[quote=paulc;309278]Indeed tall buildings are a factor, but location is more important in that you're line of sight to the broadcast antenna. There were big swaths of folks who got decent OTA before our Towers fell, broadcast antennas moved to the Empire State building and many lost. Satellite issues involve line of sight to the bird AND many buildings who will NOT allow plain old tenants to externally mount the small dishes.
BTW, I thought the FCC was addressing the issue of apartments/satellite dish antennas. I know a couple of years back the commission was leaning toward allowing renters reasonable rights to install a satellite antenna, even when cable was available, they may have changed their position though! It is usually hard to get a landlord to recognize the FCC rules anyway!
Ed in Sacramento