Recommendations for tv antenna

[corneileous]

I hope this is the right place to create a topic for this subject, but what’s a good TV antenna for long range distances? I live in middle-southern Oklahoma and I guess whatever antenna I get it’s probably gonna have to be an outdoor one because local channels is really all I’m after and I all of these streaming services like Hulu live, YouTube TV, DIRECTV stream and fubo are just getting way too expensive with a bunch of crap that I really don’t watch anyway and if I do, a lot of the stuff I watch can be obtained on the other apps I have like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, Disney, such and such. But, come football season, I don’t wanna lose my local channels.

I’m about 45 miles away from the farthest transmitter….

 

[mmckenna]

Longer/more elements means more gain. More gain means that it'll grab more signal out of the air. Use good coaxial cable. Consider a preamplifier if the local noise floor will support it. These frequencies are line of sight, so getting the antenna up higher will help range.

45 miles shouldn't be an issue with good stuff. As a kid, we had no issues getting 50 miles with a reasonable antenna up about 25 feet. When conditions were right, we could get 100+ miles.

 

[BinaryMode]

You may find the below links interesting pertaining to streaming. What it comes down to is this: if you were like me and told Comcrap to stick it (in my best friendly voice possible), you'll realize that if you "cut the cord" what are you saving? And are you're still funding their coffers!

One of my TVs is a dumb LED TV. But I made it "smart" with an NVIDIA Shield. I don't pay for any major streaming service except for FrndlyTV which is around $12/month. There I watch nothing but MeTV Toons (a relatively new channel that kicks Cartoon Network in the gonads), and one of two History Channels or Story Television which is like what the History Channel used to be back in the mid '90s. In addition to FrndlyTV I watch the free PlutoTV, Tubi and sometimes Crackle. That's it! And guess what? I'm not only saving a TON of money, but I have found more good stuff with those free Apps then Comcast EVER aired! I was with Comcast for so long I was considered what they called a "diamond subscriber" or what ever they called it. Now with my new ISP which is 1 Gig fiber it's been just awesome. So awesome in fact I never want to live anywhere without fiber! 1 Gig is actually more than I need, but can come in mighty handy for downloading games in Steam or their updates.

I also have a Yagi-like antenna I bought on eBay for OTA TV. Trouble with my location is that one broadcasting tower is in one direction and the bulk of the other broadcasters is in another direction. So I have to point the antenna mid way between both locations to get the best of both worlds.

I've read that they want to change the DTV format and make it so that your TV NEEDS an Internet connection just to watch flipping over the air television. It's getting mighty ridiculous today. I actually HATE DTV. If you loose a bit of the signal it's toast. With yesteryear's analog all you got was some fuzz. If you ask me, my non-professional opinion would be that broadcast TV should have been spread spectrum like CDMA or something like that in an effort to combat multipath fading and interference. But hey! The tree branch swinging Australopithecus among us are smarter than I guess.


Anyway, behold the binomial nomenclature of greed...

List of streaming media services - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Streaming television - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[AB4BF]

I hope this is the right place to create a topic for this subject, but what’s a good TV antenna for long range distances? I live in middle-southern Oklahoma and I guess whatever antenna I get it’s probably gonna have to be an outdoor one because local channels is really all I’m after and I all of these streaming services like Hulu live, YouTube TV, DIRECTV stream and fubo are just getting way too expensive with a bunch of crap that I really don’t watch anyway and if I do, a lot of the stuff I watch can be obtained on the other apps I have like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, Disney, such and such. But, come football season, I don’t wanna lose my local channels.

I’m about 45 miles away from the farthest transmitter….

Try this site, they have gotten a lot of my money over the years...

Outdoor TV Antennas | Solid Signal

These aerials can pick up HDTV signal from as far away as 60 miles or more, depending upon the antenna.

www.solidsignal.com

 

[p1879]

The Rabbitears.info Site does a good job for helping estimate what type of antenna would be best. After you get your location set, you can click on the blue "miles to station" cell and it will show the signal path as well.

You can share your rabbitears.info report without revealing your address. If you wish to share it here, likely some folks can help you with antenna solutions.

Here is an example of an antenna that usually has good performance at that range, for UHF and VHF-High:

Winegard Outdoor HDTV Antenna VHF UHF 45-Mile Range (HD7694P)​

Here is the link to Rabbitears:
Good luck!

https://www.rabbitears.info/