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   Rob Mccart to JAY HARRIS   
   Re: TV Woes   
   27 Sep 25 07:40:09   
   
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   RM> Well that was interesting. I went there and it *appears* I should be   
   RM> able to get 25 stations altogether, although I think a lot of them are   
   RM> repeats from the same major network. It did mention though that the   
   RM> information is about 8 years old so I don't know if it's still accurate.   
      
   JH>Another site I found was:   
      
   JH>https://www.rabbitears.info/searchmap.php   
      
   JH>There were a couple of differences (for my area at least), e.g: the original   
     >H tower had been torn down and the new one was put in service in a slightly   
   d   
     >erent area.   
      
   Well, using a 25 foot tower and locations within 60 miles this one only   
   showed me 4 options, 2 Bad, one poor and one fair. The fair one is in   
   Muskoka and is CHCH TV, not the best station for good programming..   
   The others were (2) CTV and Global.   
      
   It showed 10 if I went for within 100 miles, but I have my doubts you'd   
   get a decent signal, if any, from 100 miles away..   
      
   JH>So we bought two high-gain directional antennas to point in each   
     >direction.  It works well enough, and if there is heavy rain it   
     >can sometimes pixelate or drop out.   
      
   Many years ago, before rotors, we were out in the country and we   
   had 2 heads on the antenna as well. It did work pretty well..   
      
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