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Old 1-Mar-2013, 9:47 PM   #1
Canadianeh
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Attempting to get UHF from Montreal

Good afternoon,

I'm really curious to see what you guys think of this possibility. I'm about 75 miles away from the Montreal tower, which has the vast majority of all Montreal TV and FM radio stations on it. (337 degrees). TVFool is showing all of these channels in grey, and as 2-edge.

Here's the report from my location: http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...1ddab3804c3d9b

My goal is to get the UHF signals... most of the time, hopefully CBMT and possibly CKMI... I may also look into a VHF antenna to grab CFCF, again if possible. For a UHF antenna, I'm looking at AntennasDirect ClearStream 4, or perhaps the DB8 / DB8e. If I go VHF, I'd be restricted to the ClearStream 5, as I don't want a 10-foot long antenna hanging out on the roof I live in a pretty windy area.

While this might sound close to impossible, I currently have a Winegard HD-6000 FM antenna pointed at the same tower set, and can get the following FM radio stations with some minimal static on a bad day, and on a good day they're clear with a slight FM stereo hiss. The HD-6000 says it's a 5dB gain antenna.

http://www.fmfool.com/index.php?opti...pper&Itemid=29

The reference FM stations are: CJFM and CKOI FM. I can receive the others, too, but do not listen to them.

So, using the FM antenna as a guide, is it likely that I could add an appropriate UHF antenna and accomplish my goal here?


Thank you in advance for all input!
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