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No signal again
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I believe WYDN is now on the WBZ tower with a STA for half power operation. Does anyone know the current status of WYDN's building out their CP? I'd imagine the antenna issues stated above may have delayed the completion of that move.
Also, is WBPX still planning to exercise their CP and move to the candelabra and increase power to 1 Megawatt ERP?
Thanks!
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Also, is WBPX still planning to exercise their CP and move to the candelabra and increase power to 1 Megawatt ERP?
Thanks!
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same for me with Channel 5 No Signal (Here in Salem, Ma) I use a Converter Box (No Cable)
FYI, I was at my family's cottage this past weekend in East Wakefield NH, about 100 miles north of Boston. On Friday night, conditions were good for receiving Boston stations. I was able to get a good signal for a while on WYDN as well as WBZ and WBPX. So I guess their tower problems have been solved. Also coming in were WGBH, WHDH, WFXT and WSBK. In addition, WPRI and WNAC were coming in from Providence.
Oddly the other Boston area stations were missing. We rarely get WLVI and never get WGBX. WCVB and WMFP come in sometimes, but they trail behind the usual reception of WHDH, WBZ and WFXT, the three strongest Boston stations at the cottage. I find it also interesting that WPRI and WNAC often come in before many of the weaker Boston stations even though WPRI and WNAC are 35 miles further away and operate on VHF 12 and 13. We know that VHF signals don't seem to travel as far for digital TV as UHF signals.
Oddly the other Boston area stations were missing. We rarely get WLVI and never get WGBX. WCVB and WMFP come in sometimes, but they trail behind the usual reception of WHDH, WBZ and WFXT, the three strongest Boston stations at the cottage. I find it also interesting that WPRI and WNAC often come in before many of the weaker Boston stations even though WPRI and WNAC are 35 miles further away and operate on VHF 12 and 13. We know that VHF signals don't seem to travel as far for digital TV as UHF signals.
On an (un?)related note: Has WUTF:66-27 upped their power yet?
A few days ago they seemed to suddenly decode regularly up here on the North Shore (they rarely did before), but now they seem just under threshold.
Heat and humidity seemed to vary during that time, so I don’t think it was just tropo enhancement.
A few days ago they seemed to suddenly decode regularly up here on the North Shore (they rarely did before), but now they seem just under threshold.
Heat and humidity seemed to vary during that time, so I don’t think it was just tropo enhancement.
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iyiyi said:
WYDN's STA was so they could operate from the Richland tower prior to the CP. They can go up at anytime.
And all bets are that WBPX is staying put. They just did a big transmitter upgrade at FM128, that included installing a whole 2nd tube in the transmitter.
This afternoon, the antenna could be seen back at the top of the tower, leaning slightly off vertical, supported by the gin pole and rigging. Tonight at around 8 PM, it was vertical, but not surprisingly, the gin pole appeared to be still present.Chris36 said:
They appear to be very close to returning all signals completely to normal.
Jeff, at your house in New Hampshire, it's amazing that you receive WPRI and WNAC from Providence, even though they are on RF chs 13 and 12 and transmit from Rehoboth, MA. By chance, have you ever received WJAR (RF 51) and WLNE (RF 49) which also transmit from the same tower in Rehoboth? I doubt you would ever receive WSBE (RF 21) because it's only at 50 kw power from the same tower; and WLWC (RF 22) is further out in Freetown.
I don't know, but when I put on 27, it automaticly jumps to 66. (I have a Magnavox Converter Box) No CableUncle Kaimbridge said:
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>>>At your house in New Hampshire, it's amazing that you receive WPRI and WNAC from Providence, even though they are on RF chs 13 and 12 and transmit from Rehoboth, MA. By chance, have you ever received WJAR (RF 51) and WLNE (RF 49) which also transmit from the same tower in Rehoboth? I doubt you would ever receive WSBE (RF 21) because it's only at 50 kw power from the same tower; and WLWC (RF 22) is further out in Freetown. <<<
Back in analog days, I'd get WJAR 10 a few times a month when conditions were right. That was when WCBB 10 Augusta was off the air overnight. When WCBB signed on at 7am, that was it for WJAR, although sometimes in the early morning WJAR would overpower WCBB for an hour or two. And also sometimes analog WPRI 12 would come in. With a 24 hour 6 in Portland, I never got WLNE 6 in analog days. I got WNAC 64 once or twice.
But since the digital switchover, WPRI and WNAC are the only Providence stations that come in, and as I remarked, they sometimes can be seen when some Boston stations are not coming in. I checked out Rehoboth MA on a map, where the antenna is, and that's a good 40 miles south of Boston, making it 140 miles from the cottage.
The cottage is at lake level with an antenna on the roof. I sometimes wonder if we were up on one of the hills nearby if we'd get Boston 24/7. We only get Boston stations at night till 8 or 9am, I'd say about 60% of the time. WMUR 9 Manchester used to come in almost all the time, before and after the digital switchover. But something happened this year that they've become unreliable, only viewable 20% of the time. And unlike the Boston stations, it seems to have nothing to do with day or night. They might come in at 4pm and be gone at 4am. WHDH, WBZ and WFXT are now more reliable, nights and mornings, than WMUR is, even though WMUR is about 60 miles away, instead of 100 for the Boston stations.
Never the less, the digital switchover has been good at the cottage for the most part. In analog days, we'd only get NBC 6 Portland and PBS 11 Durham with good pictures. ABC 8, ABC 9 and Pax/Ion 21 were shadowed or snowy and CBS 13 was just barely watchable. Now we get very good reception on NBC 6, ABC 8, PBS 11, CBS 13 and Ion 21 most of the time, although with digital, you really have to adjust the rooftop antenna with its electric rotator just right for ABC 8 and Ion 21. If you're off a few inches, the signal really goes downhill. Same for when the Boston and Providence signals come in at night.
>>>At your house in New Hampshire, it's amazing that you receive WPRI and WNAC from Providence, even though they are on RF chs 13 and 12 and transmit from Rehoboth, MA. By chance, have you ever received WJAR (RF 51) and WLNE (RF 49) which also transmit from the same tower in Rehoboth? I doubt you would ever receive WSBE (RF 21) because it's only at 50 kw power from the same tower; and WLWC (RF 22) is further out in Freetown. <<<
Back in analog days, I'd get WJAR 10 a few times a month when conditions were right. That was when WCBB 10 Augusta was off the air overnight. When WCBB signed on at 7am, that was it for WJAR, although sometimes in the early morning WJAR would overpower WCBB for an hour or two. And also sometimes analog WPRI 12 would come in. With a 24 hour 6 in Portland, I never got WLNE 6 in analog days. I got WNAC 64 once or twice.
But since the digital switchover, WPRI and WNAC are the only Providence stations that come in, and as I remarked, they sometimes can be seen when some Boston stations are not coming in. I checked out Rehoboth MA on a map, where the antenna is, and that's a good 40 miles south of Boston, making it 140 miles from the cottage.
The cottage is at lake level with an antenna on the roof. I sometimes wonder if we were up on one of the hills nearby if we'd get Boston 24/7. We only get Boston stations at night till 8 or 9am, I'd say about 60% of the time. WMUR 9 Manchester used to come in almost all the time, before and after the digital switchover. But something happened this year that they've become unreliable, only viewable 20% of the time. And unlike the Boston stations, it seems to have nothing to do with day or night. They might come in at 4pm and be gone at 4am. WHDH, WBZ and WFXT are now more reliable, nights and mornings, than WMUR is, even though WMUR is about 60 miles away, instead of 100 for the Boston stations.
Never the less, the digital switchover has been good at the cottage for the most part. In analog days, we'd only get NBC 6 Portland and PBS 11 Durham with good pictures. ABC 8, ABC 9 and Pax/Ion 21 were shadowed or snowy and CBS 13 was just barely watchable. Now we get very good reception on NBC 6, ABC 8, PBS 11, CBS 13 and Ion 21 most of the time, although with digital, you really have to adjust the rooftop antenna with its electric rotator just right for ABC 8 and Ion 21. If you're off a few inches, the signal really goes downhill. Same for when the Boston and Providence signals come in at night.
thank you for that information
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