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NordVPN won't work with Locast as a way of defeating geo restrictions no way no how. Locast uses the geolocation reported by your browser or device to determine what content to serve up. This may or may not tie to your natural IP but certainly won't tie to a Nord server you are connecting through in a faraway land.
If you are physically outside of the Atlanta viewing area or any other Locast market yet want to get a particular set of channels there are ways of getting it done that are free and easier than a VPN. You just have to do a little bit of homework and keep it to yourself.
If you are in physically in Atlanta and can't get to your local channels on Locast thats a more difficult problem. Start with and that will tell you the location tied to your IP which may very well differ from where you physically are. Clearing your browser cache fixes a lot of problems. Locast may have incorrectly mapped your ip geolocation outside of Atlanta and in that case you would have to work with them to get it sorted out.
I always use a VPN (IPVanish) for Locast and it works fine. VPN does work, but not on the mobile phone because the mobile app uses GPS o determine location, not IP address. For mobile, I use Hola GPS to fake the location.
I just realized the one I bought is for UHF. They have a VHF add-on that you can add to the antenna. They also sell a separate package that has both that antenna and the VHF add-on.
That's a bummer.
I've heard a TV's tuner can also be a factor in whether some channels come in or not. I recently bought a second TV for a different room in my place, and it does get one channel that my living room TV almost always says gets no signal (though even then, the signal strength can vary). I suppose the TV antenna and its location can have something to do with it too. Recently I tried an experiment where I bought a long coax cable and tried connecting my 2nd TV's antenna (in its same place) to my living room TV, but my living room TV still reported no signal for that one channel.
So I'm looking into some other tuners. Yesterday I bought a Tablo Quad streaming OTA TV tuner, and I'll try connecting that this evening. It has 4 TV tuners built in and streams them over your network to smart devices (it can also act as a DVR to record shows, though I think that requires a subscription to a TV guide service). Alternately, I also have a PC set up as a Plex media server, and I've considered buying a TV tuner for that PC. Aside from streaming your local media, it sounds like Plex has a feature where it can stream OTA TV to your smart devices (and can also act as a DVR to record OTA TV).
I've tried several different antennas (including a rabbit ear type), and none of the ones I've tried can pull in all channels well. Funny/weird thing is that I have 2 TVs, and the one in my bedroom picks up a channel that my living room TV tends not to get at all. I've wondered if it's the placement of the antenna. I recently bought a coax splitter and a long coax cable from Amazon so I can try using my bedroom antenna for both TVs to see if that will help.
One of the antennas I've tried is an Antennas Direct ClearStream 4, in my living room, and it didn't seem to do any better than the other antenna I currently have for my living room TV. But maybe it's the placement rather than the antenna.
No, I use IPVanish. I noticed Hbo and Showtime don’t work for me. Now it’s working without vpn on. Earlier I couldn’t get it to work without my vpn. You’re right. NBC doesn’t work for me either. I may get nord just for this.
I’m in the process now of doing an antenna. I’m in Cleveland DMA but about 40 miles away. The Fox affiliate is high-VHF and my neighbor’s house is right in the way, so I’ll grab Fox from Youngstown which is also about 40 miles away. Everything will be UHF so I’m looking at this in the attic (condo):
NordVPN does not. If another VPN works to accomplish what the OP is asking about I suspect that it won’t be long before Locast blocks it. Why bother with a VPN? There is a pretty well known way to watch this service outside of a market that is not only easier than using a VPN but it’s absolutely free and would likely work even outside the US. Do your homework and find out all about it.