Alan F wrote:
> jack ak wrote:
>> 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.
>
> Beat me to it. Yep, there is the problem: WVIZ-DT is at 1 kW ERP on a
> UHF channel. Without a good line of sight to the broadcast tower or
> located only a few miles away, it will be difficult to get OTA.
>
> The DTV status entry in Falcon_77's DTV Transition summary spreadsheet
> (available on avsforum.com at
> http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=823166)
says for
WVIZ-DT:
>
> "Currently operating under an STA of 1kW. CBS radio had prevented access
> to the tower for more than 5 years. To operate on an STA on the side of
> the tower once the new lease is approved. Final, top mounted facility
> will not be completed until between 2/17/09 and 8/17/09. - CP granted
> for revised facilities at a new location (appears to be the WKYC tower)"
>
> WVIZ-DT post-transition allocation is 170 kW on UHF 26. Contact the
> station, but it appears that WVIZ-DT will not have a full power digital
> signal until spring or summer of 2009. Not all stations will have a full
> power digital signal on February 18, 2009. There are some that won't be
> able to cover their market until 3-6 months after the analog shutdown as
> they have to put up new antennas & transmitters.
>
> Can you get WEAO-DT PBS 49 in Akron which has a 180 kW digital signal
> on UHF 50?
>
> Alan F
>
Thanks for the reply. This is very helpful.
I will try channel 49.
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