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Originally Posted by Mr. Know it all
UHF is line of sight and usually requires a outside antenna and also a television aerial rotor because you have to have your antenna pointed in the right direction to receive it properly.
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Depends where you live. If you are fringe or suburban and require an external antenna for UHF, then you need one that is directional. But a lot of markets in the US have moved (long before transition) to a single area. Those lucky enough to live in those towns don't need rotors. They just point at the antenna farm.
Now if you are urban near the towers to near suburban, more than likely you have better luck indoor with UHF than VHF. UHF penetrates window openings in a structure better than VHF due to it's shorter wave length. Many people have noticed this when a station went VHF high band and they lost it using rabbit ears, where their rabbit ears loop did work on VHF before. In these cases the people need a VHF outdoor antenna more so than UHF.
There is not absolute on antennas, it just about comes down to a location by location process.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Know it all
More than likely, you will need a UHF antenna to continue to receive all the local television stations with a antenna.
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No, the stations the OP lost were stations that moved from UHF to VHF. He need better VHF antenna maybe outside or wait until they can get permission and complete construction on those two stations raising their power.
