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> What is reception like?  Does this need an antenna, or is it its own
> antenna.
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Oh, and, yes, you need an antenna.

http://antennaweb.org/ will give you an idea of what you need.

If you are in the metro, an old pair of rabbit ears will pick up most
channels.  I put a larger antenna up inside my garage attic, myself.

One problem I have in my location is that the signals are too
strong... and I can't get an antenna above the trees and houses in my
line of site to the broadcast location, so I pick up very strong
reflected signals.  And those slightly out-of-sync reflected signals
can corrupt the signal entirely.  I have to use a directional antenna,
and turn it away from the towers a bit... I'm still looking for the
perfect solution for my location.  But I only have those issues on a
couple of channels.  Most come in perfectly.