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Pax TV on Ch. 16?

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neo11

Ever since moving to a new house in Flushing, I have been able to get a very fuzzy signal of a PAX TV affiliate on Channel 16...any idea what station this is and where it is from?

UPDATE: Seems to be WGPX all the way from North Carolina...my furthest-ever TV catch, and I've been getting it for the past two days!<P ID="edit"><FONT class="small">Edited by neo11 on 08/15/05 02:40 AM.</FONT></P>
 
> Ever since moving to a new house in Flushing, I have been
> able to get a very fuzzy signal of a PAX TV affiliate on
> Channel 16...any idea what station this is and where it is
> from?
>
> UPDATE: Seems to be WGPX all the way from North
> Carolina...my furthest-ever TV catch, and I've been getting
> it for the past two days!

Have you seen an ID for the NC station?

There *has* been propagation down there, but... 15 channels separation is a "magic number". TVs are susceptible to something called "image response", which causes them to receive stations 15 channels lower than those stations are actually broadcasting.

Of course, 16+15=31, which is the channel NYC's Pax station is on.

It could be that when you moved, you moved to a place where the NYC station's signal is considerably stronger, enough to "blow through" the filters in your TV and result in this kind of image.
 
> > Ever since moving to a new house in Flushing, I have been
> > able to get a very fuzzy signal of a PAX TV affiliate on
> > Channel 16...any idea what station this is and where it is
>
> > from?
> >
> > UPDATE: Seems to be WGPX all the way from North
> > Carolina...my furthest-ever TV catch, and I've been
> getting
> > it for the past two days!
>
> Have you seen an ID for the NC station?
>
> There *has* been propagation down there, but... 15 channels
> separation is a "magic number". TVs are susceptible to
> something called "image response", which causes them to
> receive stations 15 channels lower than those stations are
> actually broadcasting.
>
> Of course, 16+15=31, which is the channel NYC's Pax station
> is on.

I saw an ID with three callsigns at the bottom of the screen but the signal was too fuzzy to make them out clearly. Where I am now is a few miles further away from the Empire State Building, but a bit higher up in altitude, so it could also be that...i know Ch. 31 is also rebroadcast on 34, but is it also relayed on a third station which could explain the three legal ID's? I don't exactly watch Pax often enough to have taken note of their ID's ;)
>
> It could be that when you moved, you moved to a place where
> the NYC station's signal is considerably stronger, enough to
> "blow through" the filters in your TV and result in this
> kind of image.
>
 
> I saw an ID with three callsigns at the bottom of the screen
> but the signal was too fuzzy to make them out clearly.
> Where I am now is a few miles further away from the Empire
> State Building, but a bit higher up in altitude, so it could
> also be that...i know Ch. 31 is also rebroadcast on 34, but
> is it also relayed on a third station which could explain
> the three legal ID's? I don't exactly watch Pax often
> enough to have taken note of their ID's ;)

I might guess the third station is WPXN-DT, channel 31's digital signal on channel 30. Some station groups (including ours) have decided it's necessary to identify their analog and digital stations separately (WPXN-TV/DT New York isn't acceptable, it has to be WPXN-TV New York/WPXN-DT New York) and it's possible Pax is one of them.

Don't remember whether the Pax 16 in NC has any translators that would account for a third station in the ID. They do seem to be fond of analog translators where appropriate.
 
The third station is WPXU-LP Amityville which was on 38 until WWOR-DT returned to the air. They tried to move to channel 19 back around 2002 or so, but was denied.

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