TV antenna

[wagoneer]

What are you using? Found a Clearstream at a garage sale and plan to bring it along for those long mornings.

 

[B and C]

Dish tailgater.  Always have a signal unless there are too may trees or a heavy rain.

 

[rvpopeye]

I have one of those little (8x10) flat ones , I traded a guy in a Toyhome I met in a Wally's pkg lot even for some old rabbit ears I had kicking around. (he couldn't get it to work ,,, turns out he had the wires reversed on the booster amp !) I saw something similar at Wallys for $60.
I'm using it now as I type this ,getting 18 channels over the air some are HD! .
I'm about 25 miles from the nearest city.

 

[compassrose]

http://www.cleartv.com/ the 35 mile one. Bought it at Family Dollar for $15 and it gets me PBS. I'm 75 miles from ABQ. I get PBS, FOX, NBC, THIS (movies) and some spanish language channel that I do not watch.

Have Karma Neverstop wifi ordered. Supposed to give me unlimited internet and ability to stream Netflix for $50/mo (gizmo cost me $129 - includes $20 off promo). When it comes in, I will buy a $35 Chromecast gizmo from the local semi-super Wal-Mart and borrow my daughter's Netflix code to see if it works. If it does, I will get Netflix. If not, I don't have the hassle of discontinuing Netflix and I can return the Chromecast locally.

 

[jimindenver]

If you look on you tube there are a number of DIY antennas, I use the binder clip version. 6 binder clips, a DVD case, a adapter, etc. Very low cost and I get 60 channels.

There are better DIY coat hanger antennas but they are larger. Add a amplifier to either and they will out do anything you can buy.

 

[Spirituallifetime]

I'm using a clear stream and it works great!

 

[wagoneer]

last year I used coper wire and a piece of wood got 12 channels including PBS here in San Fran I don't even almost need one.

 

[SoulRaven]

I use a simple omnidirectional folding magnetic mount that came with my netbook USB TV tuner that I mount when needed on top of my pickup truck cab which effectively turns the entire truck into an antenna.

New for this winter is an August DTB110 - Digital TV Signal Booster.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00G00J9F6

 

[MtDave]

A few years ago we had cable TV. There was mostly junk that we didn't watch so I decided to go to an antenna. With the antenna I get the locals plus five public TV channels. With cable we had one public TV channel.
I found plans for a diy antenna from Popular Mechanics.

http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/tv/how-to/a6608/build-your-own-digital-tv-antenna/
I had most of the wire and hardware on hand so the cost was almost nothing. The antenna works great and the picture is actually better than what we had with cable.
David