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Forum: Antennas 9-Mar-2016, 11:48 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,558
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Absolutely - if you're local setup has most of...

Absolutely - if you're local setup has most of the signals coming from (roughly) one direction then it's not that difficult. In this case the commercial solutions like Tablo would work too. But if...
Forum: Antennas 8-Mar-2016, 4:17 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 8,558
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Some notes on TVHeadend

A while back I came up with the febrile plan of putting USB tuners right on the back of two antennas and then using a network box to combine them into a single feed. This would eliminate any line...
Forum: TV Database Updates 3-Nov-2015, 12:25 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 11,584
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Not a database problem, but...

I notice the new UI shows some of my channels in purple. That is, the entire entry is purple except for the direction, which is color coded as before.

I *think* this is because that channel is...
Forum: Antennas 24-Oct-2015, 6:36 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,878
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Right, and I guess that's why there's the whole...

Right, and I guess that's why there's the whole "antenna trick" page on his site.

I'm sort of getting some of this, but I'm still a little lost about most of it.

For instance, my dad's old...
Forum: Antennas 23-Oct-2015, 3:52 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,878
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Ok, this is the question I was really trying to...

Ok, this is the question I was really trying to get answered.

The page in question is confusing (IMHO) and seems to mix a bunch of different issues together. I was trying to understand which bits...
Forum: Antennas 10-Aug-2015, 12:05 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,878
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Yes, but the various products out there aren't...

Yes, but the various products out there aren't designed to work this way - with the exception of the older SD boxes anyway. MythTV, on the other hand, kind of assumes that's the situation - zero or...
Forum: Antennas 9-Aug-2015, 12:48 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,878
Posted By Maury Markowitz
First, antennas: I used to get ION when I...

First, antennas:

I used to get ION when I first set up the antenna. To do so I had to point the antenna to about 160 degrees, but then I also got all the Buffalo stations just fine. But nothing...
Forum: Help With Reception 7-Aug-2015, 5:29 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 3,343
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Do you want high-VHF only, or a combo? If a combo...

Do you want high-VHF only, or a combo? If a combo is OK...

http://www.channelmaster.com/Digital_HDTV_Outdoor_TV_Antenna_p/cm-2016.htm

I'm thinking about getting this as the second antenna in a...
Forum: Antennas 7-Aug-2015, 5:19 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,878
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Very useful info Rick! Do you have a...

Very useful info Rick!



Do you have a pointer to this? Google turns up something unrelated.
Forum: Antennas 7-Aug-2015, 5:18 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,878
Posted By Maury Markowitz
The antenna is a no-name, and I mean that...

The antenna is a no-name, and I mean that literally there was no name on the box, at least in English. It is mounted very close to the peak of the roof using a J-mast. The antenna has a clear view...
Forum: Antennas 6-Aug-2015, 3:48 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 5,592
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Image of a log-periodic/UHF yagi combo

Does anyone have a good image of a "classic" TV antenna with both log-periodic VHF and yagi UHF portions?

Did you take it yourself, and are willing to release it into the public domain?

If so...
Forum: Antennas 6-Aug-2015, 12:19 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,878
Posted By Maury Markowitz
This is what I thought, and it is not covered on...

This is what I thought, and it is not covered on HDTVPrimer - or if it is, it is hidden in the discussion of combiners.

In this case, two antennas in different directions, is it not the case that...
Forum: Antennas 6-Aug-2015, 12:03 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,878
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Is there a good, theoretically based, answer to...

Is there a good, theoretically based, answer to the questions?

I want to understand this in general, not in the specific.
Forum: Antennas 5-Aug-2015, 8:24 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 30,878
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Ganging/merging, yes or no?

I live outside of Toronto, I have one set of antennas about 25 miles away at 245 degrees, and another 65 miles away at 175 degrees. In spite of using a cheap-o 4-bay and pointing it at about 200...
Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates 2-Oct-2011, 6:13 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 10,244
Posted By Maury Markowitz
List of channels in my area: DB update

Hi guys,

The setup: I'm at L1E 1S8 in Ontario. Using the maps I set my height to 20 feet and selected Pending, returning a list of digital channels to try. Here is the list, and my notes on it....
Forum: Help With Reception 29-Sep-2011, 8:49 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,026
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Sure, BUT... in addition to the channel 22 NTSC a...

Sure, BUT... in addition to the channel 22 NTSC a couple of miles away, and WNLO about 70 miles away, there's the CN tower about 35 miles away. This broadcasts dozens of high power signals, mostly...
Forum: Help With Reception 29-Sep-2011, 6:12 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 4,026
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Too strange...

I'm in Courtice, Ontario. For funzies, I made an antenna for myself using a short length of RJ59's bare copper touching the screw on a local power outlet. I got the TV to reprogram the channel list...
Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates 29-Sep-2011, 12:15 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 36,601
Posted By Maury Markowitz
I found a list here: ...

I found a list here:

http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/sp_dgse-ps_dggs.nsf/eng/gg00026.html

Which seems to be much more up to date. How often do you scrape the files?

I'm a bit of a file...
Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates 28-Sep-2011, 11:28 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 36,601
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Ah ha, thanks!

Ah ha, thanks!
Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates 28-Sep-2011, 6:35 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 8,351
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Multiple "hits" UI doesn't work.

Try this…

1) select Oshawa, Ontario, Canada as your location
2) select "Pending" and wait for the list to appear
3) look for "CITY-DT(1)" and click the map gizmo (the color bullseye)
-...
Forum: TV Fool Discussion / Database Updates 28-Sep-2011, 6:30 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 36,601
Posted By Maury Markowitz
Aren't Canadian "pending" in operation now?

I was using Maps to see what I could get in our Oshawa-area home. It comes up with many analog stations and only a few digital.

When I click "Pending" all the analog ones remain, and many more...
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