If you will like to experiment like I do then yes you can put a simple indoor antenna in the attic and you can put the HD7696P in the attic and if there is room the attic HD7696P can be pointed some where in between 32 and 50 , or better yet put the HD7696P on the roof and see if can get the channels by pointing the antenna somewhere in between 32 and 50 with out a rotor. And yes you can even put the simple indoor antenna outside to improve reception. Here are some pictures that are about antenna pointing
http://www.kyes.com/antenna/pointing/pointing.html