CHANNEL 61 AND 65

[RockIntern]

Are Channel 61 and 65 broadcasting from the Roxborough Antenna Farm. I read a few years back they were going there in a few years. I know 65 is in Waterford Works, NJ off of Route 30 next to the Channel 23 tower and 61 is in a rural area close to Swedesborough at their original site when they signed on as a Wilmington Station, boasting shows like Combat and the 1.98 Beauty Show....

 

[rch66]

WPPX-DT is transmitting from Roxborough, but WPPX 61 isn't. CH.61 still is to the south, and reception is still stronger around the Chesapeake House, where the other Philly stations are considerably weaker. Know this from being in a minivan with a TV in it.I am not sure about WUVP, but I think the same is true. WUVP-DT in Roxborough, WUVP-TV maybe in Roxborough or maybe in Waterford. WMCN and WNJS are in Waterford.The one that is definitely not, and not very receivable around the area, is WWSI 62/Telemundo and WWSI-DT. Telemundo's reception well sucks. But since it's not a big spanish market (as within the top 15), NBC/Telemundo doesn't care. If NBC/Telemundo gave an iota, they'd be using one of WCAU digital subchannels to let Philadelphians be able to watch the Telemundo station, as well, over the air.

 

[pabsungenis]

Antennaweb.org has WUVP-DT listed as being in or near Waterford; it's at 35 degrees of orientation from my house, same setting as WMCN and WNJS-DT, and from the signal strength here (my antenna is pointed right at Roxborough) I'd say Waterford is correct.Does anyone know where the towers for WTXF-DT and WHYY-DT are? They're so hard to pick up for me that they either must be at low power, or at another site; Antennaweb doesn't list them for me.

 

[georgetown3ham]

Re: WHYY-DT signal

Here is the info from the FCC website. It appears WHYY-DT is still operating at reduced power under an STA. Note that WHYY-DT is also at a lower antenna height which also affects coverage. Also, channel 55 is going away and WHYY-DT will switch to their analog channel in 2009, so it makes sense to have the channel 12 antenna higher then the "temporary" channel 55 antenna. WHYY-TV DE WILMINGTON USA Licensee: WHYY, INC. Service Designation: TV NTSC (analog) television station Channel: 12 204 - 210 MHz Licensed File No.: BLET-19940707KE Facility ID number: 72338 CDBS Application ID No.: 200784 40° 02' 30.00" N Latitude 75° 14' 24.00" W Longitude (NAD 27) Polarization: Horizontal (H) Effective Radiated Power (ERP): 309. kW ERP Antenna Height Above Average Terrain: 294. meters HAAT Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 360. meters AMSL Antenna Height Above Ground Level: 292. meters AGL TV Zone: 1 Frequency Offset: 0 (zero) Directional Antenna ID No.: 18762 Pattern Rotation: 0.00 Antenna Make: DIE Antenna Model: ODD940707KE Relative Field values for directional antenna Relative Field polar plot Relative field values do not include any pattern rotation that may be indicated above. 0° 0.386 60° 0.818 120° 0.970 180° 0.891 240° 0.959 300° 0.566 10° 0.410 70° 0.893 130° 1.000 190° 0.900 250° 0.948 310° 0.509 20° 0.453 80° 0.924 140° 0.952 200° 0.917 260° 0.852 320° 0.447 30° 0.550 90° 0.948 150° 0.882 210° 0.962 270° 0.797 330° 0.382 40° 0.676 100° 0.978 160° 0.842 220° 0.990 280° 0.737 340° 0.366 50° 0.764 110° 0.950 170° 0.857 230° 0.964 290° 0.634 350° 0.375 WHYY-TV DE WILMINGTON USA (Digital) Licensee: WHYY, INC. Service Designation: DT Digital television station Channel: 55 716 - 722 MHz Construction Permit File No.: BPEDT-19991217ACA Facility ID number: 72338 CDBS Application ID No.: 429226 40° 02' 30.00" N Latitude 75° 14' 23.00" W Longitude (NAD 27) Polarization: Horizontal (H) Effective Radiated Power (ERP): 337. kW ERP Antenna Height Above Average Terrain: 259. meters HAAT Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 323.4 meters AMSL Antenna Height Above Ground Level: 256. meters AGL TV Zone: 1 Directional Antenna ID No.: 30526 Pattern Rotation: 0.00 Relative Field values for directional antenna Relative Field polar plot Relative field values do not include any pattern rotation that may be indicated above. 0° 0.259 60° 0.832 120° 0.898 180° 0.777 240° 0.973 300° 0.326 10° 0.259 70° 0.918 130° 0.835 190° 0.835 250° 0.918 310° 0.259 20° 0.326 80° 0.973 140° 0.777 200° 0.898 260° 0.832 320° 0.259 30° 0.446 90° 0.999 150° 0.738 210° 0.954 270° 0.716 330° 0.289 40° 0.584 100° 0.992 160° 0.728 220° 0.992 280° 0.584 340° 0.305 50° 0.716 110° 0.954 170° 0.738 230° 0.999 290° 0.446 350° 0.289 Additional azimuths: 92° 1.000 228° 1.000 Latitude Longitude1027110 67.4 333.1 400.5 N 40° 2' 30.0" W 75° 14' 23.0" To NAD27 FAA: FAA Study No. 1977-AEA-353-OE Obstruction/Airport Airspace searchesWHYY-TV DE WILMINGTON USA (Digital) Licensee: WHYY, INC. Service Designation: DS Special Temporary Authority (digital) Channel: 55 716 - 722 MHz File No.: BDSTA-20030227AED Facility ID number: 72338 CDBS Application ID No.: 632306 40° 02' 30.00" N Latitude 75° 14' 23.00" W Longitude (NAD 27) Polarization: Effective Radiated Power (ERP): 87. kW ERP Antenna Height Above Average Terrain: 259. meters HAAT Antenna Height Above Mean Sea Level: 323. meters AMSL Antenna Height Above Ground Level: 0. meters AGL Directional Antenna ID No.: 46345 Pattern Rotation: 0.00 Relative Field values for directional antenna Relative Field polar plot Relative field values do not include any pattern rotation that may be indicated above. 0° 0.259 60° 0.810 120° 0.909 180° 0.787 240° 0.972 300° 0.329 10° 0.271 70° 0.908 130° 0.828 190° 0.835 250° 0.913 310° 0.274 20° 0.324 80° 0.972 140° 0.773 200° 0.898 260° 0.806 320° 0.254 30° 0.451 90° 0.997 150° 0.745 210° 0.958 270° 0.704 330° 0.284 40° 0.597 100° 1.000 160° 0.729 220° 0.988 280° 0.590 340° 0.305 50° 0.710 110° 0.979 170° 0.751 230° 1.000 290° 0.450 350° 0.284