[kwlug-disc] Home made indoor TV Antenna

[John Johnson]

On 2014-09-16 15:04, Khalid Baheyeldin wrote:
> So, US channels is not an option without me having a tall tower like 
> the people in the country side do ...

Much of Waterloo region is well over 150 km from the US border and the 
HDTV stations on Grand Island NY, in the Niagara River.
As the crow flies distances to cities like Erie PA and others places in 
NY or Ohio will be even longer.
And do not forget that there is the matter of the curvature of the earth 
to contend with.

The old VHF frequencies are "line-of-sight". As are the newer UHF 
frequencies, only more so. IIRC The HDTV frequencies are in the UHF 
bands, well above VHF.
As Khalid said, a tall tower may be the only solution. And I do not know 
how the HTDV channels will perform with even the best antenna.

Please excuse the Howard Simpson D'OH comment that follows:
The antenna can only do so much as it depends on the signal that reaches 
the antenna.
The antenna will have a hard time "pulling in" a signal that is in the mud.

IIRC The last time the OTA reception of HDTV channels was discussed 
here, some in KW were able to get stations from YYZ. At least one party 
on the list was able to get OTA HDTV channels from Niagara Falls NY. 
(But this party was either in Mississauga or Milton, not Waterloo Region.)

JohnJ