Hi everyone! I live in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and was wondering if I could get some recommendations for TV reception here. Specifically, I'd like to get the American broadcast of the Super Bowl (which is being shown on NBC this year) over the air for two reasons:
1) The NBC that I can get from cable here is not in HD and
2) The Canadian broadcasters substitute the awesome Super Bowl commercials with boring Canadian commercials.
However, I have quite a few limitations, so I'm wondering if it's even possible for me. Here is my TV Fool report:
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...2c15a3ad4fcedc
The NBC station (WSTM-DT) comes in from Syracuse NY, which is very far for a TV station. However, a large portion of its path to my house is over Lake Ontario, so the signal is unobstructed for that portion. Here's a TV Fool map of the signal with a line drawn between the source and my house
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Additionally, I live in an apartment, which rules out outdoor and attic antennas for me. I have a south-facing window that is about 15 feet above ground level but there is a fairly large tree directly outside of that window.
I currently have a thin, flat antenna that I purchased from the dollar store that is the same shape as (and seems to be a cheap copy of) this antenna:
http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...imdt86eolt.jpg. It's placed on the wall above my television and I can get 11.1 (CBC) and 7.1 (CBS) in perfect HD at all times, and 50.1 (PBS) in sometimes-choppy HD.
So my question is, with a higher-end amplified indoor antenna (like the Terk HDTVA) pointed in the right direction by that window, do you think I would be able to get NBC from Syracuse? Or would it be a waste of money to try?
Also, aside from getting in NBC, any general recommendations for overall reception improvement?