I was perusing around the RabbitEars.info site when I saw that two new low power digital stations fired up in Mineral Wells, K21KJ-D and K26KC-D. Now, I am a stickler for every new channel that fires up in the Dallas/Fort Worth area and I tend to notice these fairly quickly. But, this time I didn't. It may be because KWDA and KODF are transmitting on RF 21 and 26 which seem to be the main channels that I pick up instead of those. I am only 35 to 40 miles away from that transmitter site rather than "The Farm" which is only 60 miles away. Is it the co-channel interference from KWDA and KODF that is causing me not to pick up those two channels?
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In regards to K21KJ-D and K26KC-D
- Thread starter eskipper411
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There's no co-channel interference from KODF/26. It actually broadcasts on RF 27. You might get interference from KXXV/25 in Waco (or even KTEN/10 in Oklahoma) though, since they do broadcast on RF 26.
Looking at your TV Fool graph, it looks like the Mineral Wells LPs are about 90 degrees clockwise from the Cedar Hill antenna farm. If your TV antennas are pointed toward Cedar Hill, they probably have no sensitivity to signals coming from this direction. But if you can rotate an antenna to point southwest, it'll be sensitive to signals from Mineral Wells and not to signals from Cedar Hill or Waco, so I think it'll pick up those two Mineral Wells stations (assuming they've lit up).
Let us know if you have any luck - particularly if they're broadcasting anything worth watching.
Looking at your TV Fool graph, it looks like the Mineral Wells LPs are about 90 degrees clockwise from the Cedar Hill antenna farm. If your TV antennas are pointed toward Cedar Hill, they probably have no sensitivity to signals coming from this direction. But if you can rotate an antenna to point southwest, it'll be sensitive to signals from Mineral Wells and not to signals from Cedar Hill or Waco, so I think it'll pick up those two Mineral Wells stations (assuming they've lit up).
Let us know if you have any luck - particularly if they're broadcasting anything worth watching.
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