But if you loose power and wonder if it's safe to leave the basement an powered antenna won't help. When the power goes out a powered antenna is no antenna.
If you can figure out how to power it with a battery and it works good. I too wonder if it will even work under ground.
The other option for emergencies would be to put a outdoor antenna hung from the basement ceiling. One you could turn by hand. If the signal is there with that antenna but very weak, you could try using a CM7778 amp because you can modify it to run off 12 volts somewhat easy if you know how to solder, etc and go in the amp to add direct power. Actually if you are really good at figuring out circuits you can modify other amps to run on DC. Most use 24 VAC up the coax, but convert that to about 16 VDC inside the amp.
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All that said, what are you using for an outside antenna now and how does it work if you have one?
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