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Originally Posted by AZ SLIM
Does anyone know if it's possible to use an indoor antenna to pick up the OTA free tv signal that covers Wildwood? This would be in the far west side of the Fenney area.
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Depends on the quality of the antenna, I would think. When we first moved here (before the internet was hooked up) I bought a cheapie $12 indoor antenna at WallyWorld and was able to pull in a couple of stations with it. That was setting it up next to the TV. My thought is that a better indoor antenna mounted in (say) your attic would pull in a lot more.
I don't know how viable this is, but an outdoor antenna would surely serve a lot better. About six years ago my wife and I decided to forego the fiendishly expensive DirecTV we had, dump the landline phone but keep the DSL, and go with an antenna. "Back to the future", so to speak. I bought a $99 RCA outdoor antenna, two ten-foot steel pipes, and set 'er up. Stringing the wire took awhile but (with the help of a signal amplifier, which is about $20) I was pulling in stations 50 to 75 miles away with no problem. All crystal-clear. Gathered quite a crowd of neighbors too. The kids had no idea what I was setting up.
Ended up saving over $200 a month in costs related to TV and phone that we used to pay.