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Mike,
You’ll need a converter box to see the new digital channels on an old analog TV, regardless of what antenna you use. They’re still available at Best Buy, KMart, Walmart, etc.
The antenna doesn’t know if it’s an analog or digital signal…an antenna is an antenna, period. The difference is that the new digital channels are now up on the UHF range. This gets confusing because the TV stations are still calling themselves by the old channel names. For example, “Channel 2” is no longer on 56Mhz but way up in the UHF range. If you already have an antenna that covers UHF, you should be good to go. But you will need the converter box.
Rootski
Hey everyone. Just happened to run across your discussion on TV antennas. I wanted to clear up a misconception that all digital signals are now UHF. This is not true. In the Minneapolis area channels KARE NBC and KMSP FOX are both VHF signal stations.