Cutting the Cord

[James Knott]

Evan Leibovitch wrote:
> I found an indoor antenna (a Philips PHDTV3) in my basement, attached 
> it to my flatscreen, and picked up:
>
>   * CTV, CBC, CBC-F, TVO and Global: crystal clear and in HD (Global
>     also has a LD channel :-P )
>   * City, Omni and CTS: usually OK but sometimes cut out
>   * Nothing else
>

A friend of mine lives near Kingston Rd. & Woodbine.  She tried one of 
those compact amplified antennas on the 2nd floor of her house.  She 
also had poor results with it.  I then loaned her a set top UHF antenna 
I bought many years ago, and she now gets many more stations, including 
Buffalo than she got with that amplified antenna.

BTW, I bought that antenna to receive Ch 23 Buffalo, which was then the 
2nd PBS station and not carried on cable.  I lived in a 14th floor 
apartment in the Port Credit area of Mississauga back then.  I could 
place that antenna in my living room window and get a better quality 
picture than anything on cable.  That antenna is a simple double bow tie 
with reflector.  So, if you want to get better reception, you'd likely 
need a decent antenna, as high as you can get it.  You may also want to 
consider 2 antennas, a UHF for most of the channels, facing towards 
Buffalo and a VHF hi facing Hamilton, to get Ch 11.

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