I live west of the Fox River. The stick and brick uses an old outdoor antenna mounted in the attic of a two story home and gets all the HD channels. I also have a Wally World flat antenna sitting under another TV and it picks up everything except channel 2. The batwing in the 5er also picks up everything including channel 2. The TV in the barn is on rabbit ears and it doesn't work very well.
Getting the right flat antenna was a hit or miss proposition. The one I am using successfully did not work at Dads place which is much closer however we did find another cheaper one that worked very well at his place.