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Message: [QUOTE="KrissB, post: 115684, member: 19162"]That looks like the RCA Cheapy antenna you can pick up at Radio Shack, but someone added 200 mile range on the title! lol The bigger the better for range (I would say you might catch 5% signal from 200 miles if you have direct line of sight, or a nice big lake like I have to bounce off of! I know that's the only reason I'm getting 70 mile range off my homebrew antenna. If money is tight, try to suffer through a bit, and save up for a pole (if your house is 2 story, then that would be perfect if you are into tinkering with it on the roof! Otherwise suffer through a lot and save up for professional help! Don't risk your butt to save a few $$$! Get a nicer antenna but honestly, you have to be honest with yourself 1st! What channels do you require of what you have got, and what you see that you would like! I spent about a week snooping around a scratch and dent store only because I seen their big behemoth of an antenna on the roof, and I asked if I could check out the tv's hooked to the antenna, that's all they use, so it was no problem! I got to see what I was missing, and then I was able to feel better about my options, and making them solid to complete my project! As for you, if you wish to buy an antenna then the same rule may apply! However, Craigslist might give you a quick purchase of a bigger antenna to check out for cheap. Tell them you just want to do some tinkering with it, to test what you can get, who knows maybe they will offer a hand installing it, or hopefully know someone that can!I just hooked up our Tube TV with an Digital Stream DTX9900 that is super basic (picked it up from the Goodwill, unopened box for $10 @ 50% off, so $5... lol) I wasn't too impressed with it until I hit some weird EPG button, I was expecting a fiery glow, and a loud kaboom!!! But I was pleasantly surprised when the Guide popped up showing me what was coming on next for the next 12 hours or more!Our other Digital to Analog box was really poor, the TV looked really bad so we almost gave up on the Tube TV in the kids' bedroom, so now we are happy, currently running 3 TV's on my poor get-up! The Converter box doesn't have a very good tuner as far as the Vizio however, also it is not NTSC capable either, nor is my Vizio apparently! My LG does however pick up analog stations (I wonder if I just need to turn off the converter box and tune in the analog stations? Never really thought about Analog stations on the Vizio though til just now! Hmmph!I'm out, best of Luck,KrissBP.S. That antenna doesn't look bad, and the comments left may be for that antenna, but I think it's a pretty common entry-level rooftop antenna that you can find a similar design anywhere locally for near the same cost if not even cheaper I'd bet! I'd browse Craigslist, look for a big beast, and test it on the ground, if it gets something, test it in the tree? I'd just shoot for rooftop tho, or drill a big hole in the biggest branch and run a pole thru it, mount the antenna, clear the path above, and start adding lengths of pole until you get it to an unsafe or desired position (remember to test it with each length!) I got crazy ideas so don't follow them blindly!!! As I can't be responsible with the crazy idea's I offer, as I conclude again, they are crazy idea's!!! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" />[/QUOTE]

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