Was traveling through the Vegas area over the weekend, and as is my custom, brought my laptop along to catch TV signals. Couldn't pull in KVBC to save my life. Registered an ambient signal (15-20%), but nothing that I could decode. KVBC's Laughlin translator was down as well. Anyone know what happened?
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What happened to Las Vegas NBC affiliate KVBC?
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No, believe it or not, KVBC's signal has never been a problem before.
I guess I should have mentioned this before, but I ran into some heavy weather about 75-100 miles from Vegas. I don't know if the storms were in the Vegas metro area - storms in the desert are unpredictable and suddenly appear and disappear - but I'm not assuming that was the problem either. I just thought if someone on this board lives there and had the same problems, that they might have some insight. Believe me, I'm not losing any sleep over this mystery.
KVBC owns the Laughlin translator, K40CQ, so I'd be surprised if they were relying on OTA reception, but it's my understanding that when the primary station goes down, the translators are supposed to go silent as well.
I guess I should have mentioned this before, but I ran into some heavy weather about 75-100 miles from Vegas. I don't know if the storms were in the Vegas metro area - storms in the desert are unpredictable and suddenly appear and disappear - but I'm not assuming that was the problem either. I just thought if someone on this board lives there and had the same problems, that they might have some insight. Believe me, I'm not losing any sleep over this mystery.
KVBC owns the Laughlin translator, K40CQ, so I'd be surprised if they were relying on OTA reception, but it's my understanding that when the primary station goes down, the translators are supposed to go silent as well.
dhett said:No, believe it or not, KVBC's signal has never been a problem before.
I guess I should have mentioned this before, but I ran into some heavy weather about 75-100 miles from Vegas. I don't know if the storms were in the Vegas metro area - storms in the desert are unpredictable and suddenly appear and disappear - but I'm not assuming that was the problem either. I just thought if someone on this board lives there and had the same problems, that they might have some insight. Believe me, I'm not losing any sleep over this mystery.
KVBC owns the Laughlin translator, K40CQ, so I'd be surprised if they were relying on OTA reception, but it's my understanding that when the primary station goes down, the translators are supposed to go silent as well.
I wouldn't be surprised if storms were the problem. My experience with WTVF on RF-5 is that storms will absolutely kill reception, but it'll work fine when there's no lightning in the area.
http://edocket.access.gpo.gov/cfr_2008/octqtr/47cfr74.750.htm does require a TV translator to go silent if the primary station goes down. However, if K40CQ is licensed as a LPTV instead of a translator -- and receives KVBC via means other than OTA -- then it would seem to me the condition where the primary goes away is indistinguishable from the condition where the videotape breaks -- it's not illegal to broadcast dead air -- and if the ID is generated at Laughlin (possibly with a Morse generator) one might presume that requirement would be met too.
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