If you've ever moved into a place where there's no TV antenna points or are trying to watch TV in the bedroom or spare room where there's no TV outlet you might have tried to use an indoor antenna or "rabbit ears." If so you probably found that they might have worked bit on some channels usually just enough to annoy you! Portable indoor "rabbit ear" antennas can only really work properly in one situation, that is when the viewing location where you are trying to use them is in very strong signal area (usually close to the transmitting antenna Mt Coo-tha in the case of Brisbane) and has a line of site to the transmission site near a window. The chances of receiving adequate reception through rabbit ears is also less in the UHF band as used on the Gold Coast. You can pay well over $100 for a powered indoor antenna however the results are usually the same - very frustrating!
Technically there is no real science behind the design of portable indoor TV antennas, they are not big enough to be resonant at the frequencies they are trying to receive and because they are inside the signal is attenuated by walls and furniture before it even gets to the antenna anyway. A bent metal coat hanger may achieve similar results! The powered type may achieve slightly better results due to the gain from the inbuilt amplifier in some situations but then cost more to buy and will most likely still not work properly anyway. Any reception you get from these types of antennas is classed as "fortuitous reception" in other words luck. If you decide to try an indoor TV antenna, make sure you keep the receipt so you can take it back if it doesn't work!
If you've tried an indoor antenna and it either doesn't work or is driving you crazy with bad reception then contact us at All Tech Sorted. We have 25 years' experience with TV antennas and can give you guaranteed reception in Brisbane, Gold Coast, and all areas in between. We can also add extra TV antenna outlets in any room you like.