dang dude, did you have a bad day or something.....I love ota...and vhf low isn't hard to receive...nor is vhf high.....the stations that are on those frequencies are actually easier to receive in the outlying areas than the uhf because of the propogational differences in the frequencies used....uhf is in most cases sketchy at best where line of site is not atainable, but vhf (especially low vhf) often does quite well even deep valleys. Yes people have to buy the right antenna for their location...yes they have to point it right and yes it depends alot on the broadcast power and height of the antenna of the station in question..., but it doesn't mean that the situation is as hopeless as you make it sound, nor is it usually as hard as you make it sound.....and this is comming from guy who bothered to have a tower built and buy the best antennas that I could find for my situation forking over hundreds of dollars, but honestly, I could have had ota for much less if all I wanted was Huntsville....its los here even 60 miles out thanks to them being on a mountain top and all you need is something like a 91xg on a 20' pole for great reception....for awhile I used a 4 bay generic on a 15' pole with rg59 coax serving 4 tvs with no booster....a crappy setup by my standards...but it actually worked just fine for Huntsville...but I wanted Nashville stations too so I went a little crazy, but I got them....no one setup my antennas for me, I did that all myself with advice I got from here and a little common sense. It has survived 1 direct lightening strike to the antenna with no damage to anything....the only lightening strike that hurt me was the one that hit the power lines out in the field. So for those who might read the last post and be discouraged....don't give up hope...research your specific situation...its really not that hard to setup an antenna for ota in most cases.
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 my antenna is bigger than yours...lol couldn't resist
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