re: Updated Cord Cutting Thread | Compilation of Set-ups posted in post after OP

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I have an OTA antenna installed in my attic and get all of those stations for free. I get about 60 channels.

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Thanks. The attic is not tall and the other issue is we live in Hammond and when I’ve tried an antenna at my house in the past, it picked up maybe two channels but willing to try again.

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I live between Ponchy and Springfield, waiting forever for ATT after Ida decided to try an OTA antenna. Good Yagi's are preferable, more signal gain than flat panels but can be annoyingly directionally sensitive i.e. outside the wind can throw them off w/o a solid pole and rotor system. Attic install solves that issue.

Rolled the dice on this relatively expensive flat panel and received all Nola channels plus some I didn't know existed, old movie and TV shows on the new to me digital sub channels. Also works towards Baton Rouge yet even though slightly closer, RX is better to Nola. That's mostly b/c the signal path over Lake P has far less attenuation than the all land one to BR.

It receives a few channels Fox & WWL just sitting on a coffee table shooting thru brick. Ideally, the higher the better in my case a one story attic, outside on a pole if you wish it's water resistant. Heavy thunderstorms between me and the TV station cause some signal fade and temporary outages. It was $200 when I purchased, cheaper now.



Amazon Link

Regardless of antenna type, the key for distance is having an active, powered preamp. Don't buy any without one they make a huge difference.

Antennas Direct has a good distance / channel mapping web tool by zip code. Click on a station icon to get direction and use your phone's compass to orient your antenna. Then, run your TV's auto channel scan function.

Channel Map



Now, back to my research on streaming options.



Good luck.