[mythtv-users] HDHomerun signal strength required

[George Mari]

Marc Sherman wrote:
> Craig Treleaven wrote:
>> I wonder if you could receive the south Buffalo transmitters through
>> the 'backside' of an antenna, like the CHannel Master 4221, and the
>> Grand Island and Toronto signals through the 'front'.  These antennas
>> have a small lobe of reception off the back that may be quite
>> sufficient to pick up the 3 that are nearby to the south.  Lots of
>> people in Toronto are using 4221's to receive Buffalo signals so the
>> reverse ought to work well for you.  Diagram of the 4221 pickup
>> pattern is at:
> 
> Another possibility: just wire the two inputs of the HDHR into two
> separate antennas, and only configure channels on each input in myth
> that you can receive well with that antenna. You won't get the same
> coverage that you'd normally expect from two identical tuners covering
> all the channels, but with the number of US programs re-broadcast on
> Canadian channels, you should come pretty close.
> 
Since you already bought the Radio Shack antennas, I agree with Marc 
here: aim one towards Grand Island, the other the opposite direction, 
and hook each into one of the inputs of the HDHR.  Then scan, and see 
that you get all channels you expect from each direction.

Not saying any of the other ideas won't work, but I'm just thinking of 
all the work and tweaking to get the other solutions working.  I'd 
rather be watching TV. :-)