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| Topic: | HDTV in Kitchener This thread has 9 replies. Displaying all posts. |
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| Post 1 made on Tuesday October 20, 2009 at 10:14 |
kingtroller New Member |
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I live in Kitchener and i'm looking to buy a CM4228 antenna. Any info will be appreciated.
Thanks, KT
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| Post 2 made on Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 12:02 |
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awesome antenna! One of my neighbours has that model and he's very happy with the signal strength.
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| Post 3 made on Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 17:13 |
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Where is he located? What is he aimed towards? How high has he installed his antenna? What channels does he get? Thise are just a few questions I would like to answer before I purchase and install the antenna.
Thanks, KT
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| Post 4 made on Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 19:48 |
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The CM4228 is one of the "generally recommended" models. Be sure to put it as high as you can, and with a good quality preamp. You'll probably want a rotor too. Though these are good ideas for any antenna... :-)
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| Post 5 made on Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 19:55 |
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I'm looking to install it at about 20' from ground, on a metal pole. I don't know about a rotor yet, I would like to see the quality of reception first. Any sugestion about a good preamp?
Thanks,KT
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| Post 6 made on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 14:18 |
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If you're in Kitchener I'm guessing 20ft above ground isn't going to be the best. If you can get it higher then you'll be in much better shape. Of this I'm certain. I'd recommend the Winegard AP4800 preamp as you shouldn't have any worries of local signal overload.
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| Post 7 made on Thursday October 22, 2009 at 16:17 |
kingtroller New Member |
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Thanks for all the info, I'm a rookie and any info is greatly appreciated. How do you connect a preamp to the antenna? You connect the coaxial cable to the antenna and down the line the preamp, or it has to be connected at the antenna? Is there any schematic available?
Thx,KT
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| Post 8 made on Friday October 23, 2009 at 00:07 |
BillFromGI Regular Member |
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On October 22, 2009 at 16:17, kingtroller said...
Thanks for all the info, I'm a rookie and any info is greatly appreciated. How do you connect a preamp to the antenna? You connect the coaxial cable to the antenna and down the line the preamp, or it has to be connected at the antenna? Is there any schematic available?
Thx,KT
The preamps come with good instructions, and they come in 2 parts. The 1st part connects to the antenna (or as close to the antenna as you can get). The 2nd part is the "power block" or "power injector" that actually powers the preamp (the 1st part) and it has 3 connections: Power in (110V or an AC adapter), antenna (goes to antenna where the preamp is), and TV (goes to tv :-). Don't be confused at all; they are easy to hook up and use.. .
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| Post 9 made on Friday October 23, 2009 at 09:26 |
kingtroller New Member |
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Thanks for all info. I asume the first part that connects to antenna is completely seald, waterproof for rain and snow and the second part "the power block" will be in house, somewhere on the cable.
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| Post 10 made on Friday October 23, 2009 at 11:28 |
donnyjaguar Regular Member |
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Correct, the power insertor resides inside the house. The preamp itself, at least the ones I've seen, have all connections on the underside away from any precipitation. It shouldn't be necessary to dress them with weatherproofing in my experience. Gravity is your friend here! :) Make sure the connections are snug to avoid any repeat trips up the pole.
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