UHF REPEATERS IN MESQUITE? OR JUST MY TV?

[MikeShannon914]

So why would I get most of the lower UHF stations (21, 27, 33, etc, and some Spanish stations) all clustered around 73-80 instead? This is over-the-air, rabbit ears stuff...no cable, no nothing. Now it did cross my mind that I might still be on some 'cable TV' setting on my TV, but I don't see an option to arm or disarm that or to set it for "OTA" channels. So the question is, is it just my TV, or are there repeaters around town?

I do get some so-so static on the proper channels, so I can't put this anomaly totally on the TV set. Ideas?

 

[fybush]

Your TV is tuning to the cable-channel frequencies, which means you're seeing 21 on "72", 27 on "78", 33 on "74" and 39 on "80." There's a gap in the way cable frequencies are laid out, so the upper channels will be in the 100+ range - 52 on "108," 58 on "114" and 68 on "124."

Depending on the TV, there are lots of different ways to change back to regular UHF channels. It's probably somewhere in the menu settings - look for a choice of "TV/CATV."

 

[Chuck]

Your TV is tuning to the cable-channel frequencies, which means you're seeing 21 on "72", 27 on "78", 33 on "74" and 39 on "80." There's a gap in the way cable frequencies are laid out, so the upper channels will be in the 100+ range - 52 on "108," 58 on "114" and 68 on "124."

Depending on the TV, there are lots of different ways to change back to regular UHF channels. It's probably somewhere in the menu settings - look for a choice of "TV/CATV."

Changing the tuner to receive off the air channels properly can be very difficult on some sets. A Philips TV we had in our guest room required calling their "customer service" number in New Delhi and waiting on perma-hold until they could figure it out. It wasn't even in the instructions. As it worked out, you had to unplug the set, hold down three buttons and re-power it to make the switch. Not exactly convenient. I didn't shed too many tears when lightning took out that TV.

 

[Mediafrog+]

Frequency list of analog cable channels is here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_cable_television_frequencies

OTA channel 14 starts at 470 MHz. Cable channel 65 starts at 468 MHz which means that a set receiving off-air in the cable mode would see an OTA 14 on cable 65,, OTA 15 on 66, OTA 16 on 67, etc as most sets have enough tuning leeway to lock in the signal despite the 2 Mhz offset. You can do the math for the rest of the channels.

 

[MikeShannon914]

Thanks to all for the input! I get it now...and I get it on Channel 71, 72, 73... ;D