[kwlug-disc] 8-bay OTA antenna - $50

Khalid Baheyeldin kb at 2bits.com
Wed Dec 9 18:14:23 EST 2015


I don't have any USA channels. Some nights in summer, they do come in, but
not consistently.

I am near Fischer-Hallman and Erb, so a bit north for consistent reception
for USA channels, without a tall towers.

On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 6:07 PM, <hgruetzmacher at gmail.com> wrote:

> On cable, 6 channels have vanashed and ch15 now has a fish bowl. I have an
> OTA setup ready to roll so am ready to switch over. The US channels are
> sketchy ‎though on OTA so I will supplement my OTA setup with USTVNOW
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.
> *From: *Khalid Baheyeldin
> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 9, 2015 6:03 PM
> *To: *KWLUG discussion
> *Reply To: *KWLUG discussion
> *Subject: *Re: [kwlug-disc] 8-bay OTA antenna - $50
>
> Is that on antenna or cable?
>
> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 5:56 PM, <hgruetzmacher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> We lost 6 analog channels in Waterloo today
>>
>>
>> Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Bell network.
>> *From: *Khalid Baheyeldin
>> *Sent: *Wednesday, December 9, 2015 5:54 PM
>> *To: *KWLUG discussion
>> *Reply To: *KWLUG discussion
>> *Subject: *Re: [kwlug-disc] 8-bay OTA antenna - $50
>>
>> On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 5:37 PM, B.S. <bs27975 at yahoo.ca> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?item_id=044612
>>>
>>> I noticed this - if any have been considering checking out OTA, or like
>>> me, still being warned of Rogers cancelling their analogue cable TV. IIRC,
>>> this is similar to what Khalid found success with.
>>>
>>
>> The one is have is another brand.
>>
>> The one at Canada Computers has a potential advantage: you can install
>> each 2 top/bottom segment at an angle, so one would be pointed to the CN
>> tower, and the other to Hamilton (CHCH, CHCJ).
>>
>> Not that I tried it, but ...
>>
>> In my case, Rogers again notified of cutting off analogue cable TV - this
>>> time as of Dec. 1. Which, again, came and went without change.
>>>
>>
>> Rogers can rent you a box that converts digital cable to analog.
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