Hey Dave,
I'm located in Toronto, at the top of the Davenport hill
- St Clair & Dufferin neighbourhood. Luckily for me (I
think), both the CN tower and Buffalo are roughly in the
same direction.
I've got an LG LCD TV, which seems to have a half decent
tuner.
I currently receive the following digital channels:
14 (29) Fox
20 (5) CBC-En
24 (25) CBC-Fr
32 (23) CW
33 (2) NBC - Comes and goes
38 (7) ABC
39 (4) CBS
40 (9) CTV
43 (17) PBS
44 (44) OMNI 2
53 (57) City - Once in a while has problems
64 (64) OMNI 1 - Once in a while has problems
65 (41) Global - Once in a while has problems
66 (66) Sun - Once in a while has problems
My current antenna setup is:
- 2m RG-59 (w/ferrite) from TV to wall jack
- 10m RG-6 from wall jack to attic
- 25yr old bunny ears with 1m of twin lead and matching
transformer in the (unfinished) attic
Picture of antenna:
Observations:
- Changing the coax makes no difference (ie: connecting
antenna directly to TV using the piece of RG-6 doesn't
help anything).
- Bunny ears work noticeably better in attic then on 2nd
floor of house (where the TV is located).
- antenna is highly directional
I have some other antennas (loops and bowties) kicking
around but none work half as well as the old bunny ears.
Hardly any of the other antennas will bring in any signals
at all. They are all indoor set-top antennae
Q1 - I thought the bunny ears worked better for VHF, and
the loops/bowties better for UHF. But my experience seems
to indicate the opposite - although I do seem to have
trouble at the upper end of the channel list. Any thoughts?
Q2 - Although I can't really complain about the channel
lineup I do get, I wouldn't mind getting rid of the problems
in the upper channels, and maybe picking up 34 (49) myTV
as well. I don't mind shelling out a bit of $ for something
like a Channel Master 4228 (
[Link: hdtvprimer.com])
(to install in the attic) as long as there is a reasonable
chance that it will improve my reception. But I'm hesitant
because so far the best antenna I have tried seems to
be the simplest (and oldest). Any thoughts?
