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guest0112 t1_izthkjm wrote

Anyone reading this: Please go out and buy an antenna for $18. Walmart, target, Amazon has them. You get cbs abc fox and nbc. Plus a bunch of other random channels. Totally worth it for football alone

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Sickofbaltimore t1_iztss1b wrote

My brother told me recently he rarely watches games because he doesn't have cable. Face palm

I sent him an antenna from Walmart so he's good to go.

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5wiresam t1_iztyqf6 wrote

You don't even need to buy one in the city unless your house is super thick walled, you're super close to towers. You can cut one end off a coax cable, separate the 2 strands, and connect each wire to one end of a coat hanger bent into a U. Have done it before. Literally on my way to do this for a friend with some extra cable I have lying around.

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ThisAmericanSatire t1_izwkt9d wrote

Forget a coat hanger - you can pick up the signal witth a paperclip if you're close enough to the tower.

I'm very glad the towers are central in Baltimore. The last place I lived, the various towers were on opposite sides of the metro area, so I could never get half of the channels, even with a bigger "100 mile" roof mounted antenna.

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HumanGyroscope t1_izui8na wrote

I second this, I bought a digital antenna for $25. It works great. I get all of the local channels.

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baltimorecalling t1_izxfkv8 wrote

I'm going to get an outdoor antenna and mount it onto the mast of an old DirecTV dish that's on my front roof. I should be able to pull in all of the local stations easily with that.

With my indoor antennas, it's hit-or-miss whether I'll be able to pick up the channel I want.

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