Reddit mentions of RCA ANT121Z Durable Passive Indoor Antenna

Use one with bunny ears/VHF Elements! Unless you are really close to WSMV/WNPT towers, those flat one's have a hard time receiving their signals because they are VHF channels(WSMV-High VHF, WNPT-High VHF). Those flat antennas are made for UHF only signals and won't get the VHF signals well, so you need one with both.

Like this.
https://www.amazon.com/ClearStream-Indoor-Outdoor-Antenna-Mount/dp/B007RH5GZI/ref=sr_1_17?keywords=indoor+ota+tv+antenna+rabbit+ears&qid=1562351588&s=gateway&sr=8-17

or this

https://www.amazon.com/RCA-ANT121Z-Durable-Passive-Antenna/dp/B00009W3E2/ref=sr_1_18?keywords=indoor+ota+tv+antenna+rabbit+ears&qid=1562352060&s=gateway&sr=8-18

EDIT: WZTV appears to have changed from VHF-Low to UHF, recently.

I gave you the signal chart for where I'm at in Nashville, but YMMV depending where you are in relation to the towers for the respective stations here in Nashville.
https://nocable.org/availability-report/yxqpb-nashville-tn-37210

https://www.tablotv.com/blog/vhf-vs-uhf-frequency-cord-cutters-ota-tv-antenna/

**I'll update this as needed.

u/csguydn if you need my help, DM me.

Find out if your local public library uses Hoopla (a Netflix-like service that has movies, TV shows, audio books, etc.) and if it does, get yourself a free library card and you will have a nice library of movies and shows at your disposal. My local library just became a part of this last week so I've only begun exploring it, but it's pretty sweet. And free.


If you have a friend who has Comcast or a similar cable provider, ask nicely for their log-in and you can stream some live cable TV channels and have access to almost-full current TV series. My father was kind enough to lend me his username and password, but I admit that I rarely use this for anything other than watching films that haven't yet arrived on Netflix or Amazon Prime.


And, obviously, get yourself an OTA. I have this one on one TV and this one on another TV. Both are great, and both are inexpensive.

Nothing special. Semi random example:

http://www.amazon.com/RCA-ANT121F-Quality-Durable-Passive/dp/B00009W3E2/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1408463103&sr=8-7&keywords=rca+tv+antenna

I've been meaning to build a better DIY antenna, but with these basic rabbit ears, I get the major stations reasonably well most of the time from Carrollwood. We still get glitches and there are some times when we can't get a decent signal strength. We do have to tune it to get a good signal especially with WFLA Channel 8. One caveat is that the antenna is on the south side of our house with a conservation area behind us so there's less junk in the direction of all the transmitters than most houses.

I bought this HD antenna on a budget because I was tired of paying TWC 130$ a month for basic cable internet and HD channels.

I can pick up every single local channel available. Which is ABC, NBC, CW, PBS, Fox, and CBS. Just add in a streaming service of choice and you have a viable entertainment solution.

Edit: Yes I forgot about your connection speed. Not much you can do there except save up to break your contract and hopefully find a faster service.

I am in Vanier and I am using a cheap RCA antenna ($20) and a RCA powered antenna. I have the cheap RCA one mounted on at the top of my window and the powered one just sits in the other window. I get (all HD) CBC, Global, CBOFT, CJOH, TVO, CIVO, CHOT, CTS, CHRO. As far as I can tell the powered antenna only gets me CHRO. Otherwise all the other channels come in on the cheap antenna.