In years B.C. (Before Cable) and B.S. (Before Satellite), most houses were proudly showing their antennas on the roof. Some were simple and small, catching few channels and quality depending on closeness to the signal source. Big and complicated were catching more channels, getting better picture quality, and more risk in the case of strong winds. New technologies like cable and satellite came, but they didn't fully replace the antenna. There were still many who didn't wish to pay good money to watch few TV, when free program was carried for free over airwaves. Digital TV was the last nail in that coffin. With one fell swoop, old airwaves were gone, old TVs were obsolete and everybody had to either get a new TV, or use cable/satellite or special conversion boxes.
I tried to continue using the antenna, but no luck. No matter where I turned my antenna, there was virtually no good signal to use. A few stations around were too weak to be useful, so I got dependent solely on a cable. :(

Now, this antenna, and many others still standing on roofs, are just silent witnesses to an era when this simple aluminum tubes meant connection to the world. Time, all but gone when internet is taking over, and TV is morphing into the Xbox One accessory. :)

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Некада су антене красиле кровове кућа и покривале кровове зграда. Још се сећам када смо са татом стављали нашу антену, спроводили жицу, окретали је да добијемо најбољи сигнал, и били срећни када смо могли да ухватимо свих седам програма.
Онда је дошла кабловска телевизија и у Суботицу, па су многе антене остале неупотребљене.
У Америци се нешто слично десило, само мало раније. Кабловски и сателитски програми су заменили многе антене, а преостале је скоро потпуно обезвредила дигитална телевизија. Прошло је време кровних украса и посебно мојих омиљених реклама из старе Југе, где представник телевизије иде около са специјалним апаратом, усмерава их ка антенама и зна да ли сте платили претплату. :)