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KAUT-TV, Oklahoma City, OK, ATSC 3.0 signal received in Carrollton, MO

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Route66Fan

This morning, my HDHR5-4K tuner, in Carrollton, MO, was wanting to pick up a weak ATSC 3.0 signal on RF Ch. 19. We were having severe thunderstorms coming in from the North. I am assuming that what I was picking up is the signal from KAUT-TV, Oklahoma City, OK, which is broadcasting an ATSC 3.0 signal on RF Ch. 19. KAUT-TV is, currently, the closest TV station broadcasting in ATSC 3.0, to where I am located at (Carrollton, MO.)
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Route66Fan said:
I found out that, in order to get a signal lock, the signal strength has to be around 60%.
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How did you determine that?
Usually, the major factor in digital reception is the "quality" of the signal... lack of distortions like multipath and noise, mostly.
The signal strength just needs to be enough to create the magic "margin" number, and that can often be improved by amplification and antenna gain.
Where was your antenna aimed? I also wonder about the noise from lightning.
 
kenglish said:
How did you determine that?
Usually, the major factor in digital reception is the "quality" of the signal... lack of distortions like multipath and noise, mostly.
The signal strength just needs to be enough to create the magic "margin" number, and that can often be improved by amplification and antenna gain.
Where was your antenna aimed? I also wonder about the noise from lightning.
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I wasn't getting a decode below 60%. Once it got above that, the tuner received the streams. My antenna was pointing West-Southwest at the time, towards the Kansas City area. I do have some trees near the antenna that might have been blocking the signal a little bit. One thing that I have read is the HDHR5-4K tuner has some bugs in it that cause some issues with decoding ATSC 3.0 signals. The lightning may have also been an issue, as well.
 
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