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Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: Jimboy on Monday Sep 15, 2008, 09:13:28 AM
Work is being done on the DTV tower near the vicinity of the 18-1 (channel 61) antenna. Due to this we will be off the air during the day today (9-15-08).
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: John L on Monday Sep 15, 2008, 09:45:38 AM
Quote from: Jimboy;48204Work is being done on the DTV tower near the vicinity of the 18-1 (channel 61) antenna. Due to this we will be off the air during the day today.

Did you guys get your new channel 18 antenna?  Now's the time to install it before winter is here.
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: Jimboy on Monday Sep 15, 2008, 09:52:28 AM
The MediaFLO installation is taking place.
http://www.mediaflo.com/mediaflo/index.html
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: WITI6fan on Monday Sep 15, 2008, 05:54:02 PM
Quote from: Jimboy;48206The MediaFLO installation is taking place.
http://www.mediaflo.com/mediaflo/index.html

Ooh, that looks interesting.
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: Jimboy on Tuesday Sep 16, 2008, 11:15:07 AM
WVTV 18-1 (channel 61) is off again today (9-16-08) for the same reason. Should be back up around 5pm.

Same deal for the rest of the week as well.
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: WPXE ION on Tuesday Sep 16, 2008, 04:46:28 PM
Quote from: WITI6fan;48216Ooh, that looks interesting.


This will be even better. :)
http://www.openmobilevideo.com/
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: Jimboy on Tuesday Sep 23, 2008, 09:23:30 AM
DTV Tower work continues this week as well. 18-1 (channel 61) will be off again during the day.



Back on at 1:45pm today (9/23).
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: Jimboy on Wednesday Sep 24, 2008, 08:31:15 AM
18-1 is off again today (9/25) for about 1.5 hours.
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: SRW1000 on Thursday Sep 25, 2008, 10:46:59 PM
Has any of this work affected the broadcast signal?  Normally, I have no problem getting a strong signal, but tonight it was weak and spotty.

Scott
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: Jimboy on Friday Sep 26, 2008, 08:01:55 AM
Quote from: SRW1000;48358Has any of this work affected the broadcast signal?  Normally, I have no problem getting a strong signal, but tonight it was weak and spotty.

Scott

Just last night? Or since last Thursday. That's when the Mediaflo antenna went up on the arbor opposite the channel 61 (18-1) antenna. Anytime more stuff is added to a tower it gives one more thing for signals to reflect off of - and it's not a good thing.
Could be Tropospheric issues as well? Or is it always bad now?
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: gb4fan92 on Friday Sep 26, 2008, 12:01:27 PM
Will I be able to view the football game on 58-1 in HD this Sunday? I wasn't able to last week.
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: Jimboy on Friday Sep 26, 2008, 01:23:55 PM
Quote from: gb4fan92;48364Will I be able to view the football game on 58-1 in HD this Sunday? I wasn't able to last week.

Your question is not related to this thread. :huh?:
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: gb4fan92 on Friday Sep 26, 2008, 05:47:52 PM
Quote from: Jimboy;48366Your question is not related to this thread. :huh?:

My bad!  You're the channel 18 & 24 guy! I'll post a new thread.
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: SRW1000 on Friday Sep 26, 2008, 07:02:17 PM
Quote from: Jimboy;48361Just last night? Or since last Thursday. That's when the Mediaflo antenna went up on the arbor opposite the channel 61 (18-1) antenna. Anytime more stuff is added to a tower it gives one more thing for signals to reflect off of - and it's not a good thing.
Could be Tropospheric issues as well? Or is it always bad now?
Last week Thursday everything was fine.  Checking the meter tonight, the signal strength is fine, and the S/N ratio is back up to the high 20s.  Last night the signal was low, and the S/N ratio was below 10 :eek:.  I had to watch most of Supernatural via analog, which wasn't coming in very clearly either.

Since everything is fine tonight, I'm leaning toward the tropospheric ducting possibility.  I just wanted to check to see if maybe it was related to the tower work.

Thanks for keeping us updated, Jim.  We really appreciate your participation here.

Scott
Title: DTV Tower Work
Post by: John L on Monday Sep 29, 2008, 10:53:25 AM
Quote from: Jimboy;48361Just last night? Or since last Thursday. That's when the Mediaflo antenna went up on the arbor opposite the channel 61 (18-1) antenna. Anytime more stuff is added to a tower it gives one more thing for signals to reflect off of - and it's not a good thing.
Could be Tropospheric issues as well? Or is it always bad now?

Doesn't WVTV or Sinclair have a say as to how many antennas they can have near a TV station's main antenna?  I know you guys are just leasing a spot on the tower, so Sinclair is not the actual owner of the tower.

-John L.