I picked up an old/cheap digital TV antenna and plugged it into my TV and watching regular TV for the first time in 20+ years.
The automatic channel scan picks up 9 stations here in Toronto. I was hoping for PBS but no luck. I don’t think I even have english CBC. Where is it supposed to be?
There isn’t a TV guide station anymore.
So far the best thing I found is OMNI TV where I just watched the news in Tagalog (I think) and now it’s on again in Arabic. On a weekend where time is happening, the English that’s sprinkled in is enough to make it interesting to me.
WTF someone vandalized “fuck gaza” on a Muslim Association of Canada building in Montreal. News is perhaps suggesting people donate to https://handsforcharity.org/ 🍉
I wish this was subtitled in english to appease my anglo chauvinism.
Anyways in a general sense how do you find out what’s on TV
If you have this kind of antenna you will only receive limited channels, as those are build to receive local feeds and wont get match channels. I don’t think it will receive more.
Check this for channels that can picked up.
http://freetoronto.tv/clist.htm
https://www.hometechexperts.ca/pages/hd-tv-antenna-channel-listing
https://www.cbc.ca/frequency/index.html
Guide
https://www.ontvtonight.com/ca/guide/ps: if you want to receive more channels, then you have to get a satellite dish.This type of antenna exists, works way way better and can receive more channels.
An amplified antenna can help. I use a 20$ one I got from the evil corp a few years back. It is fine for outdoor use. I run it out my window and onto a pole to get around / over obstructions.
Not in Toronto, but near a US market, I get anywhere between 45 and 60 channels depending on weather and such.
In Kitchener/Waterloo I would get maybe 5 or 6.
One of the fixed outdoor heavy duty HDTV antennas would always be best, but they are expensive and are not friendly in limited spaces.
One thing I have found with the small antennas is that the cord placement is as important as where you place the antenna in getting the max signals.
The packaging should also mention the range the antenna is capable of. Look for one with 100km or more.
If you’re feeling really frisky, you can make your own HDTV antenna with some wood, wire, mesh/screen, and screws (and a few trivial electrical components if you want to get super frisky fancy)
Does the “HD” antenna work with the new fangled digital OTA signals? I don’t understand what that change was but I infer more than copper wire is needed to make the aerial.
The change in OTA was going from analog (NTSC) to digital (ATSC) signals. They operate on a different frequency range and offer higher bandwidth.
So, rabbit ears still work on for digital OTA TV on a TV with a digital receiver (any TV made since 2010 basically).
There are more specialized designs for different use cases.
In a pinch, I have used a hobby pin. An actual bobby pin. And it could pick up digital signals.
An antenna is an antenna. Everything is just radiowaves until it is received. The processing is done on the TV. But, the shape, size and material do affect how much is received or reflected or missed.
It’s all ratios as far as frequency reception. The materials affect the electrical conductivity and signal strength. So, you can’t make a wooden antenna, but any conducting metal would work. Some better than others. But copper is still the best aside from gold.
This is a good not really beginner article
just radiowaves until it is received. The processing is done on the TV.
OK I think maybe it’s like how you can transmit digital information over a copper phone wire? But you need the modem then a computer to watch your realplayer video. ?
That’s pretty much it.
The thicker the wire the higher/the more strands, the more bandwidth/electrical signal/information can be passed through it.
The coax gets the electrical signals (radio waves) from the antenna to the receiver.
Find out what stations you can pick up with https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/dtvmaps
Then check the TV Guide: https://www.tvguide.com/Listings/
applies to canada?
What did you find when you googled it?
Probably a post on something like reddit, you know, where people ask questions, and helpful people answer, and those helpful answers show up in the results.
But, google being google, these days it’s probably not what they were looking for because they used a word that confused the ai and produced no useful results.
Also, being a specific question, about a specific situation, in a specific region, by someone who hasn’t had experience in the topic of their inquiry in 20 years, it may be hard to know where or how to look for relevant information and the best option is to ask real people who can provide real answers specifically relevant to the person asking.
Does that help?
thanks for the lookout
