ON - Mississauga, Brampton, Bramalea, Port Credit - OTA

[likebutta]

I see. Thank you. Would that indoor Zenith Silver whatchamacallit antenna do the trick? I am sure I could eventually do the outdoor antenna route but the easier the better.

[Animelee]

I live on the border of Brampton/Mississauga, on McLaughlin Rd South.

I use a Zenith Silver Sensor and pull in everything consistently except for MyTVBuffalo, which is kinda spotty.

So yeah, go for the Zenith Silver Sensor if you can!

[falcon1987]

Hi. I'm new to this sub-forum. I live near Erin Mills Towne Centre Mall (Dundas & 403). I bought a Samsung DTB-H260F and made two home made antennas. Currently they are in my 2nd floor bedroom - one pointing at CN tower and one at Buffalo. I have a 10db amplifier near the antennas as well. Last night I got 17 channels nice & clear.

Toronto:
CBC
CTV
Global (testing)
CITY
SUN
CTS

Buffalo:
PBS
FOX
CW
NBC
ABC
CBS
(Plus I see strong signals for the OMNI channels (44 & 64) but no picture.)

This is great. I hope to put the antennas (antenni?) permanently in the attic this weekend.

[timbo]

Great stuff, falcon1987.
Before you disassemble everthing and make the move, remember that CBS will be showing The Masters in high definition on Saturday and Sunday.
It would be a shame to be in the middle of a set-up transition during some of the best picture quality that is available for golf.

[falcon1987]

Thanks Timbo. Although I am not a sports viewer I have noticed how amazing sports looks in HD, so I may watch it more now. I do like watching golf after taking golf lessons.

I will try and take pictures of the attic setup once complete.

[HDTV101]

Angelfish: You can install a tower up to 56 feet in Mississauga!

My tower is 45 feet and boy does it work great

[Macros17]

I have a tripod mounted CM4228 with a channel master preamp on the roof of my semi detached home. When I mounted it 2 years ago it was aimed in favour of Buffalo since there were very few Toronto stations. In spite of this I get all the Toronto stations except CFTO 9.1.

However, when it rains I get a signal for CFTO off the reflections of the rain. I'm wondering why it is I can get Sun-TV a very weak signal but not CFTO when they both originate from the CN Tower? The analog signal from CFTO is very strong, it's cleaner than my rogers cable feed.

[PVR4Me]

Originally Posted by Macros17

I get all the Toronto stations except CFTO 9.1.

Could be PSIP problems.

[rob50312]

Marcos17 you are receiving a multipath reflected signal for CFTO-dt which changes when it rains.Try moving your antenna up or turn it slightly more east.CFTO-dt 40 is sharing the transmitting antenna with Global analog on 41.Look at analog 41 for ghosting or double images.Also you may have an overloading preamp from the Toronto analog stations.

[falcon1987]

Hi all. I finished installing my two homemade bow tie anntenas in the attic over the weekend. Finished in time on Saturday morning to see the Masters in HD - very cool. Here is an image of the channels I am now receiving from Mississauga. This has definately exceded my expectations!

http://www3.sympatico.ca/mark.hermonat/dtv.jpg

falcon

[Random Dude]

Do you have a pictutre of your home made antennas? What did you make them out of?

[falcon1987]

Random Dude - I just made two antennas to the exact same spec as described at

http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum/show...2&postcount=76

Total hard cost for each was $6: $5 for the 2X4 and $1 for the reflector backing. I have one pointed at the CN tower and one pointed at Buffalo. The two antennas are connected to a splitter/combiner then sent to an antenna amplifier, followed by a distribution amplifier. Then 50ft of RG59 down to my DTB-260F on the first floor.

falcon

[Random Dude]

I'll have to try that when I get back home.

[name777]

I'm debating on a project of building a mast from the ground up above the roof to lift up my Winegard HD9065P(ugly, hard to build), or to buy a CM 4228 and hang it in the attic(much easier, exterior friendly). You guys, who has it installed in the attic, what the reception feel like? Those saying "attic sucks", please refrain from comments, I know all consequences of such placement.

[kasm]

I have a single CM4221 in my attic - a CM4228 may not fit through your attic access and I believe it had a more concentrated field, so the spread between Buffalo and the CN Tower may make the CM4221 a better choice.

I get great reception. I get all possible digital channels except 26-1 (Religous channel) and 49-1 (myTV). 2-1 NBC sometimes drops out, will re-aim it sometime. Everything else is solid:

2-1
2-1
4-1
5-1
7-1
7-2
7-3
9-1
17-1
17-2
17-3
23-1
25-1
29-1
35-1
57-1
65-2
66-1

off the top of my head. TVO, ONMI1, ONMI2 and myTV I view analog.