What general area do you live? I've got the $30 antenna from Best Buy. Am about 4 miles from the Buffalo airport in Cheektowaga. Signal would cut outa lot when planes took off or landed. Sine May, no problem as they were directing planes over Williamsville as they were paving the main runway. Since it is done no problem still. Can get like 50 OTA stations including sometimes Olean.
Can't get WBBZ (Channel 67-Me TV. Heroes and Icons, etc.) and substations even i moved the antenna to other side of house. Found out their transmitter is in Springville and their original signal was closet frequency of Channel 11 in Hamilton, Ont.They have to direct their signal east-west and almost none towards Buffalo.