Problems with APT HD (Alabama PBS)

[bobvick]

Is anyone else having trouble with the APT-HD feed on DirecTV? WBIQ 10 from Birmingham is unwatchable it breaks up so bad. Seems like DirecTV must be picking up the channel 10 broadcast from an antenna and then uplinking it. I would have thought that they would have had it fibre fed to the point of presence where the uplink is in Birmingham. Is anyone else in the Birmingham market or other Alabama markets having this issue with APT? What department would I need to contact at DirecTV regarding an issue like this?

 

[HiDefRev]

APB

Indeed. I live in Hueytown, and it is breaking up very badly here. The rest of LiLs appear to be doing fine. .

 

[bobvick]

Indeed. I live in Hueytown, and it is breaking up very badly here. The rest of LiLs appear to be doing fine. .

Do you have OTA? If so, is it breaking up on your antenna? I live out in Marion County, about 75 miles (by road) I think that the LOS to Birmingham would be around 55-60 miles, anyway, on my tower antenna I can get all of the other channels just fine 6, 13, 21, 23, 33, 40, 42, and even 68. But, 10 is in and out. I wish that they would move to a UHF frequency.