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Does OTA not work where you're at?
by comeonseriously 5y ago
Does OTA not work where you're at?
- foxhop 5y agoYeah, OTA doesn't really work anywhere except cities. I used to sell "big screens" at Sears and I was asked that question so frequently, especially back when cable was switching from analog to digital. Years 2004-2006.
- ghaff 5y agoI live 40 miles outside of a major city. Even back in analog days with a big antenna I couldn't pick anything up; there's a hill that blocks all the signals between me and the city. Eventually I got cable but dropped it a couple years ago.
- tyingq 5y agoA surprisingly decent US government provided resource to check that: https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps Edit: One thing to double check that surprised me is that the channel number these days doesn't reliably tell you if the channel is VHF or UHF. That is, a low-numbered channel like "3" or "8" could really be a UHF channel. I guess they let them keep long-established channel numbers for marketing purposes. So check what you really need before buying an antenna. The website above does provide the needed detail under "RF Channel".