CANADA: Montreal, QC - HDTV - Page 10

Hello everyone,

CFCF (CTV MONTREAL) is now broadcasting ( as of a few days ago) on 12-1 digital. I just tuned in a few moments ago. They are in a trasitional stage (broacasting at partial power) until they will be at full power by Augaust 2011

CTV MONTREAL (12-1 CFCF) is now broadcasting at partial power. I am currently tuned in . I just called CTV MOntreal and they said that they have started their transitional broadcast as of a few days ago.

Yes, just to be clear it's channel 51.

Hi,

I'm able to get Fox-44 all of a sudden (would have liked to have had it for the Super Bowl!) I'm in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue.

Question: I have to move the aerial to pick up different channels. Auto-scan won't let me save and add more. So by moving the aerial I always lose some stations. How can I fix this? I have a APEX digital converter.

I lost 5.1 and 5.2 for a few days. I am in Montreal downtown.

Anybody had the same issue?

I did too, but only in the mornings...

5.1 is WPTZ, correct?

I read on digital home forums that they're running on low power because of equipment issues.

I'm just 2 blocks away from Mont Royal and Parc, in the ground floor of an old triplex.
I've been having tons of trouble picking up hd signals with my bunny ears. I get 2.1, 6.1, and 35.1, but none very consistently. I know that CTV HD channel, 12.1, is coming from the mountain, but I don't understand why I'm not getting it even though I'm so close.

These are my coordinates for tvfool.com
45.518662,-73.590964 (I'm not allowed to link cuz I'm a newb...)

Other question is if I'm gonna go all out, what will it take to get a signal from Vermont?

Thanks guys.

I'm not too far from you, near Parc & Milton, and though I get all the local HD channels with my great little indoor monoprice antenna, I'm not getting CTV HD at all either because they set up their temporary transmitter on the array behind the police stables you can see when you drive over the mountain, and from that angle we are blocked by the summit of the mountain, and so are people in that direction all the way to Longueuil and Boucherville, apparently.

When they move to the main transmitter array on the summit at the end of August and increase their power at the same time, we should be able to pull them in with even just a paperclip.

Dang, that was what I was afraid of. Seems like everyone on the west side of the mountain is getting it without issue.

What about channels from Vermont, have you tried? I haven't seen any reports of people getting those signal north of the downtown core.

I had a guy come over and do tests from my 4th story roof but there's a highrise in the way. From your location, though, I'd say there's a good chance Mont Royal is right smack dab between you and Mount Mansfield. Do a Google Earth or maybe a TVFool to check.

I would like to rig myself with OTA_HDTV.

Here is the Theoritical Part
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wr...8d1745ac50afc6
(Select CURRENT and DIGITAL)
but Canada is to pull the plug on analog on August 2011 so you may take a look at PENDING and DIGITAL)
I have no care for analog signal.

For the more practical,
My next neighbour has a VHF/UHF antenna (Yagi) 30 feet above the ground from wich 7 of the longest VHF branches are gone. From the look, it’s a Channel Master with a rotor wich is controlled by a rotary dial inside next to the TV.

With the neighbour’s setup, I can get ALL the green and yellow channels listed on the tvfool report (CURRENT – DIGITAL) but not in a single position. I need to use the rotor.

Using a home made UHF coat hanger antenna, I can get some of the US Channels at 167° but none of the local channels at 268°

As I can count on ACTUALLY and PREDICTED broadcasters on channels below 14 ( 14 NBC, 12 CTV, 13 ABC), I guess I should get both VHF and UHF signals. Is that right?

Do you have any solution to suggest? I dont’ want too much trial and error so this is why I seek for help. It may be anything from a single VHF/UHF antenna or a combination of more then one antennas.

Also, is it common to get two antennas each in different directions rather than have a single antenna with a rotor?

Thank you very much

I have the VHF / UHF AntennaCraft HDMS9100 sitting on a 40' tower in Hemmingford, and I'm getting all the CAN and US stations. Hemmingford is about 45km (30 miles) from the CAN antennas, and the same distance from the US ones, so it's a good middle ground.

It may still be a good idea to keep a VHF antenna, since some channels like ABC (13) and NBC (14) are broadcasting on the upper VHF spectrum, and others like CTV will move from 51 to 12 once the analog transmitters are phased out.

This is not the small omni directional antenna you often see, but rather the large 75ohms VHF and UHF directional antenna with pre-amp and rotor completely enclosed in plastic against the elements. The pre-amp is powered by a power inserter located in the control box that also houses the remote rotor controls. This box typically sits near the TV, and sends the power to the pre-amp through the COAX cable. It's more convenient that having to install a separate pre-amp outside and near the antenna like the Channel Master CM7777. The rotor is powered by a 3 wire cable that is attached and bundled to the 60' coax cable, and the 6 possible positions are controlled with a wireless remote. The rotor in my antenna is jammed in one place, but I found one position that gets all the stations.

The Source
http://www.thesource.ca/estore/Produ...roduct=1518238
- lots of user reviews -

Radio Shack
http://www.radioshack.com/product/in...ductId=3506951
- lots of user reviews -

14 is UHF, not VHF.

If you're going to use TVFool, don't bother with callsign lookup to get your coordinates.
Just use the "online TV Maps" feature, which pulls up Google Maps view in which you can pinpoint your exact location.

CBMT CBC - 6.1 (20 - PTC 21)
is already moved to physical channel 21.

analog 46 global is gone, global is available in DTV on 15.1 ptc 15.

this morning, saw cjnt-dt logical 62-1 on physical channel 49.

I'm getting all channels listed except WCFE PBS which must be on the other side of Mount Royal. I am located about 1 Km east of the Olympic Stadium. Channel 33 has been breaking up most of the week but seems to be normal now. Ch. 44 running better at about 50%, been having amplifier problems for over a month. Ch. 22 shows up every now and then but totally unreliable at 10 kw