OTA Results for the Mississauga, Brampton, Bramalea, Port Credit, and surrounding area. This is an open discussion forum, but keep your posts on topic.
Copied and pasted from another post.HDTV101 said:I’ve got a Winegard 9032 Antenna up on the roof of my home in Mississauga with a Channel Master 7776 amp and I can rotate it with a Channel master motor. Having the motor is a great thing because I can point it towards other locations then just Buffalo and Toronto. Here is my list of other Digital Stations I’ve picked up. Most surprising was to see Syracuse the other morning… it lasted for about 2 hours and faded out at about 8am. Best time to catch stations from far away is from 5am to 8 am I’ve found.
Erie PA.
22 WFXP-DT FOX66
50 WQLN-DT PBS54
52 WICU-DT NBC12
58 WJET-DT ABC24
Rochester NY.
16 WXXI-DT PBS21
28 WUHF-DT FOX31
45 WROC-DT CBS8
58 WHEC-DT NBC10
59 WHAM-DT ABC13
Syracuse NY.
54 WSTM-DT NBC3
I think it may have more to do with a channel conflict. My reasoning is because nudity can be seen on CBC and CBLT at various times. Americans love their violence, Canadians love their sex. Makes me proud to live in CanadaHDTV101 said:Why is it that CITY TV uses directional antennas on the CN tower as not to send any signal to the US. Is if because thay have nude stuff on at 7:00pm?
I know from the FCC really freaks out over naked stuff.
I noticed this application a few months ago but there is a catch. The application uses a directional antenna mounted on Grand Island pointing towards Buffalo. From the looks of the radiating pattern, we should get a stronger signal over here, but some areas will get nothing at all. If it gets approved at a decent power range, we may have better luck than the current 650w in the GTA.rob50312 said:Wnyo has made a application to move transmitter to wutv site and increase power.Hopefully it will get approved but crtc may object as they want channel 34 in Peterboro for chex-dt.
I just checked and Industry Canada has 66 located on the CN Tower:HDTV101 said:...66 for some reason is stronger when I turn my antenna about 5 degrees to the left of where the CN tower is. This makes me think that T1’s 66 is on another building like First Canadian Place.
Yes, you run a few risks combining antennas because patterns contain peak areas and nulls. Somtimes they can overlap, sometimes they can almost cancel eachother out, especially if they're both wide pattern antennas.mjm70 said:My only concern is with overlap of the two antenna's. Will I get an awful signal by putting up two different antennas and having them compete with each other.
Well, I guess it is time to call some suppliers and get some quotes. I'm inclined to try one bowtie-type alone to start and see if it can pick up both Toronto and Buffalo (from near right angle directions). If it is not acceptable, I suppose there'd be a way to put a yagi on top and combine them.stampeder said:I would suggest 2 yagis (such as a Winegard 9032, Channel Master 4248, or Wade-Delhi SFA-1483S) pointed one at the Toronto sweet spot, one at the Buffalo sweet spot. Or you could go with a combo of 1 yagi with 1 bowtie reflector (such as a CM4228).