Milwaukee area broadcast frequencies

[master_d]

Hi guys,  Anyone know the exact broadcast frequency for all stations which are broadcasting digital content in Milwaukee?  I'm trying to setup a Hauppauge HVR-950 under linux and need this information to generate a channels configuration file.  I'm having a hardtime picking anything up but the analogue broadcasts right now.  Any help is appreciated.

[Jimboy]

Hi guys,  Anyone know the exact broadcast frequency for all stations which are broadcasting digital content in Milwaukee?  I'm trying to setup a Hauppauge HVR-950 under linux and need this information to generate a channels configuration file.  I'm having a hardtime picking anything up but the analogue broadcasts right now.  Any help is appreciated.

Just look at the home page at //www.milwaukeehdtv.org

channel 28 is 4-1 & 4-2
channel 33 is 6-1
channel 8 is 10-1 thru 10-8
channel 34 is 12-1
channel 61 is 18-1
channel 25 is 24-1
channel 22 is 30-1
channel 35 is 36-1
channel 13 is 41-1
channel 40 is 55-1 thru 55-4
channel 46 is 58-1 & 58-2
channel 17 is 63-1

[master_d]

no I'm referring to the actual VHF/UHF frequencies given in Megahertz.

[brewtownska]

Doing some google searching, I found a page that looks like what you want.  Take a look and let us know if it was what you needed.

http://www.chem.hawaii.edu/uham/catvfreq.html

Mike

[Jimboy]

no I'm referring to the actual VHF/UHF frequencies given in Megahertz.

Try These....

61=755Mhz
46=665Mhz
40=629Mhz
35=599Mhz
34=593Mhz
33=587Mhz
28=557Mhz
25=539Mhz
22=521Mhz
17=491Mhz
13=213Mhz
8=183Mhz

[master_d]

thanks guys... I'll try these out after I get back home tonite and let you know what happens.  I'm hoping for some OTA HD

[master_d]

well I tried all those frequencies but didn't find any new channels.  I could be wrong but I think the ATSC frequencies take the form xxxx28615 Mhz.  I think the analogue stations are of the form xxxx00000 Mhz like the ones posted above.  

If anyone has a working digital tuner and have it tuned into a particular OTA station can you get the broadcast frequency from the tuner or just the station name and channel number?  Or if anyone is running linux and using either xine or mplayer can you post the contents of your ~/.mplayer/channels.conf file or ~/.xine/channels.conf?

thanks for your help guys.

[Jimboy]

I just checked my Sony KDS-60A3000 and for channel 4-1/4-2 (broadcast channel 28) it lists 557000 as the frequency. This jives with what I posted earlier. I would ask tech support for the Hauppauge HVR-950 or the software you are using and find out exactly what it needs. Did you try asking your question on the AVSforum? http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/   Check the HTPC forum.

[master_d]

hmmmm it does hang when I try to scan 55700000 Hz but doesn't find a channel... I'm guessing there's something that's not quite right with the driver or kernel I'm using.  I'll keep testing with that frequency though.

[Jimboy]

hmmmm it does hang when I try to scan 55700000 Hz but doesn't find a channel... I'm guessing there's something that's not quite right with the driver or kernel I'm using.  I'll keep testing with that frequency though.

One more zero maybe? 55.7 vs 557?

[master_d]

yeah I thought of adding or removing zeros too ... that didn't work but I did figure it out finally... turns out I was using the wrong firmware and as a result it wouldn't tune to any station but the drivers load .  now I pickup all the stations just fine

my channels.conf file for mplayer in case someone else can use it

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WTMJDT·:557000000:8VSB:65:68:1
WTMJWX·:557000000:8VSB:81:84:2
WVTVDT·:755028615:8VSB:49:52:3
WDJTHD:665028615:8VSB:49:52:3
WDJTDT2:665028615:8VSB:65:68:4
ION:629028615:8VSB:49:52:3
qubo:629028615:8VSB:65:68:4
IONLIFE:629028615:8VSB:81:84:5
Worship:629028615:8VSB:97:100:6
WMVTDT:599028615:8VSB:49:52:1
WMVT:599028615:8VSB:0:0:65535
WISNDT:593028615:8VSB:49:52:3
WITIDT:587028615:8VSB:49:52:3
WTMJDT:557028615:8VSB:65:68:1
WTMJWX:557028615:8VSB:81:84:2
WCGVDT:539028615:8VSB:49:52:3
WVCYTV:521028615:8VSB:49:52:3
WYTULD:491028615:8VSB:49:52:3
MPTV1:183028615:8VSB:49:52:1
MPTV2:183028615:8VSB:65:68:2
MPTV3:183028615:8VSB:97:100:3
MPTV4:183028615:8VSB:81:84:4
MPTV5:183028615:8VSB:113:116:5
MPTV6:183028615:8VSB:113:117:6
MPTV7:183028615:8VSB:113:118:7
MPTV8:183028615:8VSB:113:119:8
MPTV:183028615:8VSB:0:0:65535
WVCYTV:521028615:8VSB:49:52:3



[Nels Harvey]

Of course you all realize the digital channels cover a full six MHz. and not a single frequency.  For example, Ch. 36-1 is on Ch. 35.  The six MHz. spread for Ch. 35 goes from 596 MHz. to 602 MHz.  599,028,615 Hz. is somewhere in the middle.

Nels....

[Jimboy]

Of course you all realize the digital channels cover a full six MHz. and not a single frequency.  For example, Ch. 36-1 is on Ch. 35.  The six MHz. spread for Ch. 35 goes from 596 MHz. to 602 MHz.  599,028,615 Hz. is somewhere in the middle.

Nels....

Yep.
Our MSI analyzer (and my tv set) lists the center of channel frequency. -3Mhz & +3 Mhz will give you the start & end of the 6Mhz wide channel.

[master_d]

Of course you all realize the digital channels cover a full six MHz. and not a single frequency.  For example, Ch. 36-1 is on Ch. 35.  The six MHz. spread for Ch. 35 goes from 596 MHz. to 602 MHz.  599,028,615 Hz. is somewhere in the middle.

Nels....

I was unaware of this... how many 1080i Digital broadcasts can you "fit" in a 6Mhz span of radio bandwidth?  just curious

[Jimboy]

I was unaware of this... how many 1080i Digital broadcasts can you "fit" in a 6Mhz span of radio bandwidth?  just curious

An ATSC 6Mhz wide tv channel gives you 19.3Mbs. Typically you can fit one 1080i HD signal and up to 2 480i SD signals. The more bits you steal from the HD stream results in a poorer picture during fast movement. Some stations have experimented with running two HD streams.