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KFNC tower near Winnie nearly unlit.

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Fieldtech1

Edit: Found a Notam issued on November 13. Hope it's fixed soon, as there is a lot of air traffic in that vicinity.

No daytime strobes,
At night from the north only one red beacon visible, from the south, three are visible flashing randomly.
I assume they know it's borked, but emailed the station a few days back with no response.
 
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theantennaguy said:
Its powered on.
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I have never heard any trace of HD on KFNC during the Gow ownership, regardless of where I am in the Houston metro area. If that unit is ”powered on” it is not actually transmitting. Others on this board have noted the lack of the alleged HD on 97.5, even when close to the transmitter.

Don’t show me a picture of an allegedly working HD modulator. Show me an HD radio actually receiving the supposed digital signal on 97.5.

Meanwhile I have a solid HD lock on rimshot KQQK at my northwest Harris County location.
 
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Again, it is powered on. It is in compliance with applicable regulations. I'm sorry that your HD tuner is unable to decode the signal.
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That means there are many HD receivers out there that are “unable to decode (the alleged) signal. Sorry, but my B.S. detector is going nuts. Show me a receiver decoding a KFNC HD signal over the air. And explain why any HD receiver would be unable to decode the supposed KFNC HD signal, when those same receivers have no problem decoding every other HD signal in the market.:mad:
 
theantennaguy said:
Again, it is powered on. It is in compliance with applicable regulations. I'm sorry that your HD tuner is unable to decode the signal.
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Powered on yet not connected to anything. Multiple people like myself have driven within sight of the tower with no HD signal received or indicated. Don’t try that BS about us all having defective receivers.
 
Mediafrog+ said:
That means there are many HD receivers out there that are “unable to decode (the alleged) signal. Sorry, but my B.S. detector is going nuts. Show me a receiver decoding a KFNC HD signal over the air. And explain why any HD receiver would be unable to decode the supposed KFNC HD signal, when those same receivers have no problem decoding every other HD signal in the market.:mad:
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Speaking In general terms and not about any HD broadcaster in particular, these HD modulators are required to be connected to the internet at all times. An extremely greedy company known as Ibiquity (or whatever they call themselves now) can activate or deactivate the encoding process just like Comcast can turn off a cable box. 97.5 has an HD modulator. Its connected and powered on. Could be Gow refuses to capitulate to Ibiquity's fees?
 
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stan said:
Powered on yet not connected to anything. Multiple people like myself have driven within sight of the tower with no HD signal received or indicated. Don’t try that BS about us all having defective receivers.
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I looked at 97.5 on my SDR when I was in Beaumont and didn’t see any HD sidebands. So it’s 100% not in HD.
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Show me a receiver decoding a KFNC HD signal over the air.
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The receiver at the 92.5 translator must be really special!
 
theantennaguy said:
Speaking In general terms and not about any HD broadcaster in particular, these HD modulators are required to be connected to the internet at all times. An extremely greedy company known as Ibiquity (or whatever they call themselves now) can activate or deactivate the encoding process just like Comcast can turn off a cable box. 97.5 has an HD modulator. Its connected and powered on. Could be Gow refuses to capitulate to Ibiquity's fees?
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$10k one time fee for the HD1, likely paid by whoever bought that Flexstar exciter. HD2 is $250 per quarter. Less than a fine from FCC for illegal retransmission of non existent HD carriers.
 
Fieldtech1 said:
$10k one time fee for the HD1,
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That's way too much for outdated technology on a dying medium IMO.
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HD2 is $250 per quarter.
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Doesn't seem like much. But at the end of the day, you're paying for the privilege to add more options on the dial. In today's market, that seems counterintuitive.

This isn't 2006 anymore. There is no opportunity for growth in terrestrial radio anymore. Adding more stations just further divides the shrinking pie.
 
HTX said:
Not when the FCC never fines anybody in Houston. It makes me feel like I could just run a pirate station with a bunch of profanity and be completely fine.
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Everything related to radio after 2008 has been extremely confusing and odd.
 
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