Digital broadcast signals have required a change in antenna design, ASAIK.

When I was a kid on Long Island, the high-tech device was the antenna rotator, which my dad installed mostly as a test. He ran a radio-TV repair/installation business. It proved especially useful during New York City’s second major blackout (not the big 1965 blackout that affected most of the Northeast US). We were able to pull in weak signals from Philly and even Boston.