As I noted over in the AVS Forum, I was trying out a portable television set with ATSC (and NTSC tuning) last night. My trip took, naturally, me to Cedar Hill.
I was amazed, astonished and blindsided by just how poorly KHPK-LD 3 was received in spite of being close enough to the towers to get a sunburn from the beacon lights.
At the lumber yard/hardware store in downtown Cedar Hill, channel 3 barely locked with frequent dropouts. Over by the Dairy Queen on US-67, it was even worse. By the time I got to Cockrell Hill Road on US-67, no amount of contortions of the antenna would capture KHPK.
The caveat, of course, is that this was using the attached unipole on the Radio Shack Accurian, even when fully-extended, is not ideal for low-band VHF. Still, it was surprising that within shouting distance of the tower that KHPK-LD barely came in.
With the dustup at WPVI/Philadelphia (low band VHF on channel 6). the FCC *MAY* be looking at reviewing the power levels. Perhaps the low power VHF facilities could be offered some relief.
By the way, both K31GL-D/31 and KJJM-LD/34 pinned the meter at all points in Cedar Hill as expected.
I was amazed, astonished and blindsided by just how poorly KHPK-LD 3 was received in spite of being close enough to the towers to get a sunburn from the beacon lights.
At the lumber yard/hardware store in downtown Cedar Hill, channel 3 barely locked with frequent dropouts. Over by the Dairy Queen on US-67, it was even worse. By the time I got to Cockrell Hill Road on US-67, no amount of contortions of the antenna would capture KHPK.The caveat, of course, is that this was using the attached unipole on the Radio Shack Accurian, even when fully-extended, is not ideal for low-band VHF. Still, it was surprising that within shouting distance of the tower that KHPK-LD barely came in.
With the dustup at WPVI/Philadelphia (low band VHF on channel 6). the FCC *MAY* be looking at reviewing the power levels. Perhaps the low power VHF facilities could be offered some relief.
By the way, both K31GL-D/31 and KJJM-LD/34 pinned the meter at all points in Cedar Hill as expected.
