new to ota need some advice

If you have an antenna that can pull in your OTA digital locals, then yes. Check http://www.antennaweb.org for more information.

i have checked and the farthest is about 15 miles away will a indoor antenna work and if so do i got to program something in the box or will the hd locals just come on the same channel the sd is on

My locals range from 10.6 to 12.2 miles away, and I use a 6 inch long stub antenna on my H20. It picks them all up perfectly. I'd assume that in your case, a decent indoor antenna would probably be fine.

Once OTA is enabled, you'll have to go through the setup to get it working.

harleylay1 said:

i have checked and the farthest is about 15 miles away will a indoor antenna work and if so do i got to program something in the box or will the hd locals just come on the same channel the sd is on

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Best bet is to check out the resources here ....
http://www.dbstalk.com/announcement.php?f=112&a=74
where you can ask folks in your area about their experiences with different antennas.

Try a search on OTA.

It's been talked about for a few months around here.

harleylay1 said:

i have checked and the farthest is about 15 miles away will a indoor antenna work and if so do i got to program something in the box or will the hd locals just come on the same channel the sd is on

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At that distance if your terrain is relatively non-mountainess, and you aren't beneath a big hill, you should be able to get your OTA with nothing more than a Silver Sensor (do a google). I have two "test bed" setups locally, one about 15 miles and the other about 18 miles from the tower complex and both are getting all the locals with the following:

18 miles: Silver Sensor set high on a bookshelf behind the TV

15 miles: dual bow tie with screen reflector set on top of hi-fi speaker

Our terrain is "relatively" flat with a few rolling hills.

As suggested, go to antennaweb.org, type in your zip code and a little other info and it will show you what digital stations are in your area and what kind of antenna they think will work.

Also, you will have have do the "setup" as described in the OTA sticky at the top of the thread list.