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  1. tdillon

    Report channels missing from the Super-DMA

    Is this information useful? Or is there some other information that I need to provide? I posted this but I don't know if it will help get my channel mappings fixed or not. Thanks in advance. Off-Air MAP scan taken in La Verne, CA 91750 with antenna pointed at Mt Wilson OTA MAP 0002...
  2. tdillon

    Los Angeles Area Voomers

    Yes, they showed up over 2 months ago. The only one that actually shows a picture is 99_1, which you show in your picture. The others are scrambled. I am upset that a company is burning up some more frequencies and then having the gall to sandwich 5 SD channels in the space of one HD channel...
  3. tdillon

    Los Angeles Area Voomers

    Just order the 24 inch dish. I had my 18 inch replaced with a 24 and have had very few dropouts ever since.
  4. tdillon

    West coast voomers, do you have rain fade?

    There are no local analog channels provided by Voom. The quality of the local digital channels is very good on the channels that broadcast in HD for the most part, unless they borrow too much of the bandwidth for extra digital subchannels. KABC channel 7 has 2 subchannels and the quality of...
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    West coast voomers, do you have rain fade?

    The last two or three rainstorms I've had a total of 30 minutes of down time. Much better than before the 24 inch upgrade. It seems that we watch OTA channels when it rains, so it has been working out.
  6. tdillon

    West coast voomers, do you have rain fade?

    Two nights ago we had a very heavy rain, even some hailstones. My 24 inch antenna worked A LOT better than the old 18 inch. There was about 30 minutes where the signal would break up for a couple of seconds, but this was more acceptable than losing the entire signal for 2 days at a time...
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    West coast voomers, do you have rain fade?

    I did experience rain yesterday, finally. My signal dropped to 98. This was not a large storm, and I suspect the clouds were not in the signal robbing area. I didn't experience any discernable signal degradation of my viewing experience.
  8. tdillon

    West coast voomers, do you have rain fade?

    Too funny, I had told him that you were trying to get the upgraded dish too. At the time, he wasn't aware of your scheduled service call. He is okay, friendly, and likes to talk about the future of the 3 providers. He will try to push Directv if you let him talk, but I don't think he knows...
  9. tdillon

    West coast voomers, do you have rain fade?

    No rain today, but there is haziness to the east. Signal is still 99 with occasional dips to 98.
  10. tdillon

    West coast voomers, do you have rain fade?

    Since I have gotten the 24 inch dish installed I have had NO rain fade. Of course, it hasn't rained since I got it installed, either. :) My signal is pegged at 99 and I swear that the channels lock in quicker and the program guide now downloads even if I am changing channels after a reboot...
  11. tdillon

    CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas

    I was having the same problem, except it was channels 7_1 through 7_3. It turned out that the Winegard Sensar II antenna was getting multipath signals and cancelling out that channel. I had Voom upgrade the antenna. The installer put in a Channel Master 4248 which is very sensitive and very...
  12. tdillon

    CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas

    Okay, we finally had the first rain (a light one at that) since my installation in June. Satellite signal went from 97 to 63. I couldn't receive most of the satellite feeds during the entire 7 hours of rain. Now it is overcast and I have a signal of 83 to 87. I can get only half of the...
  13. tdillon

    Vooming in Enid, OK...Not pleasant.

    Being a non-techie is bad. JK :D
  14. tdillon

    CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas

    I have been having ongoing issues with KABC channels 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3. I am using the Winegard Sensar II antenna, but have called VOOM and complained about my problem. I have been "approved" for an antenna upgrade. Installs is coming out Friday afternoon with a new antenna. I can't wait to...
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    Any Voom installs in Los Angeles and surrounding areas?

    Are the KABC-DT channels 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3 up right now? I can't get any signal at 53 MHz and I don't know if I am having multipath problems or if the station is off the air at the moment. I can receive the analog channel 7 perfectly at the moment through my OTA antenna.
  16. tdillon

    Voom "In Your Area" Threads sorted by Region

    Sean, could you please add http://www.satelliteguys.us/showthread.php?t=23767 as 22 under The West? CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas These cities are very close to the foothills and have special problems when tuning in the Los Angeles OTA digital stations. Thanks in advance.
  17. tdillon

    CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas

    KABC 7.1 problems? Last night I was not able to tune any of the three ABC feeds, 7.1, 7.2 or the 7.3 weather map. I had a signal strength of 58, but NO SNR. Was KABC digital down, or am I now experiencing multipath distortion problems? The engineering staff at KABC denied having transmitter...
  18. tdillon

    West coast voomers, do you have rain fade?

    It hasn't rained here since my install, so I haven't experienced rain fade yet. I have a 24 inch dish.
  19. tdillon

    CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas

    11.1 is fairly strong for me at my location. Does your TV handle 720p? I believe that 11.1 broadcasts using 720p and if you have the set top box set to "native" mode it will pass this to your TV. If your TV can't display that resolution it will freak out a bit. If you change the stb to...
  20. tdillon

    CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas

    I've been very pleased with my Voom experience. Yes, there are growing pains, but so far everything has gone well with my installation. I read the FAQ's about the Voom installation that the guys on the forum put together and it answered all of my questions before I knew that I had questions...
  21. tdillon

    CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas

    CMurray, are you north or south of Baseline? Some people that are too close to the mountains (too far north in La Verne) are having difficulties with their OTA reception. I think that I lucked out, I am even with Oak Mesa Elementary and it seems to be a great location to pick up the locals...
  22. tdillon

    CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas

    This last week I have been having problems with NBC (4.1) dropping their audio during prime-time. It seems that whoever is watching their monitors isn't checking the sound levels from the network feed. When the local news comes on usually the sound shows up too. Yesterday channel 5.1 did a...
  23. tdillon

    CA - La Verne-Upland-Covina-San Dimas

    Since I discovered some local VOOMers I thought that I would start this thread so that we can help each other out. In La Verne I can actually get a LOT of OTA digital stations. I can scan and lock 35 OTA's right now, and I think I will get more if I upgrade my antenna from the Winegard...
  24. tdillon

    Any Voom installs in Los Angeles and surrounding areas?

    I turned to watch something else. 30 minutes later and the audio was back on NBC. Thanks for confirming that it was them and not me :)
  25. tdillon

    Any Voom installs in Los Angeles and surrounding areas?

    Tonight I have signal quality of 67 on channel 4.1 KNBC but NO AUDIO? Is this my box or do others in the Los Angeles area have the same problem? All of my other locals are fine. I do the normal channel up / channel down, but no matter what the audio isn't showing up.
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