Choosing An Antenna

Using a good indoor or outdoor antenna will help maximize your over-the-air DTV reception.

 

After the transition, in most cases, the same antenna that currently gives you quality reception on your analog TV set will also give you good DTV reception.

 

However, some television stations may move to another channel in a different frequency band, which would require you to get another type of antenna than the one you use now. For example, a station in the “VHF band” (channels 2-13) could move to a channel in the “UHF band” (channels 14-51) and vice versa. Receiving VHF and UHF signals require different antenna types, although some antennas are designed to get both VHF and UHF signals.

 

To determine which antenna you need no matter where in the country you live, visit www.antennaweb.org. Just type in your address and zip code to find an antenna that will continue giving you free local broadcast programming.