Got a small tv in Luxembourg, no channels found (trying both SECAM and
PAL). I suppose I need an external antenna. Something cheap will likely
do the job as signals should be good in this area, but are there any
pitfalls to avoid in order to avoid a 100% useless antenna?

If you live within about 30 km from a station, you should be able to get
some kind of a picture with nothing more than a 1 meter piece of wire
connected to the antenna terminal. Make sure the TV is set for antenna,
not cable. Don't k now the European frequency plan, but here in the US, TV
channels 14 and above are offset by 1/3 of a channel from cable channels
in the same frequency range.

Tam

Found the following on the web. Note the channel frequencies are different
from North America. No mention of VHF for TV broadcasting in the UK.

http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk/...is_Ver_1.0.pdf

Frank