Over the Air TV

[Lazybones]

Built my self a coat hanger db 4 antenna and put it out side. Now I have a much more stable signal than my amplified indoor one.

[Thorin]

lol

Coat hanger antenna for the win!

So you don't have cable, just over-the-air signal?

[Lazybones]

lol

Coat hanger antenna for the win!

So you don't have cable, just over-the-air signal?

Well a little more complex of a coat hanger...
http://www.tvantennaplans.com/
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2009/01/maker-workshop-dtv-antenna-steadyca.html

I have not had cable / satellite since I moved from Edmonton 2007. Just OTA and what I find online..

FYI you should check this site out, under the tools section it has a map tool that calculates what stations you should be able to get based on elevation data.

http://www.tvfool.com/

Now the Switch JUST happened but according to the site Edmonton had 3 active Digital stations and now or soon will have up to 11... Not bad compared to basic cable, and they won't be compressed and the equipment is REALLY cheap.

I have 8 currently with my $1 antenna, but if I purchased a nice big high gain one for my attic I might be able to pull in close to 15 stations.

[Mr. Analog]

Man, I just threw out an old 1960s antenna that looks exactly like what the guy built there on MAKE.

If I wasn't a slave to baseball/hockey/soccer I'd probably switch to OTA signal, I dumped everything but barebones + HD package on Cable

[Lazybones]

Looks like Wikipedia has the most up to date info at the moment...

This is what should be active as of today in the Edmonton area, 7 stations isn't bad even if one is french.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television_in_Canada#Status_of_Digital_Television_Transition

CBXFT-DT (SRC)
CBXT-DT (CBC)
CFRN-DT (CTV)
CITV-DT (Global)
CJEO-DT (Omni)
CKEM-DT (Citytv)
CKES-DT (CTS)

[Mr. Analog]

Omni - Multi-cultural programming
CTS - Religion programming

So really, it's the big four Canadian networks worth watching (IMO):
-CBC
-CTV
-Global (Shaw)
-CityTv (Rogers)

Though, with the exception of CTV2, it's pretty much the same as Vancouver I take it.

[Lazybones]

ctv 2 adds a bit and omni has lots of normal syndicated content it just also happens to have news in several other languages.


With a better antenna setup I might be able to pull in an independant Victoria station and several big us networks from just over the boarder. I have been checking out several ota forums and it sounds as simple as mounting a good quality antenna in the attic.

With all of the Canadian big networks you do get a decent amount of programing.