[ale] [OT] DTV reception

[tom]

The thread on Comcast reminded me that I wanted to ask you bright, 
electronic oriented people something. Should individuals be less than 
interested, I hope that they will forgive my use of bandwidth.

With the shift to DTV finally fully underway (should be over), I getting 
irritated with the quality of DTV reception here at the house when using 
rabbit ears. As such, I guess I have two options: pay for wired TV/cable 
which will play havoc with my income, or obtain and install an outside 
antenna. One time expense vs ongoing expense - hmmmm...

Ok. For the real question. I'm pretty sure that I can put an antenna in 
the attic myself without major complications, but it it likely that the 
improvement in signal/noise would be good enough, or should I just bite 
the bullet and have someone put an antenna on the chimney as the best 
possible solution?

Also, for some reason, I have the impression that DTV signals over the air 
and through an antenna have a limited propagation through the antenna 
cable, so to split the signal I need to arrainge for some amplification. 
If so, how does that impact the chminey antenna idea?

Thanks to the whole list for the use and abuse of their bandwidth.