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Long term the only analog TV that makes sense to keep on indefinitely is CH6. The audio carrier is 87.75MHz which most radios will tune as 87.7. I am north east of Baltimore. Depending on the time of day and what side of terrain features I am on sometimes I can get WDCO-LP which is country...

If you really want Alexa to control DirecTV you can put a few pieces of software and hardware together, but it will take quite a bit of work and it will be a one-off solution specific to your needs. DirecTV boxes can be controlled by IR codes. The Global Cache GC-100 emits IR codes and can...

I was thinking that too.

WJZ applied to use a non-directional antenna on RF11 to maximize their post repack signal. Licensing and Management System Right now Baltimore has a non-directional RF11 station, WBAL. If WJZ could use non directional operation on RF11 without interfering with other RF11 stations after the...

I do not think the norsat 4508C will help you easily. Shaw uses transponders from 11GHz to 12.2GHz from 107. The norsat 4508C only receives 11GHz to 11.7GHz. http://www.satcomnow.com/satcom/pdf/Norsat_4000_LNB.pdf I am not an expert on feeds for LNBs but I think there is also more needed to...

If the source outputting the SD video has a 16:9 setting and the TV is set to stretch SD video to fill a full screen it is possible to get 16:9 content to fill a 16:9 screen in SD. It will look SD, but if it is linear on both the source end and the tv a circle will show up as a circle. Not all...

We do not know the details of the channel sharing agreements, but I think the terms of WITF (PBS) hosting WPMT (Fox) will be very different from WHTM (ABC) hosting WGCB (independent). WITF want's money from WPMT. People who watch Fox, especially football on fox, expect HD picture. The WITF...

I am in Harford County MD. I could get WGCB without problems; the highlight of their line up was STTNG for a while. I have never received VHF 10 from Harrisburg, the terrain between me and their transmitter is not going to let that happen. I could get WPMT; it was a challenge with WBFF being...

Since you got it free I think it is safe to assume the modulators are SD analog. Since there are so many they are probably channelized (not frequency Agile) mini modulators in chassis. [Pictures would be neat to see!] You can modulate whatever you want on channels as long as your source output...

Equipment you need (and rough prices) 2 dishes/mounts, 90cm or bigger depending on where you are. ($180+) 1 special LO dual LNB (right now, eBay item 272265938798 is a good example) ($40) 1 standard dual LNB ($20) [not a dual universal!] 4 input multi switch that does 13/18V and 22khz...

WETA got a technically challenging channel 14 assignment in the repack. Yesterday some major modifications were filed where WETA would go to 31, WMPT will go to 21, WFPT will go to 28, and WCPB will go to 16. So WETA and the MPT stations want to shuffle things to get WETA on a better channel...

Is it possible to search construction permits when doing an address search from RabbitEars.Info and selecting the “Strength Search (optional)” check box? With all the channel changes from the repack it would be nice to know what the modeled signal will be for stations on their new channels.

The C61K is the way to go. If you have issues then DirecTV has to fix them and they can’t pass the blame to the TV manufacturer. If you get a new TV, you can just plug it in to the client, no RVU setup hassle. It uses the MOCA/DECA natively so you do not need a CCK behind your TV like you...

You can copy them real time by using the analog hole. Connect the analog output from the HR24 to a video capture device. Use software that is compatible with the video capture device to record to the computer. Component cables will get you HD. Composite cables will get you SD. If you have...

What you want to do was sort of possible with cable. A multi stream cable card pci-e card could be put in a computer. Then up to 6 channels could be watched/recorded on the computer from the cable connection if the cable card supported 6 streams. With directv the closest you can get is 2...