This is a thread dedicated to listing and reviewing Indoor, non-amplified antennas... "Rabbit Ears"
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As a general rule I am inclined to recommend non-amplified indoor antennas. I won't go so far as to say, "Never consider an amplified antenna." However, my opinion is that if signal conditions are strong enough to make an indoor antenna worth your consideration, use of any sort of amplifier is generally not needed. Amplifiers can be overloaded by strong signals, at which point the quality of the received signal will be reduced to the point were reliable reception is affected. Amplified antennas also cost more... but rarely give you any additional benefit that can be observed on the TV screen.
Most rabbit-ear style antennas have adjustable length rods that are intended to receive VHF frequencies. Here is a list of the estimated length for each VHF channel.
For 1/4" diameter dipole rods
Estimated length of each rod
Calculated using 4NEC2
Channel - Rod Length
2 ------- 49 3/8"
3 ------- 44 5/8"
4 ------- 40 3/4"
5 ------- 35 1/2"
6 ------- 33"
7 ------- 15 5/8"
8 ------- 15 3/8"
9 ------- 14 5/8"
10 ------ 14 1/4"
11 ------ 13 3/4"
12 ------ 13 3/8"
13 ------ 13"
Post #2 in
http://forum.tvfool.com/showthread.php?t=11 provides additional information about the technical performance of the typical set top antenna.