WOW! Look what I have!

[Tom Snyder]

Guess it's not what you know, it's who you know!    

http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org/photos/WITI-DT.GIF>

Received this from Earl Arbuckle, from Fox in New York regarding my inability to pick up 6 Digital up here in G'Town:

Well, the DTC-100 is a fine receiver, but you nailed it when you described your antenna.  Unfortunately (in so far as actual reception is concerned), the FCC requirement is pretty feeble at 41 dbu OVER THE CITY OF LICENSE; this is not usable with an indoor antenna.  With our lashup, we are using a directional antenna, since Brown Deer is well north of Milwaukee.  We are putting out better than 16 kilowatts toward Milwaukee, but you are off the side of the antenna in Germantown, so the effective power in your direction is only about 570 watts.  You are just inside the 41 dBu contour (actually right on the 48 dBu contour), but you have very little signal to deal with and would need a high gain yagi mounted on your rooftop to obtain solid reception.   You might find the attached plot interesting.  Also note where we got at least one viewer report from Menomenee Falls (rooftop antenna).  [Actually, we got one report from a viewer in SW Chicago, but that was due to atmospherics ;-)]

Hope this explains the situation a bit better for you.

Regards,

Earl Arbuckle
Fox Television Stations, Inc.
New York, NY




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[Gregg Lengling]

Gee and I have a high gain antenna with a preamp up 50' on a tower in Cedarburg right at the edge of the 48dBu contour...so explain that I can't receive the signal with the DTC 100 or HiDTV Pro 2.0.

I also notice there is only "1" viewer reporting solid reception........

(PS it looks like to me that G'town is in the 48dBu contour.)


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[Tom Snyder]

I am right on the border. I still doubt that there's any chance that'll be able to pick it up, but with the leaves gone in the woods behind my house, maybe a little adjustment will get me a signal, although I have it on good authority that they won't be passing through network 16:9 till December... so I won't be too broken hearted if I can't (for now at least).

[Joseph S]

 

the FCC requirement is pretty feeble at 41 dbu OVER THE CITY OF LICENSE

So I assume this to mean that they are officially not meeting the FCC requirement at this time. I am right dead center of their required coverage area and less than 7 miles away and I cannot get a 1/100 with either community or indoor antenna. Time for another report to the FCC. I have no problems with any station but Fox.

[Mike Sheahan]

Ever since WISN went online I can't get WITI anymore, and I used to get it at 100% on the Hughes E86.

Maybe they should redo there grid now that WISN is up and running.

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Hughes E86
My HT Page

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[Tom Snyder]

According to Earl, the FCC requirement is only a 41 dbu OVER THE CITY OF LICENSE. In this case, it literally is the city of Milwaukee and nothing more. The coverage map shows that they even exceed that. Appaerntly there is no actaul field strength measuremnt requirement either, so just by producing this map to the FCC I think they satisfy their legal requirement.

However, in truth, the low power and the low height probably means lots of holes. So until they get up on the big stick with their full authorized power (or get their signal passed through TWC), many of us will be out of luck.

[Joseph S]

Why don't they just draw a map claiming to cover the entire US and Canada? If it doesn't need to be factual then what is the point of the FCC BS?

[Gregg Lengling]

It's interesting that the CrossHatch in Cedarburg at the 48dBu contour is my house...how'd they know that....?

[Kevin Arnold]

Where did they get this map. Rugby Junction? Kirchhayn? Meeker? Victory Center? I lived here all my life and I've somehow missed these garden spots. Are they mythical places like the claimed coverage??

[Gregg Lengling]

Boy have you lived a sheltered life, all these unincorporated crossings have been on the maps for years and they even have signage when you drive through.   By the way the church I go to is in Kirchhayn.

[MesaV]

While I was born a Flat Lander, I've lived here in Wisconsin for more than 15 years.  Those names are new to me.

[P a u l]

 

Originally posted by Mike Sheahan:
Ever since WISN went online I can't get WITI anymore, and I used to get it at 100% on the Hughes E86.

Maybe they should redo there grid now that WISN is up and running.

What channel do they transmit on? anyone know? 33 or 35? The "theory" with DTV is that the stations can transmit on adjacent channels 33, 34, 35 etc.... I have seen lommox post several reports where adjacent channels are blowing each other off the air, even wreaking havoc on analog channels too. I guess we will have to wait and see what will happen to our signal when they come up to full power.   we were here first....  

[Gregg Lengling]

WITI-DT is on channel 33 and WISN-DT is on channel 34...however the problem I don't think is adjacent channel but is harmonically related as the WISN-DT isn't degrading the receiver it is WTMJ-DT on channel 28.  This has always been a problem at night but now that WTMJ is on full time it makes it impossible for even me to receive WITI-DT in Cedarburg and I will remind you that it doesn't matter with either of my receivers they react the same.  Plus I have a high gain antenna at 50' with a preamp and one at 35' without a preamp and they both are unable now to receive WITI-DT.


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
HiDTV Pro 2 computer reciever card
glengling@ameritech.net

[masonj0627]

I recieved the following email this afternoon in response to a message that I sent to Contact 6 expressing my disappointment in their poor signal strength.

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From:  Don Hain, DHAIN911@FOX.COM

"We will be broadcasting the Packer game at Minnesota tomorrow in 16x9 SDTV.  This will be our first attempt at a wide screen broadcast.  We are operating our transmitter and antenna from our studio location with the antenna height of approximately 170' above ground.  Late next summer, when reinforcement of our tower is completed, we will move the transmitter and antenna to our main tower on Capital Dr. and broadcast from 900' above ground.  At that time you should receive a good signal from WITI-DT."


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Jeff

[Kevin Arnold]

Looks like Don Hain wins the Fox Six Public Relations award for the month of November. Hey Don, thanks for telling us that you're going to do widescreen tomorrow and then reminding most of us that we can't get your signal. Not nice to tease........