Moderators Note: This thread has been split from
http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=10944 due to the following question being of a general nature.
I'm new here. Just curious why the recommendation for a fairly large and expensive antenna over some other, less expensive option? Is it purely to get the Lo-VHF stations or just a comfort thing? Can't an old dual antenna (VHF + UHF) balun merge a $5 rabbit ear and better mid-range DB4 antenna much cheaper to get the lo-VHF channels?
I guess there is a point of time vs money and $80 really isn't all that much when compared to other complexities.
I'm just trying to learn here.