>>Rabbit ears? No wonder! The only good indoor type antenna I've ever heard anything good about mounts on the wall or in your attic. It looks like a stick, and there are several maufacturers. They're about $50.
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>What I've read though about having the antenna indoors, at least for digital, is that even just the plywood and shingles of the roof will cut the signal by about 50%.

Could be. That's probably why they don't recommend any indoor antenna over 25 miles unless it's amplified. Much easier to actually plug in the power source when it's indoors.