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WGHP-DT Testing Channel 8 Overnight Sunday Morning

tripinva

tripinva

I was asked to pass this along to places where potential viewers might be reading. If you post any reception reports here, I will make sure they get passed along to the proper folks:

The date and time is set for our testing of the channel 8 digital system. We will be testing from 2am to 4am on Sunday morning May 24. We will also have channel 35 on so be sure you know which channel you are watching since channel 8 will have the same programming as channel 35. When you do your rescan, after it clears channel 8, stop it from rescanning or if you can't, pull the antenna so it doesn't pick up 35 or pull your antenna, do a rescan with no antenna so it picks up nothing and then manually enter channel 8, if your receiver will allow it. If you have a D* or E* combo receiver, you will not be able to see channel 8 digital until D* and E* sends the new data at 9AM on June 12th so you folks will not be able to participate, unless you have a VERY OLD D* Samsung HD receiver or other vintage receiver or some other none D* or E* receiver like a converter box or STB. All of the newer ones that have the D* logo on it will not do a manual scan, this includes the H20, HR20, and the HR21 add on tuner. They get their info directly from D*.

- Trip
 
Just a reminder about this test for anyone interested. I'll be up trying to DX it. I'm seeing some very faint signal from the Greensboro area on UHF...

- Trip
 
I've just decided not to set up the converter box until they're ready. That way I can have one antenna for the UHF stations and another for WGHP, and I can set it up for ideal reception. I'll probably have to move the TV out of the kitchen. But which one? If I use the one where the VCR works I have to be home to start it. And remember to start it. Or at least turn it on when the time comes. I don't know whether the antenna is any better for VHF than the one I have now, and besides, it's 22 dB compared to 45 for the one I have set up now.

I've been watching "Roy's Folks" manually on analog because I don't have a working VCR capable of setting both the time and channel that isn't hooked up to cable. In fact, I will still have to manually change the channel between Roy and "The Simpsons" if I want anything after June 12.

For Fox I have cable. I've never really tried WGHP digital. Charlotte's digital Fox station seems to work anyway. I know that when I had the Fox digital weather channel on during severe weather alerts, it would pixilate every time I walked through the room, but then the antenna's pointed the other way and on the wrong side of the house. The Greensboro-area stations have to get priority when they're not on cable except for WFMY.
 
JimA said:
DishTV solves all my tv problems
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I rarely hear anything good about dishes. Besides, cable is cheaper.

But for some reason I don't get this station, even though they do in the next county. I get WFMY instead, which has "Jeopardy". Roy I can see online.
 
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