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  1. dlsnyder

    491 Stations Plan to Go Digital Feb. 17, FCC Links and More in First 2 Posts

    Nothing in the Los Angeles area changing until June. I just happened to be on vacation this week and had been looking forward to the changeover. Now I have to wait until June. The changeover is on a Thursday, one day before our next Friday the 13th.
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    will the feb. DTV transition effect FM radio signal?

    One other thing about the digital TV conversion that some may not have considered. Many people who live in cities served by a TV station on channel 6 enjoy listening to the audio part of the broadcast on the low end of the FM dial. After the digital cutover on 02/17 that will no longer be...
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    FCC REPORT ON DTV AVAILIBILTY HERES THE STORY

    Another part of the reason why coverage areas are changing is that many broadcasters are taking the opportunity to relocate their transmitters. Another example from here in the LA area is KJLA, whose analog tranmitter is on Red Mountain in Ventura. Their analog channel is, at best, a rim shot...
  4. dlsnyder

    .2network (pronounced dot 2)

    No affiliates in California yet. There are a number of stations large and small in the greater LA area that would be a good fit for this network. From what the website says it sounds something like the programming that KDOC already carries.
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    DTV to test radio audio channels and to discontinue TV analog by law in Feb. 17, 2009

    It would be cheap and easy to take one of those digital TV converter boxes and plug the audio output in to an inexpensive stereo or set of computer speakers. Voila! DTV audio.
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    FCC REPORT ON DTV AVAILIBILTY HERES THE STORY

    They are still susceptible to co-channel interference but adjacent channel interference is no longer an issue with digital. In spite of adjacent channel interference, here in the LA area there have been adjacent analog channels for some time. The one that seems the weirdest to me is KVCR-TV, a...
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    DTV to test radio audio channels and to discontinue TV analog by law in Feb. 17, 2009

    If the OP was referring to some sort of audio service being carried on a DTV subchannel, I highly doubt it. 8VSB, the modulation standard used by DTV in the US is not very tolerant of multipath interferance, and is therefore not well suited to mobile use. It stands to reason that any audio...
  8. dlsnyder

    How can I use a second antenna for a single channel in deep fringe area?

    The cable box that I used did not detect the analog signal then convert it to another channel. It actually passed the RF through, downconverting whatever was on the input channel to the output channel. This should work for passing an ATSC channel through just as well as what I used it for back...
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    How can I use a second antenna for a single channel in deep fringe area?

    Its strange you should mention this. I have an old cable box lying around somewhere that I picked up like 15 years ago that I used to use for something like that. It basically took the RF signal from whatever input channel it was tuned to and output it to either channel 3 or 4 intact (I...
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    DTVGreenDish in MIami fl

    With a small active element like that, using a capacitive hat, it should be very narrow in bandwidth. Unless it is actively tuned (perhaps using the RCA DTV converter that has a connection for a "smart antenna") I am not sure how they can claim a bandwidth from 45-900 mHz. It shouldn't be...
  11. dlsnyder

    Trouble with KTLA?

    Yes, everything is back to normal at KTLA now. Sometime Monday afternoon I was able to scan it back in. They had put the wrong channel number in their PSIP for some reason, but it is fixed now.
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    Trouble with KTLA?

    Has anyone in the LA area had trouble picking up KTLA in the last day or so? For some reason my 622 will not pick it up right now, even though all the other OTA channels are just fine. The built in tuner on my Sony XBR4 picks it up just fine, but the 622 gives me a no signal error. Maybe the...
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    Will this be the end of TV Dxing?

    And don't forget about the LPTV and repeater stations that do not have to go digital. There will still be analog TV around for a few more years. Most of it will be on channel 7 and above though, so the days of the classic sporadic-E skip season may be numbered.
  14. dlsnyder

    Antenna for Santa Maria, CA

    Some have had success using an antenna with a relatively wide beamwidth, like a 4-bay bowtie antenna, aimed at a point between two widely spaced transmitters. Your local Santa Maria station should be received just fine no matter which direction the antenna is pointed. In your case try aiming...
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    super deep fringe? (150 miles?)

    Radio Shack used to carry a big parabolic dish UHF antenna as well. Back in the 80's a friend of mine put one on on a rotor on top of his house in Oxnard CA (93030). He was able to pick up full power UHF stations in Bakersfield and Fresno, low power repeater stations north of Santa Barbara...
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    Closeups: new Echostar TR-50 OTA HD Digital to Analog DVR Receiver

    Since it is digital and anlog OTA capable, it sounds like it has a different tuner chip in it than the one in the 622/722. Perhaps it can handle QAM as the 811 did? That would be a big plus with many people. Since it can handle analog, it could also be used to record anything put out by the...
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    Very Good $2.00 Homemade Antenna For HDTV

    I wouldn't say it is easier to pick up digital channels as opposed to analog. Part of it has to do with the broadcaster, and whether or not they are transmitting with their full authorized power (which they should all be doing now). The FCC allowed broadcasters to use less power to reach their...
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    New subchannel on Pax called "Qubo"

    Sounds like a pretty decent lineup. And here I thought that the i in i-network stood for "infomercial".
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    $40?

    That may be the market that Dish is aiming for with the relabelled 811 and 921. They will both offer OTA digital reception at a very low cost, but will not be capable of receiving Dish's lineup of HD programming. I'll bet that they will offer 811s for $40 as soon as those vouchers start...
  20. dlsnyder

    Faith tv...gone?

    Faith TV appears to be gone on the flagship station in Los Angeles - KPXN-DT. We now have 30.1 "i", 30.2 "PAX", 30.3 "Worship", and 30.4 "i East".
  21. dlsnyder

    Getting Los Angeles Channels w/ Antenna

    Talian - hopefully you are still checking this thread... I am not familiar with DirecTV's channel numbers, but that may be what KABC was referring to. They broadcast their digital channel on UHF channel 53 but when an ATSC tuner finds it it should display as 7.1. From the information you...
  22. dlsnyder

    Getting Los Angeles Channels w/ Antenna

    In LA that is really not an unreasonable expectation. In Moreno Valley, about 50 miles or so out from Mt. Wilson, a small antenna is usually all that is needed. Many people use a single element corner reflector for UHF and do just fine with all of the digital channels, except maybe KCOP-DT...
  23. dlsnyder

    MovieBeam

    Live PPV isn't possible as the technology does not allow for real-time programming. Movies are slowly downloaded to the boxes in the field using data embedded in the VBI of the PBS station's analog signal. And since Disney is the gatekeeper, I doubt that they will put any adult content on...
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    MovieBeam

    Last I checked the boxes were still available at my local Sears in Moreno Valley CA (LA market). I wonder if anyone is buying them? I could see doing a lease deal, say $20/mo and you get a certain number of movies included. It could be kinda like Netflix without the post office delays.
  25. dlsnyder

    How is "The Tube"?

    KTLA-DT doesn't seem to be giving "The Tube" the bandwidth it needs. Video is often pixellated and looks worse than any Dish Network local channel feed. Channel 5.1 (main KTLA channel) always looks good though.
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