by jack ak <akjack@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
Apr 27, 2008 at 06:18 PM
Dlc wrote:
> My newly installed DTT900 converter fails to show the local PBS station
> (WVIZ channel 25, Cleveland Ohio), but does show all the other local
> stations.
>
> The PBS station has been active on digital for quite a while, so it is
> not that the station does not do digital.
>
> I have a large amplified rooftop antenna with a rotator and I have tried
> different directions and get no signal at all from the PBS station. I do
> get a good analog signal for the PBS station.
>
> I am wondering whether there is a problem with this converter, or maybe
> the station has a weaker digital signal. Could the amplifier be a
problem?
>
> Suggestions?
>
Your local channel 25 is the NTSC (analog) frequency which you can't
receive with a digital converter.
WVIZ-DT is operating at low power (1Kw) on digital channel 26.
Look here...
http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=18753
Note the Construction permit for digital full power operation.
You might inquire at the station for the full power target date.
