[kwlug-disc] Home made indoor TV Antenna

[CrankyOldBugger]

Being one of the many here who has recently dumped his satellite TV, I
can't say that I miss any of the channels.  There's only one show that
Wifeski watches that I can't find on torrents (the Marilyn Denis Show), but
other than that I feel free from the slavery of taping shows, paying the
Bell bill every month for 490 channels that I don't watch, watching REALLY
LOUD commercials, etc., etc.

OK, I'm being smug...


On 16 September 2014 21:24, William Park <opengeometry at yahoo.ca> wrote:

> I'd take the opposite track.  Ban Rogers/Bell off the air.  And, move
> CBC tv/radio to OTA exclusively.  I personally wouldn't mind 1 channel
> TV spectrum.  I mean, to go through 500 TV channels, 10 sec per channel,
> takes 1 hour 23 min 20 sec.
> --
> William
>
> On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 08:49:44PM -0400, R. Brent Clements wrote:
> > The CRTC does not want to end OTA transmission.  Rogers does.  Apparently
> > their proposal was completely ridiculous.  The current federal government
> > seems to have a beef with the CBC, and have seen their funding and
> > journalistic credibility under serious fire from Harper.
> >
> > What they need is to turn on another transmitter in the London area, not
> > shut down their existing ones.  Rogers operates a transmitter for OMNI2
> in
> > London on channel 20, probably for the express purpose of interfering
> with
> > the CBC transmitter on the CN tower, which is also on UHF channel 20.
> Thus
> > once you go farther east than KW an otherwise strong signal falls off
> very
> > quickly.
> >
> > Rogers owns CityTV, and the two OMNIs.  The only reason they haven't made
> > them cable only is because they have been told they can't stop
> > transmitting.  If they do, the frequency is abandoned and an American
> > broadcaster will snap it up.  So the CRTC would have to let someone else
> > use the transmitter, which Rogers definitely does NOT want.
> >
> > There has NEVER been a clearer case of conflict of interest anywhere in
> > Canada more obvious than the control that Rogers and Bell have over the
> > CRTC.
> >
> > Brent
> >
> > On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 6:11 PM, John Johnson <jvj at golden.net> wrote:
> >
> > > On 2014-09-16 17:04, B.S. wrote:
> > >
> > >> All channels available via internet, free?
> > >>
> > >
> > > There is much of Ontario and Canada, too, where there is no internet
> > > service, no cellular service and no or limited VHF television
> reception.
> > > Just AM radio and, then, only if the residents are lucky.
> > >
> > > JohnJ - who, in the 1960s, listened to WWVA 1170 AM Wheeling West
> Virgina
> > > from Northern Ontario
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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