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  1. larrykenney

    Did H&I TV, KTLN in San Francisco stop broadcasting OTA?

    KTLN 68 (along with KAXT 1) broadcast on channel 22 from Mt. Allison in the the East Bay - same location as RF channels19 and 20. I'm still receiving the station fine here in San Francisco and haven't noticed any loss of signal. 68.1 is H&I, and there's an HD version of ME-Tv on 68.2 and and...
  2. larrykenney

    KBRO-LD is going to ATSC 3.0 in 8-1-20

    Someone asked if anyone is going to be able to watch KBRO-LD with 3 kw on channel 2. Well, KQRO is running ATSC 1.0 on channel 2 with 3 kw and i receive a solid signal from it 55 miles away from the transmitter site. ATSC-3.0 is supposed to be better than ATSC 1.0, too! Larry
  3. larrykenney

    Low VHF working well

    We now have stations on all Low VHF channels in the San Francisco Bay Area, one full power on channel 5 and four low power on the other channels. Reception seems to be working well for us, despite all the comments I've heard about power interference and noise. The full power station on channel...
  4. larrykenney

    Circle TV Network

    Circle has appeared on KBCW 44.5 here in San Francisco and on KMAX 31.5 in Sacramento, both CBS O&Os.
  5. larrykenney

    KGO, San Francisco, on Aux. antenna until May 1

    Yes, they've been on the tower since it was built back in the '70s, and they also have a translator on channel 35 for the San Jose area, broadcasting from Mt. Allison, above Fremont, CA.
  6. larrykenney

    KGO, San Francisco, on Aux. antenna until May 1

    KGO has had to move to their Auxiliary antenna for the next several months so that their old main antenna can be removed and replaced with their new antenna for channel 12 plus a new channel 7 antenna for KRON, moving to 7 from 38. Several viewers have reported completely losing the KGO signal...
  7. larrykenney

    San Francisco DX

    I broke a record last evening for most distant station received at my home in San Francisco. At 10:10 pm I received KSBY 6 - RF 15, a San Luis Obispo station that's 193 miles south south east from here! Prior to this KNVN 24, also RF 24, transmitting from the bluffs east of Red Bluff was my most...
  8. larrykenney

    Court TV Making a Return

    Court TV is now on KRON 4-4 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
  9. larrykenney

    KAXT 1 / KTLN 68 SF Bay Area New ownership/new programming

    Two nights ago Weigel Broadcasting became the owners of two stations in the San Francisco/San Jose Market - KAXT virtual 1 and KTLN virtual 68. Both are low power stations sharing on RF 42. KAXT is now broadcasting "Decades" in SD on 1.2, and KTLN has "Heroes and Icons" on 68.1 and MeTV on...
  10. larrykenney

    Best Long range UHF outdoor antenna

    I've been happy with my Antennas Direct XG-91. It works well for UHF stations that are up to 62 miles away. It is quite directional for distant stations, however, and you need to be pretty much spot on the right direction.
  11. larrykenney

    VHF Lo Reception on VHF-Hi/UHF Designed Antennas

    Here's a picture showing my antennas where you can easily see the size difference. The top antenna, the Winegard 8200, covers low VHF very nicely, as well as high VHF and UHF, where the XG-91, below it, designed for UHF only., does not receive low VHF at all. It does work for a high VHF...
  12. larrykenney

    VHF Lo Reception on VHF-Hi/UHF Designed Antennas

    With my Winegard 8200U, an all band antenna, I can receive a solid signal from a low power station transmitting on channel 2 from 55 miles away. My UHF XG-91 and CM-4228 get absolutely no signal on that channel. We have two stations transmitting on channels 3 and 4 from 14 miles away, and the...
  13. larrykenney

    ATSC 3.0 to be Deployed in 40 U.S. Markets by End of 2020

    Comfortably_numb wrote: Lots of people keep asking this question and it has a simple answer --- on the channel they're presently using. They have to find another station to carry their regular program for five years. If KXYZ is transmitting its 1.0 signal on channel 22, their new 3.0 station...
  14. larrykenney

    ATSC 3.0 Simulcast Discussion

    From my understanding, when a station changes to ATSC 3.0 it will transmit on the same channel that they transmit on now (or their new one after the repack change). They will have to find another station that will carry their present ATSC 1.0 signal as a sub-channel.
  15. larrykenney

    Stadium Sports

    CBS owned KMAX 31 in Sacramento carries it on 31.4.
  16. larrykenney

    TVFool -up-down-up-down-up-down

    I think the person running the site has lost interest and information has not been updated for quite some time.
  17. larrykenney

    Smoke hindering propagation

    For the past week or so, we've been sitting in a cloud of smoke here in the San Francisco Bay Area blowing in from the Camp Fire that destroyed Paradise, CA and the surrounding area and is still burning. During this period I've noticed that signals from the Sacramento/Stockton stations...
  18. larrykenney

    KVCR Going to Low VHF

    HoTat2 reported: "With all the repack movements I was thinking of replacing my current VHF-hi/UHF Winegard HD7697P with the VHF-lo band capable cousin the HD8200U such as. Winegard Heavy Duty Platinum VHF UHF FM Outdoor TV Antenna (HD8200U) from Solid Signal" That's exactly what I did a few...
  19. larrykenney

    Decades Replaced by StartTV

    Here in San Francisco, KPIX, the CBS O&O, has replaced "Decades" on 5.2 with "StartTV". Has this happened at all of the CBS stations? Larry
  20. larrykenney

    Sharing complete in SF Bay Area

    As of 10 am this morning, 7/20, the last station of the eight that agreed to go off the air in the San Francisco Bay Area turned off their transmitter. The sharing deals are complete for seven stations; the eighth station decided not to share. Many viewers are not happy with the changes...
  21. larrykenney

    No Signal - total confusion in San Francisco

    At midnight this past Sunday night KTSF virtual 26, RF 27, turned off their transmitter on Mt. San Bruno, five miles south of San Francisco, and started sharing with KDTV virtual 14, RF 51. They informed their viewers to simply re-scan and they would continue to receive channel 26. Hundreds of...
  22. larrykenney

    Newest live TV bandscan

    I've found that signals from the same source register differently on each HD Home Run receiver. There's no way to compare signals from one unit to another. The newer receivers have better receivers and reject multipath better, but the signal display seems worse that the older models.
  23. larrykenney

    Would a VHF-low capable antenna be worth it?

    VHF low band is definitely staying. We have five low-VHF channels breadcasting now in the SF Bay Area, and they aren't leaving, and one that's now on channel 23 will be moving to channel 5 during the re-pack changes. We'll be losing all channels above 36, nothing lower than that.
  24. larrykenney

    HD8200U works great!

    I had a new Winegard HD8200U antenna installed this past Friday and it's working great! I'm finding that it has a much sharper pick up range, though, compared to my old 10 element high VHF yagi and XG91 combination. A couple of degrees either way can make the difference between a perfect...
  25. larrykenney

    BREAKING NEWS: FCC Approves Next-Gen TV for OTA Broadcasting

    I'm wondering what all of these comments about ATSC 1 towers and ATSC 3 towers is all about. I'm confused. We have one big tower, Sutro Tower, here in San Francisco, and I suspect that stations that are on that tower now will remain there when they go to ATSC 3.0. Or are the antennas for ATSC...