WHEN RF-11 GOES AWAY in D/FW...

[Bob E. Nelson]

Took a bit longer than I expected but KVFW/38 was finally back last night. Interestingly, 38.2 still had PromiseLand programming, but was no longer a simulcast of KTAQ/47.

For the past two nights, these Tar Road facilities have been off: KDTN/2, KTAQ/47 and KDTX/58. Although they transmit from the same Richland Tower site, all three do not share a common antenna.

I no longer have a reliable engineering contact in the D/FW market, so I have no idea if some changes are in the works...or if all three just didn't pay the light bill.

 

[tripinva]

For the past two nights, these Tar Road facilities have been off: KDTN/2, KTAQ/47 and KDTX/58. Although they transmit from the same Richland Tower site, all three do not share a common antenna.

They don't!? That comes as a surprise. They're on the same tower, at the same height, with the same antenna pattern.

- Trip

 

[Bob E. Nelson]

For the past two nights, these Tar Road facilities have been off: KDTN/2, KTAQ/47 and KDTX/58. Although they transmit from the same Richland Tower site, all three do not share a common antenna.

They don't!? That comes as a surprise. They're on the same tower, at the same height, with the same antenna pattern.

You are correct. I based my wrong assumption on the FCC CP filings wherein all three have a slightly different value for ``Height of Radiation Center Above Average Terrain''. Digging deeper, I see that KDTN, KTAQ and KDTX all use the same antenna type: RFS Model PHP36C.

 

[JHBrandt]

I didn't check the others but KTAQ is back, so I suspect they're all back.

 

[arnoldevns]

Yes.. they are all back on this evening.

 

[eskipper411]

Took a bit longer than I expected but KVFW/38 was finally back last night. Interestingly, 38.2 still had PromiseLand programming, but was no longer a simulcast of KTAQ/47.

For the past two nights, these Tar Road facilities have been off: KDTN/2, KTAQ/47 and KDTX/58. Although they transmit from the same Richland Tower site, all three do not share a common antenna.

I no longer have a reliable engineering contact in the D/FW market, so I have no idea if some changes are in the works...or if all three just didn't pay the light bill.

Reminds me of another incident that happened back in '08 when all of a sudden, all Dish Network customers couldn't get all those channels, then KTXA, KDFI and some others I forgot went off as well when these came on.... is this like a 2 year cycle?