can be good with multi-path signals bouncing around inside your house. The VHF portion is still rabbit ears, though, and with 4 channels on high-VHF, an outdoor antenna is almost certainly going to be better, both because it has more elements, and because it's, well, outdoors.

I've had good luck with a cheap rabbit ears and UHF loop, but it wasn't reliable enough for a permanent solution, and my stations are about half the distance, with similar noise margin. That's why I think the Terk is a step up, but outdoors is better still.
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