OTA sub-channels missing

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Lubbock Texas channel 32 is acting funny. Broadcasts on RF channel 33 with sub-channels 32-01, 32-02 and 32--03.

Channel 32-03 works fine on my H3 and theoretically the other sub-channels should follow suit.

While the H3 finds channels 32-01 and 32-02 on a scan with signal strength 100 on both, and both are listed with the "in Guide" 56 digital channels on the Over-the-Air (OTA) Channels when I go to the Guide they are both missing. I have no favorites lists, so this is the only guide on the H3.

I have deleted the missing channels and re-scanned twice, also rebooted the H3 twice.

I even disconnected the antenna , scanned (no channels found), re attached the antenna, re-scanned - 49 channels found, re-scanned 56 channels found, 32-01, 32-02 and 32-03 all in the in Guide list, SAVE. Go to the guide and only 32-00 and 32-03 are in my guide.

My antenna is an old style Channel Master 4228 classic 8 bay bow tie antenna Rabbitears.info shows the station is only 13.5 miles away and Lubbock is flat as a pancake topography wise. From the antenna it is about 25 ft of RG-6 to a Channel Master CM3414 4 bay amplifier/splitter that feeds my (1) OTA dongle for the H3, (2) a TiVo HD DVR, (3) a TiVo Roamio OTA DVR, and (4a) a TiVo Edge OTA DRV. All three TiVo's display channels 32-01, 32-02 and 32-03. My Hauppauge OTA HDTV tuner sees all three channels when I run TSReader Lite.

Anybody have any other suggestions as to how I can get these two OTA channels in my H3 Guide?
 
All Subscribed.
AND, my Wireless Joey4 has the channels listed in the Guide.
So, that rules out the OTA tuner as the problem, it's something on the Hopper 3.

Hopper3 OTA Channels, note 032-01 and 032-02 do not show in my guide but are in the list of OTA channels.
Hopper3 OTA Channels.jpg


This is my Hopper 3 Guide - the Guide is all subscribed.
Hopper3 Guide.jpg
 
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