Is anyone in the Steinbach, Manitoba area picking up KNRR?

I'm about to build a more permanent Single-Bay Gray-Hoverman and testing it up in my attic for local OTA, but figured if I'm going to be messing around up there anyway, maybe I should try for KNRR.

If you're in the are and getting it, what kind of antenna are you using?

Let me see if I understand this with regards to CFRE (Global Regina): based on all the preliminary results, the only person able to pick it up is in Moose Jaw. Reports from 4 distinct areas of Regina have been a no-go. I'm North East, Winnipeg and Ring Road. Someone else is South East by the U of R, and nothing. Someone downtown, nothing again. By the General Hospital, nothing.

Has anyone in Regina managed to pick this up OTA with an indoor antenna?

Hopefully more people in Regina learn of the OTA Forum so that we can get a better survey of results.

Was just in Wal Mart, and ran into a guy being sold a digital converter box and a "digital" antenna so he cold get Global Regina. I set him straight on that.

He had good reception prior to the switch, has new TV's a month old so it might be something with Global. I'll have to torment my old boss.

Moose Jaw only for Global... You would think that they would try and beam a little power towards Regina where there is a bigger population. My understanding is that they are using a directional antenna which is beamed to send the signal to both cities. A friend of mine used to be head technician back in the days when they were STV. I recall a conversation we had a few years back about how the antenna was mounted incorrectly on their tower when they built the station back in 1987. I cant remember if he said upside down or backwards... I wonder if they ever did get a crane out to their tower in Disley to fix it. Maybe its time for them to have another look. I called the station and was told they have had a number of reports of people actually getting their signal in Regina. Maybe it was from people who had roof top of big antennas in their attics.

Not sure what Global Regina is doing that makes it a hassle to pick up. In comparison, I am receiving Global Saskatoon HD with just a regular $10 antenna from walmart, with a 98 - 100 % signal in my basement hooked up to Bell PVR. I will also get it on my upstairs tv at the same percentage with the antenna hooked up and at around 60% if any sort of cable is plugged into the antenna slot on the tv.

I'm not having any luck picking up Global HD in Regina either. I was able to get it OK (watchable but not perfectly clear) on analog prior to the switch but now I got nothing. I live in Lakeview area. I was using a monoprice amplified UHF antenna before and I've also tried using old school rabbit ears and both aren't getting it.

Is anyone in Regina able to get it?

Island View is about half way down Last Mountain Lake near the park. My camper has one of those crank up wingman antennas. Came in clear right away


Brother inlaw did the same but in north Regina


Just got it in south regina with philips MANT940 antenna mounted sideways. had to refind channel for it to work. PRE-CH on my remote

Tried CFRE with my antenna in the north east today, nothing.

TVFool report here (http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d3e4704f38475f3)

Is Global's antenna even plugged in? :rolleyes:

first just want to mention I'm new and not sure but in my first case it was a new tv so it did a fresh channel search. My brother inlaw on his and my city one we had to force a fresh channel search otherwise there was nothing. Could it be that it needs the fresh search to switch tuners?

Do any of you that can't get Global Regina HD have a Bell 9242 or 9200 receiver, or even 6100 that is capable of receiving an antenna hook up. If so try hooking one up to it and seeing if there is any different results.

Unfortunately my expressvu receiver doesn't have an antenna input to test.

For those who are getting Global Regina HD to work, what is your antenna setup? indoor/outdoor, rabbit ears, amplified UHF, etc.?

I used to live in Moose jaw back in the 80's. It seems if I remember correctly it was always easier to receive CFRE in Moose jaw with rabbit ears, than it was in Regina.I had freinds who were attending university there, and could never pick up CFRE 11 from the university area, but could always receive 2&9 no problem, yet I could get CFRE 11 in Moose jaw with rabbit ears.You probably would need a good outdoor antenna to receive the signal in Regina.I wonder if the transmitter is closer to Moose jaw or if the signal carries better there.

Oddy Thanks for the link to tvfool.... pretty neet. I didn't know such a thing existed.
I have been reading/looking about/for a good OTA antena. I wasn't sure what I could get, digital, analog, HD from 100 miles or less.

I live in southern Sask.

Thanks again... wow.

Oddy wrote:

Tried CFRE with my antenna in the north east today, nothing.

TVFool report here

Is Global's antenna even plugged in?

Do any of you that can't get Global Regina HD have a Bell 9242 or 9200 receiver, or even 6100 that is capable of receiving an antenna hook up. If so try hooking one up to it and seeing if there is any different results.

I don't fit into the "can't get Global Regina HD" category, but I do have a Bell 9242 receiver and a 6100 receiver. Both are able to lock onto the signal and show a strength of about 90. Similar to the signal strength on the Samsung HDTV usually connected.

As I said before, the antenna is a do it yourself bowtie, hanging on the outside wall about 9 feet off the ground, facing straight east and not the north east that TVfool says the signal is coming from. The transmitter is about 24 miles from Moose Jaw. No amplification on the antenna.

Don't thank me, thank Digital Home & Stampeder. :)

I don't have any Bell receivers to test with, just 3 indoor antennas. I'm in a townhouse apartment on the ground floor. I'm also facing the wrong direction from where Global's transmitter is, my window is on the opposite wall. So yeah, not a lot of options for me unless they crank up their transmitter to a decent level. Boo. (Speaking as a concerned citizen, by no means an expert of course!)

http://cdbs.recnet.net:8080/fmq.php?latd=50.45&lond=104.618

CFRE-DT will have the lowest power DTV transmitter out of all the local stations and they are also the farthest away. Someone must have been on glue when they ordered the new transmitter with such a low power rating.

Try to use the Industry Canada database instead - nothing is more up to date than it:

http://www.user.dccnet.com/jonleblanc/Canada_TV_Stations/

I live in the NW (Courtney and Mapleford Gate) and tried to get CFRE with that 15.00 antenna from Walmart. Only got a black screen. Will try again tonight to see if anything has improved.

In the process of building, mounting,and aiming a Gray Hoverman in Steinbach, Manitoba before the transition. A recent quick test with a rough-built reflectorless GH got me Global's digital signal on channel 40, so things look hopeful.

If I'm trying to pick up more than one station in slightly different directions, should I aim for the weakest signals? And if they're in slightly different directions, am I better off without a reflector?

Also, if I'm picking up a strong signal on channel 7 pre-transition, will it most likely be a strong signal on channel 7 post-transition? (trying to decide if I need to build the GH with Narods for VHF-hi)

If it works, I'm including my TVFool below...
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