Quite honestly, I have little or no recollection of ever watching TV by antenna! But yes, this house is in a valley and reception of radio and even cell phone signals is poor. I understand that this was one of the first developments in the area with all buried electrical wiring too, so it's possible that cable TV was part of a "state-of-the-art" theme. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx> > > That's really early for anything other than the original CATV > systems. They had been around for quite awhile by the early > 1970s, in communities where reception was problematic. For > example, in towns in upstate NY, far from urban centers and > in hilly terrain. Did that neighborhood have some sort of > problems with receiving Toronto broadcasts? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.