For those in Boston: what antenna are you using for over the air TV?

[Scott Fybush]

My go-to is the Terk HDTVa, which runs about $50 online. It's fairly
compact but still functional, unlike some newer models that are more
decorative than actually useful. In the South End, an indoor antenna should
have no trouble with the major signals from the tower farm, which are all
UHF and will all stay UHF in the repack.

(The exception for now is the WGBH license, which goes to VHF 5 in the
repack. But the WGBH programming will stay on UHF over the license that's
now WGBX, and that RF 5 signal is mainly going to end up being used for
ATSC 3.0 testing that won't be usable by current TVs anyway.)

On Tue, Jul 31, 2018, 10:05 AM Sean Smyth <ssmyth@alumni.psu.edu> wrote:

> Hi broadcasting friends:
>
> My mom might soon drop cable and go strictly with OTA. She lives in an
> apartment building in South Boston. I see good reviews of several antennas
> on Amazon, but I’d like to hear from folks in the city who pull in OTA
> signals. Would a decent antenna pick up all the in-market network
> affiliates and their subchannels, or would I need a range extender? I know
> repack is ongoing, but haven’t been following super closely. She’s on the
> side of the building, not directly facing the street. Any signal would need
> to fight its way through a wall or two (an older brick wall at that).
>
> I trust you all more than any Amazon review. Thanks in advance for any
> help.
> --
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