When I moved out to my new house I wanted to put up an antenna to pick up my local OTAs. I called a couple local people and they said all they did was put a 9ft antenna on a 30ft pole and it always worked, and they also charge $500+. My wife would have no part of that both due to the cost and the aesthetics. So I said well I'll just get a little TERK HDTVa indoor antenna and see if I get lucky and pick up 1-2 locals (even though advice from the forum here said I had very little chance of getting anything). Here's a list of my locals from antennaweb and I'll tell you what signal I get from the little 12" indoor antenna sitting on my mantle...


yellow - uhf KYTX-DT 19.1 CBS NACOGDOCHES TX 140° 24.8 18
yellow - uhf KFXK 51 FOX LONGVIEW TX 75° 22.8 51
* green - uhf KETK-DT 56.1 NBC JACKSONVILLE TX 169° 9.4 22
* red - vhf KLTV-DT 7.1 ABC TYLER TX 11° 24.7 10

Here's my strengths and comments on each channel this is using a Dish HD 622 reciever.

KYTX-DT 19.1 CBS Signal Strength: 90-95% Perfectly Watchable All the Time.
KETK-DT 56.1 NBC Signal Strength: 100% Perfectly Watchable All the Time.
KFXK-DT 51.1 FOX Signal Strength: 67-72% Usually watchable with no problems but jitters every once in a while which is kind of annoying.
KLTV-DT 7.1 ABC Signal Strength: 40-50% Completely Unwatchable.

The first 3 all get those signal strengths from one stationary position I don't move the antenna at all. I know indoor antennas are looked down on for all the obstacles they have to overcome to just get a basic signal with their small stature.

So What I'm curious of is if I get the above signals with a 12" Indoor Antenna sitting 5ft off the ground, is there a small stationary outdoor solution that would pick up all 4 sitting in the open 15ft off the ground? Thanks!

Here's what I did.
I got an DB2 from AntennasDirect (http://www.Antennasdirect.com). You can view a picture of the model on their website. I mounted it to a J post (What the small DISH and DirectTV satellite dishes are mounted on). The J post is mounted to an eve of a north window that juts from the house and is pointed toward the HDTV broadcast antennas. This makes the top of the antenna lower than the ridgeline of my home. With it on the north side of the house the roof doesn't block reception and because its lower than the ridgeline it is rather obscure. Due to the construction of the DB2 it is much less visable than say one of the small satellite dishes. The big problem without outdoor antennas is to make sure they are properly grounded. Failure to do so can have catastrophic consequences.
EDIT-I just noticed that the angles at which you receive you signals from. Wherever you place the antenna it will need to have clear viability in both directions. I would talk to the people at AntennasDirect for what antenna and mounting should work for you.

* red - vhf KLTV-DT 7.1 ABC TYLER TX 11° 24.7 10
The AntennasDirect DB-2 is a good UHF antenna, but is a poor performer for upper VHF. KLTV-DT ABC 7 is currently broadcasting on VHF 10. If you want to stick with a small or compact antenna, the Channel Master 4220 2 Bay bowtie or the CM 4221 4 Bay bowtie will have more gain for VHF 10 than the DB-2. See the charts at http://www.hdtvprimer.com/ANTENNAS/comparing.html for the DB-2 versus the CM-4221.