I lost it this winter, but adding a preamp resolved the situation, get it all the time now.

thanks for the reply ByeBye...

Which antenna are you using and how high is it mounted? Are you using an antenna rotator? I have tried a pre-amp before but that didn't help. Just wondering if I should go to a 8bay antenna.

Thks
suntan

Anybody been able to get Ion/Qubo recently? I was getting the channel in summer/fall occasionally but now I can't get any signal at all. I am in North Scarborough using a CM4221 mounted on the chminey with a rotator.I had trouble getting it until I added a preamp and re-aimed my antenna. Now I get it pretty consistently and I record shows from Qubo on pretty much a daily basis.

If I am getting the standard Toronto & buffalo channels
do I have to repoint to get 11.1 36.1 51.1 56.1

If I am getting the standard Toronto & buffalo channels
do I have to repoint to get 11.1 36.1 51.1 56.1
The short answer is yes, 11.1 & 36.1 are Hamilton (Grimsby), and 51.1 is Batavia, east of Buffalo. I don't know where 56.1 is, was that a typo maybe?
I get Toronto, Hamilton and Buffalo full time, don't care for or about Ion, but it comes in on good days. I also get 26.1&2 on good days, but don't care for it either.
Now you know why they make antenna rotators, but some of us go with dual or multi antenna setups, which can get really complicated.

thanks for the reply ByeBye...

Which antenna are you using and how high is it mounted? Are you using an antenna rotator? I have tried a pre-amp before but that didn't help. Just wondering if I should go to a 8bay antenna.

Thks
suntan
I have a 4221 (the original one, not the HD one) over 100' of RG6. My preamp (Kitztech) is currently at the wrong end, simply because I'm a little busy & it works fine there, so no rush.

The 4221 is pointed between Buffalo & Batavia (Batavia is where ION/QUBO come from), I use a separate antenna for Toronto. Both are about 35' off the ground.

I don't use a rotor, each antenna has it's own dedicated cable & plugs into a different tuner.

If you're going to use a rotor the 8 bay would be good, since I don't, I like the 4bay since it has a wider field of view (or whatever that's called for antennas).

Nobody here recommends using a coat hanger to make an antenna.
I'm currently using an antenna made from <cough cough> coat hangers for CN tower stations & it works great.

Brave of you to admit that, but if you recommend it here we'll all be wondering if you've been having a bit too much extra strength cough syrup. :D

Do they have to be the same ant to connect them using coax

It's really hard to join two antenna's unless one is UHF and the other VHF, I wouldn't go there. If you must, you're in for hours of reviewing how-to posts on this website.

How do I get the bones out of a, um, whitefish? They're impossible to eat.

Joining 2 or more antennas is covered in Post #16 of the OTA FAQ:

I am in scarborough I have a home made GH8 in my attic
I scaned and got pretty good results 26 digital but noticed some are not watchable during the day but come night come in better

any ideas?

#1 solution will be to move the antenna outside. Any chance of that?

If you have a long cable run or lots of splits you may need a preamp or distribution amp.

It's a new house so no chimniny just a couple vent pipes and a new shingles , not putting holes in it
so not going on the roof

cable is only about 30' long then goes into a switch then to my tv

Roof mount isn't the only option.. Tower, Pole, Wall, etc.

White fish,

Antenna in the attic is hit and miss situation...What are the channels have poor reception at your locations? Any chance of mounting your antenna to the side of the house?

Real men don't put antenna's in their attic. There are plenty of options for getting an antenna on your roof & as far as I know none of them involve actually putting a hole in it.

11.1 is real bad
51.1,2,3 not so good

White fish,

For 11.1 or 36.1, you need height for your antenna and some careful aiming to get it.

51.x needs a second antenna with powerful 'beam' because it is located too far from our location. However, with good tropo these days you may get it with just one antenna.

Here is what I used, CM4221 for Buffalo/Toronto/Hamilton channels.
91XG for 51.x and 21.x channels.

An OTAer down my street use CM4221 and a CM4228 for 51.x and 21.x.

11.1 is real bad
51.1,2,3 not so good
To get 11.1 you need to rotate the antenna west, and to get 51.1,2,3 you need to rotate the antenna east. (Rock < you:mad: < Hard place)

If you move outside you may find the extra gain gets them both without any extra work. If not, as kooguy mentioned you could rotate a bit west and pickup 11.1 with your current antenna and put up a second antenna for the Rochester stations, or you could install a rotor.