As of Monday late morning DRL was sending color bars with no audio tone untill 2.00PM then went off the air for a bit and came back on with CTN network and has been an the air since, no comercials or voice ID just call letters 0n upper left as WDRL-TV Danville, (I took a picture of the color bars) would this be a Equipment test or to be temp. back on the air for sale etc.?
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WDRL-tv is on the air again?
- Thread starter FRM-Yankey
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FRM-Yankey said:
Were you receiving it off-air (where and on what channel?) or from cable (where and on what channel?)?
Dale H. Cook, Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html
As I am in Moneta VA and have a clear shot at Smith Mt, I was receiving it with my HDTV antenna on channel 24 thru my TV, no cable or dish type pickup. As i am writing this they just went off the air. They were on for appro. 77 Hrs strait through. Charter must be doing this as to not lose its licence?Dale H. Cook said:
That's exactly it. What I don't understand is why I'm not receiving anything. I hooked up my spectrum analyzer and didn't see anything on channel 24 when I posted my message.
Any chance you can e-mail me next time you spot it on the air? webmaster AT rabbitears DOT info. I'd like to catch it on the air.
- Trip
Any chance you can e-mail me next time you spot it on the air? webmaster AT rabbitears DOT info. I'd like to catch it on the air.
- Trip
FRM-Yankey said:
Charter is not the licensee - it is still in the control of the receiver. See the correspondence folder for information about recent operation:
http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/corrp_list.pl?Facility_id=15507
Dale H. Cook, Contract Engineer, Roanoke/Lynchburg, VA
http://plymouthcolony.net/starcityeng/index.html
Trip tried to mail you that picture of the color bars at the above address Yahoo wont accept it.tripinva said:
[email protected]. thanks...
Oh, sorry I gave you my old sign, it should be [email protected]....tripinva said:
tripinva said:Okay, this morning I've spotted WDRL on the air. Signal is as lousy as ever (about half my tuners decode it, the other half don't) but it is there. Looks to be running a simulcast of WLFG.
You got it Trip, its on now with a clear picture :, thanks for the heads up....
- Trip
Wdrl-tv is now part of Living Faith Television, a faith base Christian Network base in Abington VA.tripinva said:
(WlFg-tv) It has seven stations in VA, TN, NC, and WV.
Here we go again, DRL-tv has been off the air for 2 days now, as if they have technical issues or just the lack of funds to run the station no one knows, just a continuance of the DRL- Charter saga.....FRM-Yankey said:
I got a brief e-mail response from Mr Younts a few days ago. He stated he has consulting engineers trying to fix the FCC rules violations with the WDRL signal. I suspect the latest on-and-off behavior is a result of those repair attempts, but I could be wrong.
Additionally, operating the signal for more than 24 hours every [fewer than] 30 days means the station is legally "on the air" and thus does not have to file a silent notification with the FCC, so that could also be playing a role.
- Trip
Additionally, operating the signal for more than 24 hours every [fewer than] 30 days means the station is legally "on the air" and thus does not have to file a silent notification with the FCC, so that could also be playing a role.
- Trip
Trip, It must of been the the repair situation as they were back on the air around 4.00 PM yesterday and are still on today, looks like a more focus and better signal that they are sending out now....tripinva said:
New call leters or not it is still on an a on and off broadcasting schedule,there were off for over a month and came back on the air on 11/10/11 for three days, back on 11/23/11 untill 12/411 and are off the air now. Charter still in control. How can you tell!RadioDaze said:
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