You will definitely get better signal with an outside antenna. If the cable is still there from the Dish Satellite it will work just fine. What El Paso channels you get will be dependent on where you live in LC and your line of site to the Antennas on the mountains here. They are all in about the same place give or take a few degrees.

Many thanks Frank43, I will put the antenna up on the roof this weekend and let the forum know how it worked...........Ray

try this web site it mite give you compass azimuths to El Paso from you house. Good luck, you can always return the antenna if you don't get any better reception and channels.

http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/welcome.aspx

try this web site it mite give you compass azimuths to El Paso from you house. Good luck, you can always return the antenna if you don't get any better reception and channels.



Wow, just printed out the channel listing and antenna directional map for my location. This should make the installation much easier........Many thanks Frank43....................roadrunnerray

Ray/Frank,

Please excuse me for stepping in on your posts here, but, I see a little problem that you might encounter.

Took a quick look at (Ray) Your Chart (http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d8ecdd7077afbd3)
and see that your PBS and other major Channels are about 54° apart.

Though I don't know exactly which of the Phillips Antenna you have, I am unaware of any of those, which will cover that quantity of Beamwidth.
Subsequently, you may have to adjust the antenna each time, you want to change from the PBS Azimuth, to the other Majors.

Given that all of your channels are in the UHF range, should you consider to replace your existing antenna, I would recommend something like the...
Antennas Direct DB8 (http://www.solidsignal.com/prod_display.asp?prod=AD-DB8)
It has a very wide "eye" (100°) and though it is rated at longer ranges than you require, I've found it to operate quite well at closer distances.

Have a good Day ! :)
S.W.

I live in west Las Cruces and recently decided to drop my overpriced Comcast cable TV. I bought a Philips powered antenna from Walmart and placed it by a window. My reception is fairly good, I am using a Motorola digital converter box to my analog TV.

Would I get better reception if the antenna was outside?
Many thanks for any assistance ............Ray

I'm in Picacho, so i have a clear line of sight to El Paso and A mountain. I used the WalMart Phillips and it did good. The key was, i had it in a east facing window with a line of sight to EP. On the west side of my house, it didn't really work that well. I've since switched to a roof antanae (a Terk). This afternoon, i'm getting ch 9 & 22 at a 100 strength, 4 at 75 (they have been getting weaker latley), and 7 & 14 at around 85. I couldn't get channel 13 PBS from El paso, but 22-1 from the university has a great HD picture. I scan channels higher than that, but i don't watch those.

My antenae is pointed towards El Paso. Channel 22's signal is strong (comes from A mountain) and i have no trouble picking it up with either antenae, no matter where its pointed).

Good luck.

To comment on the Spanish channels being labeled as having English audio, I have noticed this also. There does not appear to be any alternate audio available and it is my theory that the broadcast equipment manufacturers set the display on the main audio to "English" as a default and the local Spanish stations do not bother to change the display to "Spanish".
Analog channel 56 from Juarez used to and probably still does have English audio on the second SAP channel for shows that were in English originally and later dubbed to Spanish. Maybe someday when they go digital they will continue to offer this service in a digital format.

To comment on the Spanish channels being labeled as having English audio, I have noticed this also. There does not appear to be any alternate audio available and it is my theory that the broadcast equipment manufacturers set the display on the main audio to "English" as a default and the local Spanish stations do not bother to change the display to "Spanish".
Analog channel 56 from Juarez used to and probably still does have English audio on the second SAP channel for shows that were in English originally and later dubbed to Spanish. Maybe someday when they go digital they will continue to offer this service in a digital format.

The Tandberg encoders default to English on the main channel.
Thanks for the heads up Mister B. I just changed my Estrella encoder to Spanish :)

I will notify the other ComCorp stations.......................

I noticed that KDBC has restored the programming information. I emailed them earlier in the week and the next day it was restored. Makes it easier to see what coming on next!

I noticed that KDBC has restored the programming information. I emailed them earlier in the week and the next day it was restored. Makes it easier to see what coming on next!

What e-mail address do you use? I have e-mailed the "station Manager" listed on thier web site but never get any answers or resolutions about several things. One is why no Wheel of Fortune in HD again this year.

I went to their website and clicked on "General Manager:" which brought me to this email address -- generalmanager@kdbc.com

Here's the URL were all their information is -- http://www.kdbc.com/Global/link.asp?L=333899&nav=menu608_7_2

Good luck! They also need to adjust their clock they are about 4 minutes faster than WWV! Oh the difficulty in being a retired technologist and anal! If you are going to display the time, then make sure its correct!

I went to their website and clicked on "General Manager:" which brought me to this email address -- generalmanager@kdbc.com

Here's the URL were all their information is -- http://www.kdbc.com/Global/link.asp?L=333899&nav=menu608_7_2

Good luck! They also need to adjust their clock they are about 4 minutes faster than WWV! Oh the difficulty in being a retired technologist and anal! If you are going to display the time, then make sure its correct!

I guess I need luck to get any answers from the GM. I have sent e-mails to the address you have above but never any replies since Bram Watkins left.

I have a Eco Star (dish) dtv pal dvr for recording OTA HD programs and it has TV Guide Online programing guide. The only station that does not have several days of programing is FOX. The time is accurate but KDBC, just as in other years, keeps starting programs about 1 minute early. Just a pain to set each recording to start 1 minute early. I am retired techy also and a bit anal also.

This is their response and email address from - Scollard, Steve [sscollard@kdbc.com]

"Thanx Jim. We appreciate the feeback!"

Hope it helps!

We can all hope the sale of KDBC and their association with KTSM will lead to positive results. At one time KDBC seemed to have a permit from the FCC to move their transmitter up to the KTSM / KVIA towers. I believe those permits expire after a certain amount of time but it was still on the FCC site the last time I looked.
In regards to local news, it seems logical that a few of the good people at KDBC could go over to channel 9 for a joint newscast. It would be nice if they showed news at different times. In Los Angeles this is the situation with channels 2 and 9 although 9 is not a major network affiliate.

we can all hope the sale of kdbc and their association with ktsm will lead to positive results. At one time kdbc seemed to have a permit from the fcc to move their transmitter up to the ktsm / kvia towers. I believe those permits expire after a certain amount of time but it was still on the fcc site the last time i looked.
In regards to local news, it seems logical that a few of the good people at kdbc could go over to channel 9 for a joint newscast. It would be nice if they showed news at different times. In los angeles this is the situation with channels 2 and 9 although 9 is not a major network affiliate.

+ 1

I have a question about Las Cruces programming I was hoping someone here could help me with. I live near the university area and my apartment complex provides the entire complex with comcast cable (I pay extra for high speed internet).

Using this I go from the wall to my tv (a Sony Grand WEGA KDS-55A2000) and with this I receive NBC, PBS, ABC, CBS, and Fox Sports Network in HD, but NOT KFox. I've lived in this complex for over two years now, and the first one and a half years we got Kfox (on channel 14.1) and now for the past 6 months I haven't been able to get it, but I still get all the other HD channels (including Fox Sports Netowrk in HD!). This is extremely frustrating right now as half of the NFL games on it, and so is the world series.

Is anyone else having this problem? If so, how did you remedy it?
Might anyone else have suggestions for fixing this?

Greetings CKYJON,

One's first thought is that it's a problem with your equipment.
That may not be so.

Check with your neighbors in the Complex, see if they are getting it.
If so, then it's you.

If not, then your Apartment Manager should be contacted, and adjustments/repairs made to the MATV.

Have a good Day ! :)
S.W.

Is any body else having pixilation problems with 4, 7 and 9? Has been really bad lately especially in morning. Also 4 was off air this morning for a while came back at 11AM noticed their power has gone up

No pixilization problems lately here in Montana Vista. I use the UHF fequencies of 17 for 7 and 16 for channel 9. I am not sure how long UHF will last for these as it is just a test. I understand from another thread that KVIA has requested more power for VHF 7 so I assume they want to shut off 17.

Greetings CKYJON,

One's first thought is that it's a problem with your equipment.
That may not be so.

Check with your neighbors in the Complex, see if they are getting it.
If so, then it's you.

If not, then your Apartment Manager should be contacted, and adjustments/repairs made to the MATV.

Have a good Day ! :)
S.W.

Thanks for the reply! I've since found out that its something with my tv. Does anyone know of a remedy for this?