I called Chris at Dr Antenna on a Monday to ask his advice on an over the air antenna setup I was looking to do. I had an old antenna tower that was attached to the house I moved into a year ago with an old antenna that didn't work. I was looking to install a new antenna on my roof to start receiving OTA television and wondered what I should do with the old tower. He stopped by the following day to take a look at the condition of everything. He suggested that I keep the tower, remove the old antenna and install the new one up there. He noticed that the tower itself had come away from the house over the years and wanted to re-attach it so it was stable. He gave me a quote of re-using the tower for the new antenna or taking it all down and installing the new antenna on the chimney not as high up in the air. He indicated the old towers are highly sought after now and can be quite expensive but they provide the best results. Even tho this option was cheaper he thought this was the way to go.
So we scheduled a Friday afternoon appointment and he came out with a partner and tightened up the existing bolts of the tower and installed three more to stabilize everything. He scaled up the tower, removed the old antenna and broken rotor, installed the new antenna and came down to test the signal. After a tweak we were able to scan in a total of 51 channels. This is quite a large number for the GTA and said he didn't even receive 51 at his house. All the major US networks from NY are coming in clear plus the Toronto based stations all in HD. He fished the coax into my basement and terminated it at location I wanted and tested everything before he left. Highly recommended.
