In my humble opinion, indoor (especially UHF) antennas are almost
useless for two main reasons.

1.) Ghosting... every time you walk around the room the signal reflects
off your body, etc, and the signal gets stronger or weaker, or ghosty...
Your aluminum siding isn't helping here either. The signal probably goes
through several "bounces" before arriving at your current indoor antenna
currently anyway...

2.)Lack of elevation. UHF channels are weaked by almost anything,
including tree leaves or wet roofing / siding... you want that UHF antenna
up as high and clear of obstructions as you can get it. People may consider
it an "eyesore" but I have a Winegard PR-2032 long-boom yagi up approx. 50
feet, with a Channel Master UHF-only two-piece preamp. I can get over 18
digital channels, abt. a dozen analog (UHF). My biggest problem is that the
local analog channels are TOO strong, causing digital freeze in some farther
away adjacent channels (only those 1 channel away from the strong ones...)
My channels look like cable (better, in the case of the digital channels.)
Weather isn't even a factor for me, but I suspect I should be even higher
for this summer when those tree leaves come back...

"A man" wrote in message
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My TV was bought about 1997. I have a Sony VCR/DVD player hooked up to it.
TV
is in living room which faces south. Large picture window, 90"w x 33"h in
living room. TV reception is generally fair, but often goes to poor based
on,
it appears, weather conditions. Sometimes UHF channels fade out to
nothing,
like 35 and 41, sometimes VHF fades out, like ch 8. Some stations are
local,
others are about 50 miles away. Of course, good reception depends on power
of
transmitter, not necessarily distance from transmitter.

What can I do to improve reception? TV gets more signals via VCR than by
itself.
What kinds of external antennas work best? I mean, antennas in the living
room,
or mounted on roof, or mounted in attic.
Do the disk type powered antennas, like from Radio Shack, work the best
for the
price?
How about the powered rabbit ear types?
How about the can-shaped antenna marketed by Xium?

I have a T-shaped antenna with 2 wires at the bottom of the leg, I think
it's
an old UHF antenna that is a complete loop. It is designed to be mounted
indoors on the wall. Will it work help to boost only UHF reception?

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