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Did they decide to wait till next year for HD?

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jras20

I wonder if they decided to wait untill next year for HD on the Main tower thats off of Missouri City? I thought they were expose to start it in September, usually when they start working on those towers I dont get any of the 9 stations off of that tower out at Lavaca county. Anyone have any new info?
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> I wonder if they decided to wait untill next year for HD on
> the Main tower thats off of Missouri City? I thought they
> were expose to start it in September, usually when they
> start working on those towers I dont get any of the 9
> stations off of that tower out at Lavaca county. Anyone
> have any new info?

As I understand it, several stations were "dragging ass" getting their "alternate" sites built (or updated). I've heard both "later this year" and "perhaps the first part of next year" mentioned more than once.
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> > I wonder if they decided to wait untill next year for HD
> on
> > the Main tower thats off of Missouri City? I thought they
>
> > were expose to start it in September, usually when they
> > start working on those towers I dont get any of the 9
> > stations off of that tower out at Lavaca county. Anyone
> > have any new info?
>
> As I understand it, several stations were "dragging ass"
> getting their "alternate" sites built (or updated). I've
> heard both "later this year" and "perhaps the first part of
> next year" mentioned more than once.
>

Or they are waiting to see what's left after Hurricane Rita.
 
Rita poses no threat to those towers. Houston is 50 miles inland and above sea level. If it happens, it will lose strength fast by the time it gets in this area, if it gets in this area. At this writing at 4:40AM, Rita is still a tropical storm. It will be a huricane later today.
 
> Rita poses no threat to those towers. Houston is 50 miles
> inland and above sea level. If it happens, it will lose
> strength fast by the time it gets in this area, if it gets
> in this area. At this writing at 4:40AM, Rita is still a
> tropical storm. It will be a huricane later today.

Mybe they heard about the loss of coverage suffered by 107.5 and are thinking twice before converting to this kludgey IBOC system that has been foisted on us.

If you live in the fringes like the Woodlands or Conroe, or any other bordering areas, prepare to lose reception when stations go IBOC!
 
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> Mybe they heard about the loss of coverage suffered by 107.5
> and are thinking twice before converting to this kludgey
> IBOC system that has been foisted on us.
>
> If you live in the fringes like the Woodlands or Conroe, or
> any other bordering areas, prepare to lose reception when
> stations go IBOC!
>

Realy? I havnt noticed any change in the signal stregnth out at Lavaca county. Is KLDE in HD now? I havnt noticed any change in it...?<P ID="signature">______________
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> Realy? I havnt noticed any change in the signal stregnth
> out at Lavaca county. Is KLDE in HD now? I havnt noticed
> any change in it...?

Interesting, because they lost about 60 miles of coverage up North! yes, they are HD. I travelled to Houston enough to know I wasn't getting skip on KLDE, before IBOC they reached Centerville, after IBOC conversion they barely reach Huntsville. Of course that is on a souped up Pioneer Supertuner. The average listener in the Woodlands and Conroe probably can't get them any more.

I now listen to "The Point" when I'm in between Dallas and Houston, since KLDE is GONE in many areas it previously covered. I had one poster say that signal loss due to IBOC could be up to 60%. Again, the Eastern 1/3 of the country presumes to tell the Western 2/3 what is best for us. For a station in the densely populated East, 30 or 40 mile coverage is great, any more and you are into the territory of a neighboring city. But out here in Texas, you want to squeeze every last mile of coverage out, because some suburbs are in medium or even deep fringe areas.

The antenna arrays in both Houston and Dallas were designed before population shifted to the NE in both areas, leaving coverage poor for arrays way to the Southwest. Houston is seeing a lot of development Northwest now, but coverage even up there is poor. It will get a lot worse if even the most optimistic estimate of only losing 15% power to IBOC is realized. I'll tell you - if I owned a station in either metro area, I would keep pumping out 100k of pure analog off of a 2000 foot tower - and cover the new affluent suburbs, while my competition is struggling to be heard. Any competitive advantage is always welcome, and if the other guys want to hobble their signal for a handful of digital receivers, so much the better for my ratings!
 
Does diffrent Recievers act diffrently to signals that are splitted to HD? Most of the time KLDE comes in a lot better than KITE Port lavaca, but then again, my antenna is directional, its the same antenna I got here hooked up just south of Austin going to San antonio -

I got it pointed about east north east down there, Klub and the point usually fight over each other, I cant realy get either one, same deal with KIXS and KQQK, but most of the time KIXS wins except durring the night or when its enhanced.
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