Can i receive KHPK-LD up here in 76234? my antenna is 30 feet up on the houseTexasTom said:
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K31GL-DT is on the air!
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My parents live in Lavon (75166) and have an antenna mounted in the attic pointed at Cedar Hill. K31GL-DT comes in great with a signal between 85 and 90 on a Dish Network 722 receiver and Dish TR-40 converter box. However, there is no signal on DT 3 KHPK-LD.
FWIW, all the LP analogs come in surprisingly well.
FWIW, all the LP analogs come in surprisingly well.
For what it's worth.. I have a very good rooftop antenna pointed at Cedar Hill at my house in Plano. I cannot get KHPK-LD on 3.1.
K31GL-D comes in great.
K31GL-D comes in great.
TexasTom said:
Could be lots of things: local topography, antenna differences at VHF-Lo frequencies, interference from a local RF modulator (in a VCR, satellite receiver, etc.) set to channel 3; who knows?
FWIW, I'm also about 30 miles from Cedar Hill (in S. Garland). I can't get 3.1 either, but I don't have a good VHF-Lo antenna. (I tried rabbit ears in the attic with no luck.)
Check out 31-4, 31-3 now.
JHBrandt said:
Looks like KNAV 22 is back on the air. Still Gems TV. (Same as 3.1??)
31.4 is back to infomercials, but now 31.3 is airing the same infomercials as 31.4. The slide show is gone.
I saw one infomercial in Spanish (on both 31.3 and 31.4). Everything else I've seen was in English, though.
What do you mean by on air? Up here in 76234 I do not get 22 at ALL!! and I have a craving for some analog TV...JHBrandt said:
eskipper411 said:
Man, these LP stations are changing around so fast I can't keep up.
As of today, 1/14/09, KHPK 28 looks like it's become some kind of Spanish religious station, and KNAV 22 is no longer Gems TV - it looks like it now has the infomercials that were on 28 yesterday.
Even with a good rooftop UHF antenna, though, channel 22 will be pretty hard to get in 76234 - at least if tvfool.com is to be believed.
This is seriously messed up I mean, what if I have to watch spanish religious stations and Infomercials? 
stationi said:
I asked a friend who lives in Red Oak (about 10 mi. from the transmitter) to try 3.1. He had no luck with rabbit ears.
FWIW, I'm about 30 miles from the transmitter. I extended my rabbit ears to 8 feet, set them horizontal, and sat them on a box in the attic. Still nothing. So I'd say it's not particularly easy to receive.
I'll try once more when I get the Y5-2-6 I ordered (it's a cheap enough antenna to experiment with).
stationi said:
It's not perfectly reliable, although it does seem to come in most of the time-- I've tuned by a couple times and seen indications that the signal was right on the line (ie, occasional freeze-ups), but the rest of the time it is just fine.
I'm using a Winegard outdoor antenna (can't remember the model number) that is about eight years old, mounted on the chimney of a two-story house, and am located over 30 miles from the transmitter site. I'm also running the signal through multiple splitters...and I'm not using any sort of amplifier with the antenna.
Frankly, when I heard it was on the air and tried tuning it in, I was really surprised to get it. From what I'd heard about digital on VHF-Low, it seemed unlikely that I'd be able to receive a 300 watt station from over 30 miles away -- but I gave it a shot, and have been surprised that it's as reliable as it is. I guess the lesson is that VHF-Low can work with an outdoor antenna, but is pretty flaky with any sort of indoor antenna.
Just for fun, I tried to get KHPK-LD again tonight and my TV actually decoded the PSIP (or most of it) from the station. It showed a 3.1 and 3.2. It did try to create a picture a few times, but I never really got a useable signal. I'll try again tomorrow and see what happens.
I noticed on Friday that K31GL-D 31.4 now has color bars on it with a note that says: Ch. Available Call x for information. (it gives a Dallas phone number) So what would you put on a subchannel of a low power digital station?
Well, I got my Y5-2-6 Sat. and stuck it up in the attic. Still no KHPK-LD 3. Rats.
It does bring in 2, 4, and 5 quite well - and 6 with some snow and interference from a nearby FM station. It's not bad on VHF-Hi either, and even pulls in the stronger UHF stations (!), but 3 is still buried in the noise floor.
I suppose I could try it on the roof, but in about a month the only thing left on VHF-Lo here will be KHPK-LD and KZFW (a Spanish religious station). Frankly, they aren't worth it.
It does bring in 2, 4, and 5 quite well - and 6 with some snow and interference from a nearby FM station. It's not bad on VHF-Hi either, and even pulls in the stronger UHF stations (!), but 3 is still buried in the noise floor.
I suppose I could try it on the roof, but in about a month the only thing left on VHF-Lo here will be KHPK-LD and KZFW (a Spanish religious station). Frankly, they aren't worth it.
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