<html><head></head><body lang="en-GB" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">The problem with picking up CBC west of Kitchener is probably that OMNI2 has a transmitter located in London that operates on the same frequency (channel 20). The antenna doesn't reject signals from the back perfectly, so they interfere with eachother. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Rogers owns OMNI2. So I assume that is by design. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Brent Clements</div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br></div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.</div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Colin Mackay</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, March 29, 2016 9:12 AM</div><div><b>To: </b>KWLUG discussion</div><div><b>Reply To: </b>KWLUG discussion</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [kwlug-disc] Ota TV CITV down?</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style=""><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>No CHCH, CITS, OMNI1 or OMNi2? I plan to move my 8-bay antenna, are you</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>suggesting it didn't help so you put up a smaller antenna? For CBC I usually</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>watch the news live, none of the other shows interest me? I am guessing the</span><br style="font-size:12.8px"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>app doesn't do live streams?</span><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">When I had my 8-bay antenna, I never could pick up anything from Toronto area. I tried, oh yes, I tried... There's just too much distance between me and those transmitters and I do have a pretty clear line of sight to the horizon.</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">When I decided to move my antenna from the deck to the old satellite TV pole on my roof, I bought one of those flat dish like antennas: <a href="http://pimages.solidsignal.com/CM-3000AR_zoom.jpg">http://pimages.solidsignal.com/CM-3000AR_zoom.jpg</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">No live streams on the app, but CBC News does seem to have a paid steaming service?</span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news2/networkstream/">http://www.cbc.ca/news2/networkstream/</a></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">Probably not the 'local 6pm news' you're looking for though.<br></span><div class="" style="font-size:12.8px"><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0"><img class="" src="https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif"></div><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0"><br></div><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0">><span style="font-size:12.8px">The only saving grace to CTV is that it's vhf. You can knock it way down by using a uhf -only </span></div><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size:12.8px">>antenna and a vhf trap before any amplifier stage. Still going to be a tricky proposition out in new hamberg.</span></div><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size:12.8px">A signal trap might help. </span><span style="font-size:12.8px">Not sure it's worth it out here. Even <a href="http://tvfool.com">tvfool.com</a> shows us barely getting any signals out here. There are still hills in the way, not to mention the curvature of the earth...</span></div><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size:12.8px">Damn spherical planet. If the flat earthers were right, I'd be able to get CBC! Hah.</span></div><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size:12.8px"><br></span></div><div id=":14c" class="" tabindex="0"><span style="font-size:12.8px">-Colin</span></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 29, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Jason Locklin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:locklin.jason@gmail.com" target="_blank">locklin.jason@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The only saving grace to CTV is that it's vhf. You can knock it way down by using a uhf -only antenna and a vhf trap before any amplifier stage. Still going to be a tricky proposition out in new hamberg.<br>
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On March 29, 2016 6:46:21 AM EDT, Colin Mackay <<a href="mailto:zixiekat@gmail.com">zixiekat@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>Hi Herman,<br>
><br>
>No Toronto stations at all. :( I had an 8 bay antenna for a while,<br>
>never managed to get CBC, nor any other Toronto stations. I get:<br>
><br>
>TVO and Global from the Paris tower<br>
>CTV Kitchener from Baden tower<br>
>CityTV from somewhere around Ingersol I think?<br>
>And CTV2 from London<br>
><br>
>One of the issues on getting Toronto stations might be that CTV<br>
>Kitchener is a *very* strong signal and it's between New Hamburg and<br>
>Toronto.<br>
><br>
>One good thing however, is that CBC makes all shows available as online<br>
>streams. The CBC app for Kodi works very well.<br>
><br>
>Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.<br>
> Original Message <br>
>From: Herman Gruetzmacher<br>
>Sent: Tuesday, March 29, 2016 6:12 AM<br>
>To: 'KWLUG discussion'<br>
>Reply To: KWLUG discussion<br>
>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Ota TV CITV down?<br>
><br>
>Hi Colin<br>
><br>
>I am moving from Waterloo to New Hamburg and was wondering how many<br>
>channels<br>
>you pick up, any from the CN Tower? Do you get CBC? In Waterloo I get<br>
>approx. 15 channels including duplicates from Global and TVO<br>
><br>
>Thanks<br>
><br>
>-----Original Message-----<br>
>From: kwlug-disc [mailto:<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc-bounces@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc-bounces@kwlug.org</a>] On Behalf Of<br>
>Colin<br>
>Mackay<br>
>Sent: March 28, 2016 9:32 PM<br>
>To: Daniel Villarreal <<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>>; KWLUG discussion<br>
><<a href="mailto:kwlug-disc@kwlug.org">kwlug-disc@kwlug.org</a>><br>
>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Ota TV CITV down?<br>
><br>
>I am in New Hamburg, and it's working for me, over my antenna...<br>
><br>
>Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone on the Rogers network.<br>
> Original Message<br>
>From: Daniel Villarreal<br>
>Sent: Monday, March 28, 2016 5:47 PM<br>
>To: KWLUG discussion<br>
>Reply To: KWLUG discussion<br>
>Subject: Re: [kwlug-disc] Ota TV CITV down?<br>
><br>
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>On 28/03/16 04:03 PM, Joseph Wennechuk wrote:<br>
>> I know many on this list use ota TV, so here is my question.<br>
>> During the ice storm I seemed to loose channel 36 CITV. Has anything<br>
>> happened? It has not come back up yet.<br>
><br>
>If using a cable box, you might completely reboot your cable tv<br>
>equipment,<br>
>i.e. remove any batteries and unplug power for 30 seconds,<br>
><br>
>It may take a while for the menu to come back. If it doesn't come back<br>
>in<br>
>about an hour, you might call your cable operator.<br>
><br>
>If you don't have an HD antenna for your tv, you might look into<br>
>getting<br>
>one, or borrowing one from a friend to see if that suits your needs.<br>
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><br>
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