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KFWD - 13 VS. 55 KW

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Bob E. Nelson

When...and if...KFWD/52 (RF-9) ever builds the 55 kW plant for which they have a CP, will there /really/ be much of an improvement over the current 13 kW facility?

In particular, the past few days have seen strong tropo conditions. The short-spacing between KCEN and KFWD is such that interference totally obliterates the latter in far north suburbs.

Is the 6.3 dB gain berween 13 kW and 55 kW significant enough to overcome such interfence?

Thankfully tonight, the tropo ducting was gone and I was able to watch the Dale Hansen repeat after the Cowboy victory over the iggles. KFWD may be an afterthought for most D/FW viewers but its late night replay of WFAA news is a boon for we nightowls.
 
It probably won't help a whole lot, but every little bit helps.

- Trip
 
Has Ch 52 got the capability to show Ch 8's news reruns in HD 16:9 now? Kinda funny seeing and hearing the WFAA-HD stuff on the Ch 8 news repeats on 52 in 4:3 SD. I have a $250 DVR that will record and playback in full HD so I've wondered, what's their problem doing that?
 
I've thought about that... (16x9 on 52)

Does 52 ever run anything in 16x9? I'm usually only there on Weekends, and haven't seen anything 16x9.

Does U-verse even carry the HD signal (my parents have U-verse), but I usually use the roof-top aerial with my capture card.
 
tested said:
No, everything 52 does is stretch-o-vision.
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KFWD/52 does not do stretch-o-vision -- everything they transmit is 4:3 standard definition. So if you're getting a stretched image on your TV, you may want to check how you have it set for displaying 4:3 stations.
 
I looked at the antenna data for the 13 kW and 55 kW facilities. It looks like the 55 kW antenna will have less radiation to the south, so for folks in that area, the signal probably won't get even 6.3 dB stronger. I'm sure that's intentional to avoid interference within KCEN's protected area. For folks to the north it should be closer to the full 6.3 dB.
 
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