Reception Maps - Report Your OTA Reception

[Ron Pollitt]

Milwaukee Channels
28,34,46

Outdoor antenna with preamp

Fontana WI (in the bowl by the lake)
Rt. 67 and Fontana Blvd.

Ron

[jlegge]

Corner of Moorland and Calhoun, Brookfield with a rooftop antenna.

Station's 8, 22, 28, 33, 34, 46, no problem.

:wave:

[rpine]

8, 28, 34, 46

Indoor - Attic mount Antenna

Milwaukee Ave & 66th St - Wauwatosa


Rich Pine
MyHD PVR

[3window]

8,22,28,34,46 all excellent.

Roof top antenna.

Wawautosa Road and Freistadt Road in Mequon.

No reception of 33 at all. Bummer.

[digdugm]

I can get: from milwaukee-8 weak, 28 fair, 34 fair, chicago-19 fair, 29 great, 31 weak, 45 good, 47 good, 52 great, and 51 upn out of gary in.

so i guess i'll be lookin for the chicago hdtv site.

i hate illiniose.:bang:

thats with a radio shack vu-160xr @ 25' w/ myHD pvr

[Sammy]

It's been a while since this thread has been active.  But since it was very helpful to me when deciding what equipment to buy, I'm resurecting it .    Also this is my first post but I've been lurking about and (hopefully) learning for a while.

Milwaukee digtal: NBC, CBS, ABC, UPN, WB, PBS all come in strong.

Chicago digital: NBC, ABC, UPN, PBS, Fox all strong.  WB very strong.  CBS comes in but a little weak at times.

My setup: CM 9521A Rotor, CM 3671 Ant, CM 7777 preamp, (all on a 10' tripod on the roof - single story), Zenith Sat 520 DirectTv/OTA receiver.  (Also a Toshiba 42" RPTV and a Kenwood VR-615 home Theater)

Location: Kenosha, near Green Bay Road and 60th Street.

[stash64]

Using a Samsung SIR-T151 receiver and a Jensen TV940 programmable indoor antenna, I get strong signals from the following channels:

8D, 25D, 28D, 34D, 46D

Hit and miss on:  22D & 61D

Complete miss on: 33D (Fox get your act together)

I live at the very SouthEast corner of New Berlin.

[rkohlmann]

I have a Samsung SIR-T150, and a fairly large directional attenna mounted in the attic above the garage.  I also installed a signal amplifier before the spitter in the basement.

I get strong signals from:  8, 25, 28, 34, 46, 61

As expected, 33 in a no show.

I live at 51st & Drexel in Franklin.

[Sibby]

46, 28, 8, 34, 61, 25 all strong

33 only in a dream I had once.

RS VU-190 (Attic)

Corner of Hwy 100 & Bluemound, Tosa

[Joseph S]

Fox get your act together

They probably have determined, just like Sinclair, that it's cheaper to ship Powell out of the office to Tahiti than put out a digital signal. Were are those fines???

[verde o]

As a new member, I've found this thread interesting.  I am contemplating an antenna for my location in Jackson.  Located just east of the great divide north of hwy 60, I am wondering if purchasing the largest antenna will reward me with signals from Madison or other points of interest.

I suspect I will have no trouble bringing in Milwaukee, as I have a clear view of the towers from my location.

My question is ....what is overkill?

Are there any good antenna people in the Milw. area that one can recommend for possible tower, antenna, rotor installations?

Thanks
Gary


Pioneer Elite HD610..something
Sony receiver
Sony DTV 200
Pioneer Elite DVD
etc....

[wxndave]

My question is ....what is overkill?

Are there any good antenna people in the Milw. area that one can recommend for possible tower, antenna, rotor installations?

Hi Gary,

It all depends on what you future needs might be.  Do you see yourself running 4 tv sets off one antenna feed?  A bigger antenna usually gives you more gain and a high signal level.  
Which can be split easier and sent to multiple tv sets without a pre amp.  However it also means they become more directional.  I use a bigger antennas so I don't need to run an preamp.  I have seen some preamps cause problems with DTV reception.  

I would call.  
Kemmer Tv-Antennas Inc
N63W23951 Main St
Sussex, WI 53089-3123 Phone:  (262) 246-6495
 
Dave

[digdugm]

Just thought I'd update. Finally got my brand new rotor back from Channel Master (thanx for the replacement).
Now with my vu160xr from RS, CM 7777 pre-amp, CM 9521 a rotor, at 25' in Racine near the lake.

Milw.
1-1    D46  WDJT-DT      49%  
4-1    D28  WTMJ-DT      69%
8-1    D08  WMVS-DT     81%
12-1  D34  WISN-DT      79%
18-1  D61  WVTV-DT      81%
24-1  D25  WCGV-DT     69%
36-1  D35 WMVT-DT    100%

Chic.
2-1    D03  WBBM-DT     0%    
7-1    D52  WLS-HD       81%    
9-1    D19  WGN-DT       69%        
11-1  D47  WTTW-DT     81%      
21-1  D21  PBS              49%                        
29-1  D29  NBC              87%  
32-1  D31  WFLD-DT      75%  
51-1  D51  UPN              93%                      


I have gotten 2-1 Chi. at up to 45% and 3 channels from the Grand Rapids area.

[dlhoppe]

Below are the digital channels I am receiving along with the signal strength (scale from 0 to 100) as shown on my receiver. Signal strength was measured tonight (09/11/2003) under "Good" to "Strong" conditions as shown on William Hepburn's tropospheric ducting maps.

08 PBS - Signal Strength: 100
25 UPN - Signal Strength: 65
28 NBC - Signal Strength: 100
34 ABC - Signal Strength: 100
35 PBS - Signal Strength: 100
40 PAX - Signal Strength: 100
46 CBS - Signal Strength: 79
61 WB  - Signal Strength: 93

Antenna: Large Winegard in attic (don't remember model #)
ATSC Receiver: Hughes HIRD-E86
Location: 3 miles east/southeast of West Bend (School Rd and Paradise Dr)

I haven't tried to get any other stations besides Miwaukee. However, I'm planning to move the antenna outside and add a rotator to see what I can get from other cities.

Dave Hoppe
Hitachi 51S500
Hughes HIRD-E86
OTA and satellite