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KPFW FILES FOR DISPLACEMENT TO RF-18

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Bob E. Nelson

Low-power digital KPFW (currently on out-of-core RF-61) has filed for a displacement migration to RF-18, which will eventually become unoccupied when KTXA moves to RF-29.

The STA filing (BSTA-20091007ADJ) specifies the community of license as ``FRESCO'' [sic].
 
The FCC has the spelling corrected now.

On a related note, it looks like KTVT finally got their channel 19 construction permit approved. This is important because it means they can shut off their VHF signal on RF 11. Once that's done, they can dismantle their Ch. 11 antenna; then KTXA can erect their Ch. 29 antenna and move to RF 29, vacating RF 18 for KPFW to move into. (Whew!)
 
KPFW gets rid of color bars

KPFW made a minor change to subchannels 61.3 and 61.4: instead of color bars, they are now duplicates of 61.1 and 61.2, respectively.
 
Re: KPFW gets rid of color bars

JHBrandt said:
KPFW made a minor change to subchannels 61.3 and 61.4: instead of color bars, they are now duplicates of 61.1 and 61.2, respectively.
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Occasionally during period of strong tropo, 61-1 (and now 61-3) shows ``No signal'' with a 50-4 bug in the upper right corner. Evidently KPFW picks up the programming via KATA. They ought to check their antenna orientation toward Cedar Hill. :)

Speaking of the K?FW stations, I happened to be in far north Collin county today (near the Cooke county line). Neither KSFW/2 nor KQFW/7 scanned. All of the other D/FW and Sherman-Denison full-power stations were detected. So I'm not sure if either of those two are on the air or if the 300 watt facilities just didn't make it in spite of being within a couple of miles of the antenna.
 
Re: KPFW gets rid of color bars

Bob E. Nelson said:
Occasionally during period of strong tropo, 61-1 (and now 61-3) shows ``No signal'' with a 50-4 bug in the upper right corner. Evidently KPFW picks up the programming via KATA. They ought to check their antenna orientation toward Cedar Hill. :)
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Interesting. Sounds like 61.1/61.3 is basically a translator. I wonder how KPFW gets the 61.2/61.4 signal? Probably satellite, since there's no other local HCCN broadcast to receive and translate.

The church also owns an analog station, KZFW/6, which broadcasts from Cedar Hill. The audio is the same as 50.4/61.1/61.3 but the video is only a nightlight directing you to one of their digital broadcasts. I'll try to listen to the audio and see if it's ahead of, behind, or in sync with 50.4's audio.

By the way, thanks for the tip on checking a station's list of applications with the FCC. I've discovered a lot of interesting info in those applications.

Bob E. Nelson said:
Speaking of the K?FW stations, I happened to be in far north Collin county today (near the Cooke county line). Neither KSFW/2 nor KQFW/7 scanned. All of the other D/FW and Sherman-Denison full-power stations were detected. So I'm not sure if either of those two are on the air or if the 300 watt facilities just didn't make it in spite of being within a couple of miles of the antenna.
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From what I've heard about HCCN, it wouldn't surprise me if neither is on the air. But I don't know why LP digital stations bother with VHF. 300 watts just isn't enough power for VHF-Hi. It's not too bad for VHF-Lo, but KSFW/2 has modified their CP down to only 200 watts! Besides, VHF-Lo has interference problems and few folks have the megatennas necessary for decent reception.

Incidentally, did KHFW/29 (15 kW signal, but on a measly 100-foot stick, broadcast from Howe) scan, or is it just another HCCN vaporware station? If it's real, I can't imagine it staying on that frequency much longer, with KTXA getting ready to switch to 29.
 
Re: KPFW gets rid of color bars

JHBrandt said:
By the way, thanks for the tip on checking a station's list of applications with the FCC. I've discovered a lot of interesting info in those applications.

Incidentally, did KHFW/29 (15 kW signal, but on a measly 100-foot stick, broadcast from Howe) scan, or is it just another HCCN vaporware station? If it's real, I can't imagine it staying on that frequency much longer, with KTXA getting ready to switch to 29.
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In addition to viewing the applications, also check out the ``Correspondence'' in the FCC's CDBS database...

...which brings us to HFFW/29:

http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/getimportletter_exh.cgi?import_letter_id=14665

In short, HCCN has to refile. Interestingly, the letter to the applicant from the FCC Media Bureau doesn't mention the clash involving KTXA's RF-29 facility. And, to the gild the lily, nothing scanned on 29 during my trip to the northern climes. :)
 
The weird thing is that the query and application list both show KHFW's application as "granted" as of November 16; yet the letter was dated November 3.

Back to KPFW 61: They seem to have gone off the air Sunday evening for some reason. I've seen LP stations go off the air for a day or two before, so it may be just a technical glitch. There's no correspondence indicating a problem.
 
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