Since you would be moving from place to place it is impossible to tell the number of channels you'll receive however you may be able to get something in many of your locations if there are transmitting towers within range. Make sure the front of the antenna is facing the broadcast tower locations serving your area. Visit www.antennapoint.com for more information on broadcasters and tower locations serving your area or download the FREE Antenna Point app to your Android/iOS smartphone or tablet when you arrive at your destination to locate the towers in your area.
You would pick up different channels in different places depending on several things:
- Distance: The distance from TV towers (usually large cities have more towers nearby).
- Terrain: If there are mountains or a valley nearby there may be no or limited signals. Getting the antenna up higher is always better for signal reception.
- Metal blocks reception: A windshield/window is going to be the best place to hang your antenna. Also note that if there is metal between your antenna and the signals it could block them.
- Motion: If the plan was for someone to watch TV while you are moving, it will be difficult to accomplish receiving signals since the signals are stationary and you would move out of range very quickly.
We recommend our Leaf Amplified antenna. This antenna has a 50-mile range and you can remove the amplifier if necessary to become a passive Leaf antenna with a 30-mile range. Why is this important? Since you are going from place to place you may be somewhere the towers are really close to your location and you would not need the amplifier because it would overpower your TV's tuner. On the other hand, if your destination is 30+ miles from the towers you could connect the amplifier back to the antenna setup to pull in signals from further away - remember to scan your TV for channels wherever you go!
One LAST thing. Water can cause issues with reception sometimes, so if you are trying to pull in signals that are transmitting over a body of water you could have a "scattering" effect. This is when a signal hits water and is bounced away from the antenna.