Noob looking for Antenna Advice

[melanhead]

Hi,

Well like most that end up here as I'm looking to get rid of my satellite in favour of OTA. I really don't watch much TV, but would like to watch the occasional hockey game HD without the monthly bill.

My main issue is that I'm approximately 50 miles from a major city, in a valley and not sure how much I'd have to invest to get it to work.

here's my signal analysis:

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d60b59648a003cd

Although I'd love to get as many channels as possible my main objective are getting the top 3. (GTN,CTV and CBC)

I tried an indoor Terk FDTV1a and got snowy reception from GTV and CTV, so I'm assuming these are analog signals. My HD TV is in the basement and I'm guessing I may have gotten all three had I been upstairs, but still not digital HD.

I have only two TV's I'd like to connect.

The RG6 from the satellite dish outside goes to both TVs, so should I assume I could use an outdoor antenna and use the RG6 connection?

Any help, advice etc .... would be appreciated...

THanks!

[John Candle]

Tvfool is being up dated after the Canada , August the 31 2011 digital change. The up date is a Big Project and will not happen over night. The Pending Applications Included is from before August 31 2011. The * next to the stations call sign show that it is speculative report. Not all Canada tv stations changed to digital , many are still analog and will be for a long time. Canada will have a mix of digital and analog tv stations for a long time. I recommend a Channel Master CM3679 All Channel Antenna mounted on a CM9521A rotor. The all channel antenna will receive all the tv channels , 2 thru 6 , 7 thru 13 , 14 thru 69. Tvfool is showing that tv stations are all around your location so the rotor will aim the antenna at them. I recommend go to the http://www.digitalhome.ca , forum for your area to get more information and updated information. Also here is more information , http://www.user.dccnet.com/jonleblanc/Canada_TV_stations , http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/117022 , http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/105462 , http://www.digitalhome.ca/forum , http://www.saveandreplay.com , http://www.trentondistributors.com , http://www.friends.ca , http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/home-accueil.htm , http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_transition , http://www.canada.com/entertainment/television/index.html

[melanhead]

Thanks John! ... I must say I was surprised to pick up analog channels, see the deadlines I kept hearing were August 2011.

I'll take a look at the links you posted.

Thanks again for the info.