On May 2, 2008 at 10:29, donnyjaguar said...
Hey Biggy, If you're in Mississauga I'm thinking if you
had a yagi or CM4221 pointed at Buffalo South you should
get Grand Island and CN Twr/1st Cdn Plc at good signal
strength. I can see that the added directionality of a
CM4228 could cause problems. I'm using a wideband yagi
myself. I get overload from Toronto even when pointed
at Buffalo South. I solved that problem with a 7dB attenuator
before I go into the preamp. It does work better than
with the preamp removed altogether.
The conditions were just plain weird for me again last
night. The kids took over the DTV to watch March of the
Penguins so I was relegated to the old analogue portable.
At 7pm all is good, by 7:30 WNED and WUTV had faded to
unwatchable. Yet historically weaker ones like 49 and
36 were good. I swung the antenna around to north and
picked up 67 out of Muskoka at normal strength thus ruling
out an antenna problem. By 8:30 all the signal levels
had slowly faded back to normal. Just refraction over
the lake I'm guessing from my location.
DJ
Hello donnyjaguar,
A quick note, since installed my system I have gone all digital (DTV) and no longer try receive NTSC signals although I do know that 4228 can receive some of lower frequency VHF channels, I presently do not have a yagi.
Funny that you mention the 4221 I just installed one yesterday indoors, replacing the indoor silver sensor I was using. I am happy to report I am now receiving nice solid signals from all the CN Tower transmitters. As for my 4228 I found it’s doing a perfect job receiving the US channels, from where I am located. I require the sensitivity and the directivity of this antenna, and as a side benefit it helps eliminate co-channel interference from the channels received by the 4221.
Sounds like you have lots of fun with yagi :-( sorry I can’t be of much help you with that.
Biggy
