----------TV reception
 
> About "RECEPTION, TV" of June 27:
 
 PM> Is that Channel-57, Mike? I got such a strong
 PM> signal from them...
 
> I was typing about that same story not so long
> ago... :-) I never ever felt the need to subscribe
> to cable service when i lived on the 3rd floor as
> the alignment between me and Vermont seemed next
> to ideal and i had little trouble due to
> reflections!!!
 
 "Henri-Bourrassa and St-Laurent," you wrote to
 Mike. So you were out of the way of the mountain.
 People I know who live in the shadow of the wrong
 side of the mountain have trouble getting Vermount
 and New York channels.
 
> All of the twelve positions on my VCR had a
> separate TV channel, as i recall;
 
 Twelve! I didn't know there were that many
 channels in the area.... Shows how much of a
 TV viwer I am.
 
> not always crystal-clear but for someone who was
> used to the snow we get in the country-side that
> was sort of getting access to a higher rank in the
> televisual world! :)
 
 [g]
 
> It didn't cost me much: a pre-amplifier i got from
> someone who had switched to cable and a variable
> indoor amplifier plus some wiring; the antenna was
> so rudimentary i feel ashamed to tell you what it
> was! I'll do violence to myself and confess it
> all: i attached a spare ~UHF~ loop to the
> pre-amplifier which itself was screwed to top of a
> wodden stick i scavenged from an old mop, this
> antenna wasn't efficient for lower ~VHF~
> frequencies but since i had so much trouble with
> being close to channel- 2 and 6 the configuration
> happened to suit my needs just fine i'd say...
 
> %-)
 
 I've gotta experiment.
 
 PM> ...summer, as you say, and it's news to me --
 PM> no signal at all.
 
> Hummm... My experienced differs, i watched `Nova'
> on WCFE and that was not really a problem for me
> to get it no matter what the season was.
 
 Strange. For me the disparity is extreme. In winter
 the reception for 57 was similar to channel 12,
 which I think has the strongest signal. Now,
 nothing but a snowy blank screen.
 
> Perhaps there's a strong signal degrading the
> reception? Just like i explained in a previous
> message, one solution may be to filter it out.
 
 Would not the interferring signal show up in
 winter as well?
 
 PM> How BTW is TV reception in Three Rivers, Michel?
 
> Like everything else: as if a bomb had been
> dropped over the city!  The 1st thing a Montrealer
> must consider when moving there is the rarity of
> English content if he was used to appreciate
> bilingual programming...
 
> CHOM was my very 1st priority, it wasn't that hard
> to cope with it; the next one was going digital,
> which involved spending some good money.
 
> %-7
 
> When you're a "critic" TV consumer like myself
> local programming is not satisfying at all...
> Specialty channels become a must no matter the
> language, if that barrier doesn't exist life will
> only simplify a bit...
 
 Well... my solution is CDs and videos. Gives you
 exactly what you want.
 
 

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