we lived on a farm about a mile outside of town the first two years we lived in Mn, until my parents found a good deal on a house in town...i would have to sit on a stool holding the flat ribbon wire in different positions till one worked, then hold it there till the show was over....then we moved to town and they were just getting cable...so we got a box with a dial on it that had...6 numbers? and then you used to tvs dial to see what was on that number...which ws still a pain in the dick, but not as big a pain as holding that ribbon wire for an hour at a time