Well… You could, you just have to get it as high as you can manage. Lookup a radio horizon calculator as most broadcast antennas are 400+ feet above ground.
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SmashingSquid@notyour.rodeo 11 months agoA lot of places in the US are too far for using antennas. In my area all you can pick up is a religious channel and a channel named infomercial tv.
shortwavesurfer@monero.town 11 months ago
justTouchit@discuss.online 11 months ago
80% of the US population lives in urban areas. An amplified antenna can pick up channels for many of those further out. Won’t work for everyone of course.
Fondots@lemmy.world 11 months ago
I live almost exactly 20 miles from most of the towers in my area, if I got rid of all the trees and buildings in my way I might even have line of sight to the towers
Unfortunately my main TV is in the basement, and even with an amplified antenna I can’t quite seem to pick up more than 1 or 2 channels, and I don’t quite care enough to put up an external antenna on my roof.