Go low-tech to receive HDTV signals with this RCA digital indoor TV antenna. Perfect in a large urban area with lots of local TV channels, this low-profile antenna provides a 12-position switch for fine tuning reception. This RCA digital indoor TV antenna captures signals in a 40-mile range and installs easily.
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This antenna is for a kitchen TV where no cable outlet is available. It must receive digital transmissions over UHF and also VHF for a couple of local stations. The RCA ANT111 could pick up the UHF stations with no problem but had lots of trouble with VHF channels 7 and 9. (These are the actual carrier frequencies, not just the apparent channel numbers.) The RCA ANT121 still gets the UHF channels well but also picks up the VHF channels much more easily. The tuning knob on the antenna actually does make a difference. The ANT111 would constantly lose reception as we moved around the kitchen, but this has not been a problem with the ANT121. If you are in an area where a super cheap antenna is not quite good enough you might want to try this one. P.S. - the black color of the VHF dipoles make it less ugly than silver-colored antennas.
What's great about it: Gets the VHF stations in addition to UHF.