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I noticed the same thing...it looks like WGTV is on their new RF channel 7 signal that's about 3x the power of their old one on RF channel 8. Both WGTV and WXIA are coming in a lot better despite still being on VHF (although I don't think WXIA changed anything). It was about impossible for me to get WGTV before.
But a lot of the smaller players seem to have disappeared--the biggest being WPXA channel 14 out of Rome, but I never got that one too well to begin with.
Did the TV repack do away with a lot of the remaining LPTV analog signals? It would seem that analog LPTV would hog valuable spacing that DTV doesn't need. I also seem to remember something about some marginal players not being able to afford the move and just going dark.
The channel 6 analog LPTV Franken-FM is still on the air...but channels 6 and 7 aren't adjacent on the RF band (there are gaps between 3 and 4, and 6 and 7).
The FCC repack is still ongoing and some TV stations are operating at reduced power levels and/or from backup transmitter sites.
If you were getting PBS on RF 7, it might have been WCIQ (Alabama PB).
I'm getting even fewer channels today than two days ago. Most of the multichannel LDs are gone for me - among the bigger ones, I'm down to 28 and 32.
I guess I'm not the only one having trouble with WPXA 14.
After their move from RF 31 to RF 16, I'm having a much harder time tuning it (generally meaning that I can't without losing three other channels). While I was working on it, my receiver actually locked in 16-8 and 16-9 for a moment, which I wouldn't think would be part of WPXA's array. Is it possible that WYGA is still broadcasting on RF 16 and causing interference?
I'm getting even fewer channels today than two days ago. Most of the multichannel LDs are gone for me - among the bigger ones, I'm down to 28 and 32.
I guess I'm not the only one having trouble with WPXA 14.
After their move from RF 31 to RF 16, I'm having a much harder time tuning it (generally meaning that I can't without losing three other channels). While I was working on it, my receiver actually locked in 16-8 and 16-9 for a moment, which I wouldn't think would be part of WPXA's array. Is it possible that WYGA is still broadcasting on RF 16 and causing interference?
Nope - it's still on 7. I pulled it in yesterday while I was working on my setup.
It's moving to 12 as part of Repack Phase 10 in July 2020 - the same phase that WGTV is moving. (That's probably why WGTV didn't move in this phase.)
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I'm getting WPXA better than ever on 14 now.
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Adjacent channel interference?
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I have not seen this, but I have heard that excessive signal level can exceed what the error correction can correct for.
I am now seeing elsewhere that WSB is transmitting on RF 14, not the 32 they were assigned post-auction. They were transmitting on another tower because their main tower in the Old Fourth Ward wasn't ready by September 6 (rescan day) so they were granted an extension. On October 17, they installed a new transmitter atop their main tower. The FCC's public files page shows them at 14 but their main query page has them on 32. So who's right?
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