OTA Results for Scarborough, Pickering, Ajax, Whitby, Oshawa and area. This is an open discussion forum, but keep your posts on topic.
I'm over at Harmony and Taunton. Should work fine for you. Like i said, i just used the cheap Radio Shack antenna $69. and it works fine. All the houses that are south of me are down a hill a little bit. I don't have any sight line problems at all. No roofs in the way, especially from the top of my tower. Figure Buffalo is approx 72 miles line of sight.wannna_be said:trinitron27 how far north of the lake are you? Just wondering casue I have a good siteline of the lake from my roof as well, but I am up near Durham College
Copied and pasted from another post.MaxxSteel said:I'm doing it from Ajax Cable Guy...although it took some experimenting. I've got a stationary Channelmaster 4228 combined with a 4248 on a rotor. I'm getting all the Buffalo OTA except D49 (wnyo), but I think they're still at low power.
Here is a pic of my antenna, disregard the omni (round saucer) seen here, as I have not tested yet for digital reception, I bought my rotor from the home depot many years ago for a $100, the antenna is used from a tv serviceman for $50 along with the tower at $15/10' section) also some years ago...kwtoxman said:Thx for the responses so far. Keep your comments coming if you have any. I also have some reading to do.
I bought the tuner off of ebay.
I live in South Brampton.
Anybody have any suggestions for installers in the area?
Does anyone know dealers for CM in the Brampton/Missisauga or close area that they would recommend? I will try the dealers listed on their website otherwise.
And the CM complete antenna rotator system, model 9521A. What do you guys think of this? Can I get this from a local CM dealer as well? I checked out Radioshack on line (now the source by cc), and they have no rotators on-line.
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I had the same questions about the same channels and didn't really get an answer.agover said:1) WNYO(The WB): I understand this channel is broadcasting at really low power, does anyone know when they will increase it to a more usable level?
2) WNLO(UPN): From remote centrals comments this channel seems to air CBS programs only. Does anyone know if they air UPN shows when the actual network seasons begin (ie will UPN shows be on this channel come September / October)?
I'm glad you asked him that because I was going to reply to that.Yaamon said:I a little puzzled why with your CM4228 you don't pull in City strong and steady compared the the little crap indoor that Iam currently using ?
How much did it cost you to go with this solution and what is the model number of the CM 4-bay? I'll bet you can compare the cost favourably to your neighbours' cable and satellite bills.Tom.F.1 said:I promised i'd post results once i got my second antenna installed. I now have a CM 8-bay pointed at Buffalo, due south and a CM 4-bay pointed at toronto, west-southwest. I have a 30" Sanyo TV with with a built in ATSC tumer...
Welcome here! You should find that info in this thread, and please look through this thread as well:Frostman said:I live in Newcastle and was wondering with a 4228 If I would pick up Buffalo? Sounds like I would get Rochester being you guys fron ajax and Markham are getting it? How many channels from Rochester do you guys get?
I get strong signal from buffalo, so you being a little bit further, you'd get good signal, but may have problems with bad weather. If you are close to the lake, or if you're on high ground you should be fine for buffalo stations.Frostman said:I live in Newcastle and was wondering with a 4228 If I would pick up Buffalo?Sounds like I would get Rochester being you guys fron ajax and Markham are getting it?How many channels from Rochester do you guys get? Thanks
From where you are (south of Peterborough near lake?) I'm roughly guessing that the delta in azimuth between those cities from Newcastle ON is about 45 degrees unless someone wants to get out a map and actually check it. This means that you could experiment with aiming the 4228 degree by degree in a sweep between them to see if you can find a sweet spot that brings in both. Unfortunately antennas have "nulls" outside their main beam patterns so this could be tricky or even futile. I'd be interested in what others from that area have to say but I think a rotator is in order, simply because you will positively get the best aim/signals and also because you'll not only be getting all the Canadian analog stations around you but also be ready as more and more stations come up in digital in the future, including Canadian stations.Frostman said:I live in Newcastle"east Toronto". I'm 60 miles right over the lake to Buffalo and Rochester. Their both the same distance in a triangler postion. Which Antenna would work to pick both up without haveing to move it .4228?
Use RG-6 and only RG-6 unless you are expecting the cable distance to be over 30 metres, in which case the pros use RG-11 but its expensive. Best of luck and let us know how things go.Frostman said:And I want to start running the cable.What type of cable should I run for the Antenna?Thanks alot