MICHEL SAMSON wrote
 
---------TV reception
 
PM> "Henri-Bourrassa and St-Laurent," you wrote...  So you were out of
PM> the way of the mountain.  People I know who live in the shadow of
PM> the wrong side of the mountain have trouble getting Vermount...
 
> Well, then i feel sorry for them unless they plan
> to move and there is no restriction on the next
> location where they'd like to live; i did not have
> a clue when i moved to Montreal and, as one can
> imagine, trying antenna setups on the balcony of
> empty appartments wasn't possible. %-)
> If a few other Montrealers read us perhaps they
> could use our tips?
 
 I guess cable and satellite would be really big in
 that area because of the reception problem. At any
 rate, the area's gone super high rent recently.
 
 PM> Twelve! I didn't know there were that many
 channels in the area...
 
> Yes, let me count them from the bottom up. I'll
> start with those i have very little doubt about:
> SRC (2), CBC (6), TVA (10), CTV (12),
 
 OK. VHF.
 
> TQC (17),
 
 ?? Local to Montreal? The government channel?
 
> ABC (22),
 
 Never got it, I don't think.
 
> PBS (33), TQS (35), FOX (44) and PBS (57).
 
 Got 33 and 57, 57 very well. I'd be happy simply
 getting 57 again. Never heard of 44.
 
> I think that Savoir was around 29, and
> Global CH-46 perhaps. :)
 
 Got Global OK, but then forgot about it. Similar to
 or duplicates 12 I think. Same network.
 
>                CBS (3) and NBC (5) were
> so faint i didn't really want to set those on my
> VCR anyway. CH-33 was snowy too but i liked having
> it pre-programmed just in case it got a bit
> stronger. If one shifts toward Cartierville
> reception degrades. :(
 
 PM> Shows how much of a TV viewer I am.
 
> ... Montreal also offers plenty of distractions which
> won't involve any sort of electronic media at all. :)
 
 The hours are too late for me. [g]
 
 MS> It didn't cost me much: a pre-amplifier...
 MS> ...a variable indoor amplifier plus some wiring...
 MS> ...a spare ~UHF~ loop... ...this antenna wasn't
 MS> efficient for lower ~VHF~ frequencies but since i
 MS> had so much trouble with being close to channel 2
 MS> and 6...
 
> ... I did have some fun with an old B & W TV
> which was sensitive enough to get better sound
> from fainter stations; the picture couldn't lock
> vertically until i used a simple 555 RF gating
> circuit to close the loop... As a by-product, it
> happened to work on my cousins's Pay-TV channels
> but that came to me as a total surprise and we had
> no interest: he's a "purist" while i didn't have
> cable... That was what i had in mind as i
> commented about not so radio regenerative stuff.
 
 No cable.
 
PM> ...summer, as you say, and it's news to me -- no signal at all.
 
MS> ...i watched `Nova' on WCFE and that was not really a problem...
MS> Perhaps there's a strong signal degrading the reception?
 
PM> Strange.  For me the disparity is extreme.  Would not the
PM> interferring signal show up in winter as well?
 
> I'm sorry not to have much of an answer to it, the
> explanation from Mike Ross about the 6 dB drop
> seems sound enough to give it a thought...
 
 Yes, I've saved that, but haven't had a chance to
 try -anything- yet. I don't think I've had the TV
 on for more than a few hours in the last 5 months.
 

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