Help pick an antenna for Victoria, BC

[Touine]

Hi,

Below is a link to the tvfool analysis report for my location.

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d4033f4b07dca33

If this can help, the location is a house with few apartment buildings around. I would really appreciate if someone could help us pick the right antenna in order to get a clear HD signal of CBC, CTV as well as other local stations. We will also want to hook up the antenna to 2-3 televisions in the house. I'm not sure how this can be accomplished and would really appreciate some information or diagram of the hookup.

Thanks!

[Electron]

The default antenna height of the tvfool report is 10 feet. The antenna will need to be higher to receive the USA stations to the south. Please make two more tvfool radar reports , one at 25 feet and one at 40 feet antenna heights.

[Touine]

Here is the report at 25 ft.:

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d40338ef7d03ceb

Here is the report at 40 ft:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d4033e2f19b1b8c

[GroundUrMast]

You have plenty of signal from the nearby Victoria stations but you'll need a bit larger antenna to get the Vancouver stations reliably. I'm inclined to recommend a Winegard HD9075 or 9095. http://www.winegarddirect.com/viewitem.asp?d=Winegard-HD-9095P-UHF-Yagi-Style-HDTV-TV-Antenna-%28HD9095P%29&p=SHD9095

I'd try this with no amplifier. The strong local signals are on the same azimuth as the Vancouver signals so it's possible to overload most preamplifiers. If you don't have enough signal to split, a Winegard HDP-269 or Antennas Direct CPA-19 can be added later. These preamplifiers are more tolerant of high level input.

Here's a very basic diagram.

[Electron]

The reception of the Canada and USA digital tv stations to the north and north east is easy. Recommend install a Antennas Direct DB2e antenna aimed at about , 30 degree magnetic compass. Here is how to aim antennas , http://www.kyes.com/antenna/pointing/pointing.html. Here is a place to buy the DB2e antenna , http://www.saveandreplay.com. The antenna will need to be mounted above the roof , here are some antenna mounts , http://www.ronard.com/909911.html , http://www.ronard.com/34424560.html , http://www.ronard.com/ychim.html , http://www.ronard.com. . . K24IC-D 24 is american PBS.

[Electron]

For reception of , K30FL-D digital channel 30 CBS and RTV http://myretrotv.com , KCPQ-DT digital channel 13 FOX , K62FS digital channel 51 The CW. Install a Winegard HD7698P antenna with a Winegard AP8700 preamp aimed at about 145 degree magnetic compass. Here is how to aim antennas , http://www.kyes.com/antenna.pointing/pointing.html. The HD7698P antenna and AP8700 preamp are a Separate system and will have Separate coax system wiring all the way to the locations of the tv's. A remote control A/B antenna switch , available at http://www.saveandreplay.com , will be used to switch from one antenna system to the other antenna system. . . Here is a place to buy Winegard antennas and preamplifiers , http://www.canadapost.ca/shopper/search?keywords=winegard

[Electron]

A good antenna mounting height is about 20 to 25 feet.