Tv antenna recommendations

SoundGuy wrote:
... but most users wouldn't recognize this difference as many stations moved from VHF to UHF during the analogue > digital transition, meaning there are far more now transmitting in the UHF band than used to be the case.

Actually just the opposite happened (at least in the U.S.). During the period when stations where broadcasting both analog and digital there wasn't room on the VHF band for the digital channels, forcing them to broadcast digital on the UHF band. When the analog was shut down, this freed up the VHF channels and many stations moved the digital to the VHF. There are about 1800 full power TV stations in the U.S. and about 1/4 of these are now broadcasting on the high VHF band.

One thing that can cause poor reception is multi-path (ghosting in the analog days). Usually a more directional antenna will help.