Cleveland, OH - HDTV - Page 42

Just like real estate, when it comes to OTA reception it's "location, location, location"!

Salem Ohio is in the Youngstown DMA, but only a few miles away from the Cleveland DMA. Pittsburgh & Steubenville/Wheeling are also close. As long as you have a good elevation you can usually get something out of market. Even where I live (the "Parma antenna farm") I get one of the Youngstown stations virtually 24/7.

michael P. you can get pittsburgh and cleveland ota. wow thats amazing, theyre something like a couple hundred miles away. i would probably be indians fan, and steelers fan at the same time LOL

I'm on an average terrain elevation, but my setup still helps me to receive distant channels at certain times when the conditions are favorable. Here is a picture of my setup...



It's the HBU55 mounted about 25 feet above ground level. It has a rotator connected to it also. Here's some pictures of my catches from Pittsburgh...

KDKA (91.7 miles) - http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...efank/KDKA.jpg
WPMY (92.4 miles) - http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...efank/WPMY.jpg
WQED (95.8 miles) - http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...efank/WQED.jpg
WPGH (92.4 miles) - http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h2...efank/WPGH.jpg

I would love to pick up Pittsburgh

If you're near the top of one of the hills on the west side or east side (Daisy Lane/Woodside Road area or nearby on the east side) of Chagrin Falls, you should be able to receive the Youngstown stations with an antenna like the Antennas Direct 91XG (aka XG91) mounted on your roof and pointed southeast. It's not Pittsburgh, but all of the major networks are carried by the Youngstown stations.

Here's a picture of my setup. The 4228 and YA-1713 are mounted on a rotator at the top of the tower. The chimney mounted antennas consist of a 30 MHz to 1 GHz scanner/communications antenna and a vertical 1/2 wave FM dipole antenna.

What's the transmission antenna to the right of the HUB-55?

That's the tower for WDLI. You can also see the tower for WVPX on the left.

I receive the Youngstown stations just fine, but Pittsburgh is just out of reach.

No, I just get WKBN/WYFX 24/7 using an indoor Silver Sensor. I do get extra NFL games not seen in Cleveland (including a few Steelers games per season) thanks to that powerful signal. BTW: In case you did not know WKBN-DT's signal has 2 720p HD feeds 27.1 is CBS HD (downrezzed from 1080i) and 27.2 is FOX HD (native 720p). I call it the "poor man's NFL Ticket".

I only got one or two of the Pittsburgh stations a few years ago on a very limited basis: WPXI 11.1/11.2 and the CW (or was it MY) station on 22.1. at the time KDKA was on the same frequency of WVIZ-TV back when they were still analog (KDKA 2.1 is on rf 25). I bet it can be received today when the conditions are ripe, except for now my outdoor antenna is out of commission.

SalemTubes is the poster with continuous reception of the multiple markets. If you look up Salem, Ohio on the map you can see why. I have family in Columbiana, OH, they too get the same 4 markets OTA.

I;m looking at one of your pictures you posted. actually the main one, the tripod your using how does it stay on roof are using pitch pad, or guy wiring your antenna, no preamp nice setup by the way.

ESPNHD is finally in DD 5.1 again!

You are just around the corner from my sister!

I can't claim credit for that picture, it's not mine! I believe you want "Salemtubes"

Considering that I don't use a tripod, I doubt he's referring to my picture.

My bad, it was "Andrew K"'s picture.

I purchased the antenna mast at RadioShack. It came with putty and screws... everything needed, except I also had to purchase the pole. It's a 5' pole.

Here we go brownies here we go!

2 or 3 wins tops? What do you think?

Last Sunday WKBN carried the Steelers instead of the Browns. They had to apologize on their 11 PM newscast because they were forced to carry the Steelers whenever The Browns are home and the Steelers are away to protect the Browns gate. Since both teams claim the Youngstown DMA the NFL enforces this rule upon Youngstown. WKBN showed Browns fans in sports bars watching the game that was "blacked out".

Funny, I thought most of the Cleveland stations signals hit Youngstown with a good signal. O wait, the Browns are on WOIO

When and if WOIO gets their repeater on the air on ch 24 in Akron that should help Youngstown. Now all they need is another repeater for the entire northeastern portion of the DMA! A repeater in Geauga County so Lake, Geauga and Ashtabula can actually get a usable CBS signal would be nice.

(how's that for turning this thread back to an OTA discussion)

WOIO's repeater would help a lot if it ever gets on the air...

Sorry. Thought the Cleveland Thread might give some love for the Brownies. Wasn't trying to change the topic...just was adding a comment. My Dad lives in an area that SHOULD get Browns games but doesn't....I like Mike P and Andrew's posts after mine.
Thanks Guys

Dad's antenna was hit by a limb the other night... he believes the boom was sheared at the VHF end (have yet to go look) he went out & picked up a Radio Shack HBU55 .. 140 inch boom, I think this is just going to be too heavy for me to handle the install at this point, any other comments on this antenna?

I know I was looking into the 91XG though only available online only & I don't do or trust online commerece.

I'm unsure of what he has now something in the 100 inch boom area.

The HBU55 is a High VHF only are low VHF's primarly not used? Is there a suppliment to high VHF for the 91XG, apparently the only station lost in this mishap is channel 19 (naturally).

Speaking of Pittsburgh I've never been to the downtown area (until recently), while traveling to Maryland a few weeks back the GPS that was being used directed us right off of I79 (en route to I68) into downtown Pittsburgh & right to the scene of a bad accident at the tunnel on 376....in rush hour..."I kept hearing the quote from one of the gals "trust in the GPS' ... anyhow went by Channel 11, & Channel 4's facilities along this 'detour' route.

You actually rely on these overpriced GPS devices with monthly fees?

That's the HBU55 I have on my roof. It works well, but it's really big. I've found the HBU33 to work almost just as well, and it's much smaller. It picks up high VHF and UHF, but that's all you really need.

Who pays for GPS service?
I certainly rely on it for biz travel throughout numerous states, saves me a lot of time.
Same as UPS and FedEx use GPS + routing software to save millions each year on fuel costs.

That's an Antennacraft antenna too? (110" boom?) I went over & looked at the box & noticed that RS don't brand under RS or Archer anymore.

In the Low lying areas of Lake County, would the HBU55 be overkill as we have terrain issues?

The antenna boom snapped at the VHF high end of the mast, I was thinking of just cutting it off at that point, only criss crossing straps are holding it on & it's completely out of orientation on that end.

Is 19 working on anything? I'm not getting 19 well either the past few days, & i'm only a few miles away.

Wouldn't it be less expensive for WOIO to just beef up the main signal & go back to a UHF instead of maintaining several repeaters?

No need for any repeaters up here in the northeast, as we are wealthy enough to 'get cable'.... there always has been an issue up here that is not addressed by the stations in the Cleveland DMA... yet there is no secondary market as the western suburbs have a clear shot at Toledo.

Not!

I have these antennas, I aquired them from my ex's former business in Downtown Ashtabula... one was mounted in the celing rafters & the other on a small mast outside.

Both are set up for twin lead, I'm thinking the vintage is 1960's so one may be a tuned antenna for Channel 15.

The UHF one is made by Antenna craft (guaranteed for both color & Black & White).

Any thoughts on what purpose these antennas really are for? (yeah other than scrap metal)

Being from Ashtabula they really don't look big enough for anything... a scanner setup perhaps?

It's the AntennaCraft HBU55. It works very well. It may even help with low lying areas too, but don't quote me on that.

FYI, I just installed an FTA satellite and receiver at my house. I pointed the dish at Galaxy 19 at 97°W, and I'm now receiving over 200 TV channels and about 80 radio stations all for FREE!! Did anyone else know about this, because I never even heard about it until recently.

I'm going to play around with it and see if I can pick up the local affiliates in Puerto Rico. There's also an NBC affiliate in Wyoming I'm going to see if I can get. I'll keep everyone posted. Here are some pics of the crazy stuff I could pick up.