I seriously doubt that yellow RCA TV is going to pick up anything these days with just one rabbit ear (a monopole built-in antenna), unless there are translators or low-power stations within range of the area in which the set is being used. Even then, translators and LPTV stations will be required to transition to digital by 2012, so this set, in its unmodified state, may be usable for only another 18 months or so, unless it is connected to an ATSC->NTSC converter box. This will allow the set to be used for broadcast TV reception, but since DTV requires -- nay, demands -- very strong signals to produce usable pictures, an outdoor antenna with a mast-mounted preamplifier and perhaps a rotator will have to be used in many if not most reception areas. There goes the portability of this "portable" TV.
