Almost anything will work for 25 miles.
I have an ancient outside antenna maybe 25 feet high. It still seems to pull in the HD signal about as well as it did the old 1950s era broadcasts.
I have purchase a couple of indoor HD antennas and neither one works even close to as well as the old outdoor one.
I get signals from Panama City and Dothan, Alabama, clear as can be.
Do the converter boxes work? I didn’t get one...maybe I should have... I do have a digital antenna though. It doesn’t work with the old hardware.