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I've got a trip to the bungalows on Nipissing February 21st weekend with a group of 8 guys. It just happens to be the weekend the gold medal hockey game of the Olympics happens, and I was wondering if anyone knows if it is possible to get CBC out on the ice using rabbit ears.
I've heard about using rabbit ears and a digital converter box but I'm not sure about how to do it or if it's even possible up there. Any ideas are appreciated.
Cheers
Smitty
Probably your best bet is a radio and listen to the broadcast. I cant seem to find a schedule at the moment but one of TSN 1050, FAN590 or CBC radio will likely have it.
My family has had place on Nipissing for over 40 years. As the NHL play-offs started to extend farther into the spring walleye fishing we finally got a small black and white to pick-up the games after fishing. Used to be no issues getting a signal but I have no idea what it's like now. Didn't the over the air signals change a few years back? More likely now a wifi or cell signal might be needed.
BTW the old shack of a cottage is now a year round home for my uncle and has just as many sat channels as I have in town.
I know in the past you would have been able to get a signal but I'm not sure what the scenario is now that the analog signal was ended.
I would love to hear what other people are doing out on Nipissing.
Cheers
I currently still use an antenna for one of my tv's in my house here in mississauga. I only have basic cable and don't have or want to run cable in my bedroom . So I have an antenna and digital converter box set up and I can pick up 20 channels includig cbc and an hd version of the channel as well. However I cant say if you can pick up the signal in the area that you're talking about.
If any of your 8 guys subscribe to a satellite tv provider and has an extra receiver you can take a generator, a sat. dish with about 20 ft. of coax the receiver and a tv, fasten the dish to the ice shack, start the generator, line the dish up until you have signal and watch tv. Don't forget the remotes for the tv and the receiver
Stream it from tsn
I have an antenna.. Out here By Bradford.. Get a few channels.. All in HD. All you need is rabbit ears and a new tv.. The flat screens are digital ready for over the air signals.. Channels like CBC should still be no problem getting.. Also not all of Ontario was mandated to convert to digital.. I know I sometimes pick up CTV from Peterborough... FuZy but I get it.. And its in the old style signal.. The nice thing with the digital channels ka if you get the signal you have a crystal clear 1080 picture.. Or you get nothing.. No more snow.
There is a site.. Think it is tvfool.com (not sure) but you can download an overlay for Google maps.. It will show you what channels you can recieve.. Its pretty good factors in terrain. Also will tell if its a digital or not.
CBC has the rights to these Olympic games. There will be some sort of split with other channels to provide coverage but guaranteed that the gold medal hockey game will be on the mainstream CBC channels.