As a matter of fact, the news didn't air on either station last night. King of the hill was on.

It sounds to me like they should have built higher towers. Or the solution might be to just use one broadcast tower located further north and slightly west. I doubt that ever happens though.
I'm not sure how many hops they use, but I have seen the hop at the WSFL radio tower. It's a good ways up. That one is just south of Trenton. I wonder if that is the first hop from Morehead, because that is a good distance from there?

fwiw, microwave links over bodies of water (not speaking of small lakes) often cause issues. I am not familar with the station but when you start talking of all the inlets and areas around coastal carolina, that can clearly reduces your reliable distance in links - especially if you are pushing the edges.

DIRECTV HR20-700 HD DVR UPDATE

A new beta software update tonight only Sat 11p-2:30a by force update 02468 after reboot with remote.

go to www.dbstalk.com
and the directv cutting edge thread for more.

Anyone notice recently that WITN-DT (7.1) has been super strong in strength? Without any adjustments on my part (I'm using an indoor cheap unpowered VHF rabbit ears /UHF loop combo), my Dish receiver is reporting consistent signal strengths of 97-98% vs. 70-78% historically. I live in the Simpson, NC area.

Another thing: When WITN-DT would drop to around 70-72% strength, it'd cut out. But when I'm watching Channel 12 (ABC, New Bern) in digital at a strength around 62-65%, it never cuts out.

For some reason I've had problems with WITN for a good while now. I have to be right on with the aim or I get cut-outs also. My signal strenth is 99-100% when properly aimed.

Did someone pull the plug on WYDO(WFXI)-DT? I think the last day it was up was last week.

Sunday was the last I saw it. Ive emailed Don at WYDO and still have not got any reply.

It's back up now. They're running a spot saying that they're going to re-air American Idol and that doctor show that they have this week. Apparently someone jumped their rear about not showing those two programs.

My first dive into OTA. Decided to buy an inexpensive indoor antenna in an attempt to pick up Fox. I have Suddenlink. Of course my first attempt was last night before I realized there was no Fox (YDO).

First, is YDO's digital signal up? I can't get it and I only get audio (barely) with analog 14. I'm near the hospital and here is where I am OTA. On first attempt, my Philips Mant510 picked up 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 9.2, 25.1 through 5. I just put some tin foil on it and picked up 12.1 and 12.3, LOL. They do not work without the tin foil, I'm not jokin'.

I'm going for 14.1, right? Any thoughts.

Thanks

Channel 21 is WYDO 8.1-- so 21 is what you need to get first and it will show as 8.1

I can barely and I mean barely see WYDO analog. They have to be on an extremely low power for analog also. Normally it is watchable. (Not that I watch it for more than 10 seconds!)
I'm kind of excited that next week WFXI DT is due on the air.

CATASTROPHY AT THE WYDO TRANSMITTION SITE IN AYDEN DUE TO TUBE FAILURE!

FROM WFXI/WYDO WEBPAGES.....

April 18 , 2007


UPDATE

FOX Network has approved re-broadcast of the 4/17 episodes of "American Idol" and "House" for viewers of WYDO only. Please see below for re-broadcast times:

4/17 Episode of "American Idol" airs @ 7:00 pm 4/18

4/17 Episode of "House" airs @ 11:00 pm 4/18


WYDO OFF-AIR INFORMATION

Due to a catastrophic tube failure at the WYDO transmitter in Ayden, FOX 14 was off the air for approximately four hours between 8p and 12m. American IDOl, House and FOX News At Ten were all missed.


WYDO FOX14 is now up on low power until a new tube can be located and installed.

WFXI FOX8/14 is in the process of trying to gain Network approval to re air these show tonight. Please check the www.fox8fox14.com website around noon for updates on potential rebroadcasts and times.

About 3 weeks ago I decided to try and see what signals I could pick up in Winterville and bought a Hauppauge USB tuner from my laptop that came with a small 6 inch antenna. It picked up nbc, cbs, indoors and fox and abc outdoors. I than connected it to an amplified indoor antenna from radio shack and picked up all of the above indoors. hooray.
I swapped the indoor for an outdoor antenna from radio shack that looks like a dish. its amplified and vhf and uhf and picked up everything without rotating the antenna. I just pointed towards ayden.
I connected directly to the tv and picked up unc in jacksonville, probably because the tv also has built in lna amplifier.
Problem was Drive was supposed to air Monday night at 8:00 pm and couldn't get the signal any more. Sunday night it was up and the premiere was awesome.
Anyone know when it supposed to come back on? I picked up a signal 94% on signal meter tonight but won't display a picture.

I hope they get it right before nextel cup on Saturday!

WYDO-DT was off the air for quite a while. It does appear to be up now. You can find it on 8-1 instead of 14-1. WYDO is having some serious issues with their digital setup from the studios in Morehead City. The head guy down there, Don Fisher, claims that they're pouring tons of money into fixing it but they seem to be getting nowhere with their problems and they actually seem to be getting worse. A lot of people like myself just turn our antennas towards Raleigh and pick up WRAZ on 50-1 instead. My wife doesn't even bother trying to get WYDO anymore, she just tunes to WRAZ. I don't know if you'll be able to get WRAZ with just a set of rabbit ears though.

I hope they get it right before nextel cup on Saturday!

Point your antenna towards the west and see of you can get WRAZ on 50-1. It's the Raleigh Fox affiliate and they're dependably on the air.

Apparently WYDO analog went off the air last night during their "rebroadcast" of House. My neighbor said they were watching it and all of a sudden all they saw was static. Will WYDO attempt a third chance at showing the same show?

Is WYDO on at all?

:rolleyes: Yeah. If you tune to it real quick you may be able to catch it before it goes down again. :rolleyes:

This find a tube and replace stuff is funny to me. If they are that bad off, why dont they just close up shop....maybe then us DTV users could get the national Fox feed. These people seem to be operating on bubble gum and string.

Shouldn't "tubes" already be on sight in case of failure s such as these? It's common sense! Is their equip. so outdated that they have that hard a time finding tubes?

These people seem to be operating on bubble gum and string. LOL!

:rolleyes: Yeah. If you tune to it real quick you may be able to catch it before it goes down again. :rolleyes:

Agreed...Having to rescan for WYDO DT everytime I want to catch some programming has gotten tiresome.

You know, maybe we should contact FOX corporate and start complaining. Affiliates like this give the whole FOX brand a bad name. You would think that corporate would be concerned about all the problems this affiliate has. Not only do they have downtime, this whole mess about HD, but the PQ from them is awful...its dark all the time.....and makes FOX look like some low end local cable feed or something.

Shouldn't "tubes" already be on sight in case of failure s such as these? It's common sense! Is their equip. so outdated that they have that hard a time finding tubes?

LOL!

The cost of the tubes prohibits many stations from just having one sitting around ($35k EACH) and they have a life of 4 to 7 years. A spare could go bad just sitting on the shelf waiting to be used. Also having issues on a startup is not uncommon and many stations have had issues with tubes over the last 2 or 3 years, my station included. But things do level out.

With what foxeng wrote, that kind of worries me (for analog people anyway) that it may be several weeks before the signal is back the way it should be. I hope this doesn't delay WFXI from coming on the air. I imagine some areas in this market are not able to get FOX at all.

Complaining to FOX corporate doesn't work. I sent them a complaint 3 years ago about WFXI/WYDO's problems and never got a response.

With what foxeng wrote, that kind of worries me (for analog people anyway) that it may be several weeks before the signal is back the way it should be. I hope this doesn't delay WFXI from coming on the air. I imagine some areas in this market are not able to get FOX at all.

Analog UHF transmitters have more than one final tube in them (most 5 MW sites have 4 or 5 tubes running all the time) so if they loose you, you never know it. But with lower power transmitters used in digital service, some stations only run one or two tubes. The Sinclair MNT station here (RF channel 33) runs one tube for 700kW. We run 2 tubes for 1 MW of RF channel 35. Sounds lke WYDO-DT uses one tube.

I figured they were using some sort of custom made tube. You know, it's not like I like having to have to bust their chops here on the Internet but they just seem to always be trying to remedy some sort of crisis. That and they have those really goofy self pro-mo spots with the weird music and stuff. They really need to be more professional about the whole station.

And since I'm picking on stations...

Will somebody please give WITN some money to buy a real news set. The biggest, baddest weather radar in the world doesn't do a lick of good if no one is watching. That set looks like a cast off from the Mike Douglas show.

I don't know when the problems happened, but I've been picking up the HD signal from Fox thru my OTA all week long with no issues. I got American Idol recorded from Tuesday and its in HD. Also last night whatever crappy Friday night shows they have were in HD also. I can't wait to see the Panthers in HD!

I wouldn't call House and Bones "crappy" even if they were first season repeats.

Unless the Panthers start doing better on the field, HD just makes the loss more clearer.

For whatever it's worth, I complained through FOX SPORTS feedback about WYDO's techinical incompetence regarding sports programming. Maybe it's important to FOX SPORTS that their local affiliates deliver their programming. WYDO DT managed to completely miss all the Daytona NASCAR action and Las Vegas race. Tonight's signal transmission was hit and mostly miss on 8.1 and analog 14 signal was terrible. They must be transmitting on 12V battery back-up.

I really do wish that they would just throw in the towell and shut down. That way sat and cable users would most likely get a better feed, maybe from the Raliegh market. They just seem to struggle too much. It's as if they are on the verge of bankrupcy or something....the PQ looks like they are using 1970's tech....it's just awful. Do they not compare their signal to others? Are they blind?

If they did shut down maybe WITN could have a FOX channel similar to what WNCT does with the CW.

WFXI analog channel 8 doesn't look horrible like WYDO does. Why don't they just shut 14 down and let cable use 8?

WFXI analog channel 8 doesn't look horrible like WYDO does. Why don't they just shut 14 down and let cable use 8?

WFXI's biggest market is the Greenville MSA. Getting their signal from Morehead City to Greenville would be no easier than getting it to the transmitter in Ayden which is 10 miles closer to Morehead City. D*TV would also have to reconfigure for a single transmitter in Morehead City.

Right now the cable co and D*TV can pick up WYDO (when it's on) easily from anywhere in Greenville. If I remember correctly D*TV picks up the local channels from WNCT's studios.

That and I forgot that they had to sign on with 14 in order to be granted FOX as their affiliate... But I agree that 14 has had more problems than any station I've ever known.

Wonder if we will get WFXI - DT this week?

Anybody lose the HD signal on fox wydo on Saturday night during the nextel cup? It kept breaking up near the end and I had to catch about 20 minutes on cable. It was back before the race ended though. Just checking in case I need to boost my antenna higher or something. I noticed recording of Drive Monday night was corrupt so I could have a signal problem again.

Anybody lose the HD signal on fox wydo on Saturday night during the nextel cup? It kept breaking up near the end and I had to catch about 20 minutes on cable. It was back before the race ended though. Just checking in case I need to boost my antenna higher or something. I noticed recording of Drive Monday night was corrupt so I could have a signal problem again.

WYDO-DT was down again last night. I couldn't get it on either of my TVs.

Just talked to my contact at Suddenlink in Greenville. If all goes well, they are anticipating having FOX in HD by the end of the week. He said it would be on channel 714. They are also negotiating with ESPN to start carrying ESPN2 HD and ESPNU although no firm date has been set.

Just curious if you've heard anything else about Suddenlink adding ESPN2 HD?

The person I know was not available, but the person I spoke to told me this morning that there was no new news concerning ESPN2 HD. Maybe sometime soon though. On another note, seems like they are taking a beating from customers complaining about WYDO's signal quality. They get numerous complaints everyday. So we are not the only ones complaining.

I bet Directv is getting swamped with calls also. I've heard they've had complaints on a regular basis since they started carrying WYDO. A Pathetic picture isn't worth paying for.

Anyone heard from Don Fisher regarding the lack of FOX HD currently? It was so nice for a while and now its nowhere to be found. I was so hoping to watch 24 in HD last night, but no of course not. Any updates? Seems like the signal was real good for some time and all the sudden we get nothing.

I'm getting WYDO analog like normal again. They must have found a tube. Now maybe they will get the digital up on WFXI.

They have the worst channel in greenville. I might as well watch it blindfolded it would look the same.

No FOX HD today , picked up 14 analog for American Idle but was off the air for House. Still no HD.

WYDO's Hd came up right before American Idol and was even still on for House. "shock, Amazement.. " I guess we have a part-time Fox channel. I still think its ironic that the HD signal came up right before AI. i bet it crashes at 10:01 tonight.

I got an email today from someone in Jacksonville complaining about WFXI going off during Idol last night. Had to tell them they had contacted the wrong FOX 8!

So now it's getting to where they can't keep either one on air! People are really sick of it if they are sending mail to WGHP! These idiots don't know jack about where WFXI is or where they get the signal from. :rolleyes:

One night at the begining of the season WFXI was out all night, and myself and other D* users were the only ones viewing, while the cable junkies were in the dark! :D

WYDO TRANSMITTION UPDATE

From FOX 8/14 website:

April 25, 2007

WYDO UPDATE

With persisting problems from a lightning strike that caused tube failure last week, WYDO FOX 14 again lost power last night during “American Idol”. WYDO had been operating on low power since last Tuesday evening and attempted to replace the failed driver tube last night.

FOX 8 FOX 14 has requested permission from the FOX Network to rebroadcast American Idol tonight, Wednesday 25 th at 7 PM and House Thursday, April 26th at 7pm. FOX will make this decision by Noon EDT today.

We will post the decision on our website and updated announcements on-air throughout the day.

I am surprised FOX is even entertaining this. They don't let us rebroadcast anything we miss and we are an O & O!

As of 7:05 they didn't re-broadcast and guess what! The web site is down! Trying to get an update when the shows will /if at will re-broadcast.

ok they did re-broadcast on fox 14 but not the HD 8.1 Does anyone know if 8.1 is permanent and has replaced 14.1 or is the wydo 14.1 coming back?

I am certain at some point you will see WYDO FOX 14 indicated as such. FCC regs I think require it.

8.1 has to go to WFXI in Morehead City which probably means one of two things. Either WYDO-DT has to go to 14.1 before WFXI-DT can go to 8.1 or WYDO-DT has to go off of the air so WFXI-DT can go on the air. Since Greenville is the larger DMA it makes sense that they will stay on 8.1 until WYDO-DT can go to 14.1.

See what happens when a low/no budget operation has two transmitters so close together. I think that even the people at WFXI are starting to get confused.

I told you WYDO's HD signal would crap out last night. it was just a little earlier than expected(9:10 vs 10:01pm). Gotta love it!!!!

How can they operate like that? On and off at their leisure? Surely the advertisers on that station disagree with these tactics? My feeling on the HD feed was someone was ready to call it a day, and shut it off when they left for home... :rolleyes:

I am lucky to get FOX 26.1 out of Wilmington with no issues to speak of ever. Even for such a small market. The last couple of nights there has been a little pixelation at about 9:45, but I think it was microwave fade, since I had a very strong signal reading. It didn't last but about 30 seconds.

How can they operate like that? On and off at their leisure? Surely the advertisers on that station disagree with these tactics?

It all depends on how the contracts were written. If they didn't include clauses about HD broadcast then there's nothing that the advertisers can do. WYDO analog seems to be up and operating most of the time (although it's often a poor quality broadcast) and as long as their ads get shown WYDO is covering their butts. Now whether or not those advertisers choose to continue to spend their money there is another story. Someone with some spare time to burn could see who is advertising there and how often. I've noticed they show a lot of self promo spots which means they have ad time to burn.

The problem with HD broadcasts is no one is taking them seriously. I read a daily newsfeed on HD and the general consensus seems to be that no one has a HD tv yet so why bother? Even CBS had to be pushed in order to get them to increase their number of NFL games broadcast in HD from 3 a week to 6.

WYDO analog is back to low power though. I can barely tell they are even on the air.
They must have blown the new tube... :eek:
At this rate, they'll never get the HD stuff working right.

WYDO
Currently on LOW analog power due to recent lighting strike, hope to be back to full power tommorow.

WFXI
The antenna has been installed for the new full power WFXI transmitter and the transmission lines are being installed now. We should have it proofed and on the air the week of May 7th.


From,
Don Fisher

I take our HD seriously. Although we do not have the redundancy for the HD that we have for analog we are continuing to improve on that . About all I watch on analog is news and some reality shows. I love my HD

Ken

I take our HD seriously. Although we do not have the redundancy for the HD that we have for analog we are continuing to improve on that . About all I watch on analog is news and some reality shows. I love my HD


Are there still people watching ABC? Ever since they sent MNF to ESPN I thought they were dying a slow death.

Just having a little fun Ken. ;)

I'm not a sports fan so it didn't bother me a bit

Ken

Kens still with us! Good to see you back on! I watch ABC quite often with the Dancing with the Stars show on there. I don't watch CBS much at night during the week. I watch either FOX, ABC, NBC, or CW.

I always read on here just don't say much most of the time

Ken

I'm not a sports fan so it didn't bother me a bit

Ken

Hey Ken...me either!

Hey Ken,
Why is ENC-TV labeled as WCTIHD? Mistake?

Is there any chance we could get a 3-D Doppler static radar? It doesn't look like we will get VIPIR back on 9. I hate waiting and waiting for a radar on 3.2 or 7.2! :D

That was my mistake should be fixed now. I'l mention the radar to the powers that be

Ken

Thanks Ken. Hale to the "powers that be!"

Ken if you are around have someone at the station flip the switch on the HD feed for todays Nascar Busch Race.
I hope this is not a sign to come when ABC gets the Nextel Cup races later in the year.

It came on a little way into the race. I kept seeing those spots for ESPN HD and how the race was being aired in HD there and I was wondering if the SD on ABC was intentional.

WYDO HD came back on Friday, I had to rerun the set up to get it to pick up on my Directv HDDVR HR20 .

Is anybody getting FOX 8/14 HD in New Bern? I have an indoor antenna and I can get the other stations. At one point, Don Fisher told me I should be able to get their HD signal with my antenna. So far, no luck. Also, the analog signal seems to have degraded a lot. I only watch two shows on Fox, 24 and House. I was hoping to see 24 in HD before the season ends.

George

The last I heard WYDO analog was on low power due to a lightning strike which toasted a tube. WYDO-DT is on at high power. Look on either 8-1 or 21-1. If you're not getting WYDO-DT now you probably never will with that antenna. You also need to make sure your antenna is pointed towards Ayden and not Grifton.

I am thinking WYDO- DT is operating at this power: 5.343 kW ERP
and this coverage:

http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/fm_tv_service_areas/maps/DS1173697.gif

I cannot get them here in Jacksonville. Only one time was my TV able to tell there was a signal on the air.

The full 50 Kw signal looks like this:
http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/fm_tv_service_areas/maps/DT423369.gif

Have any of you tried TV fools program for local channels?

These are my results. It's very accurate for me.

http://img01.picoodle.com/img/img01/8/4/29/f_Digitalsignm_4f2eb84.png

It's good for a general direction to transmitters but the distances are way, way off. From my house to the Raleigh antenna farm isn't close to 110+ miles. Probably about half of that. WITN and WCTI are on the same tower but the program shows different distances. It also shows the DT transmitters at the antenna farm as being different distances despite the fact that they're all together.

It's a good tool for helping spot reception problems.

Hmm... Are they kilometers instead of miles on the chart? That would make more sense.

WNCT and WITN are on the same tower in Grifton WCTI is on the same tower as PBS in Trenton

Ken

It's good for a general direction to transmitters but the distances are way, way off. From my house to the Raleigh antenna farm isn't close to 110+ miles. Probably about half of that.Aren't the distances in kilometers and not miles?

The FCC database is based on metric not imperial. Has been since 1985.

Hey, I got the call letters mixed up (who's decision was it to make all of the call letters for 3 different stations in the same area have nearly the same letters in different combos anyway, 3 stations and only 4 letters) and swapped miles for kilometers, which I asked about. :)

110 km is about 65 miles, the distance from Ayden to Raleigh. Personally I like working in meters and kilometers better than feet and miles. Once you get your head wrapped around it, it is easier than imperial.

WITN has more WHERE ARE THEY NOW? videos up, Ben Pringle, Jan Bean, Chris Stansbury.
They are showing WNCT and WCTI anchors as well.

Well we all know Jan Bean is our (Jacksonville) "Mayor" now. I see her out in town and on the roads in my neighborhood. She lives just a few blocks away.

Looks like WYDO-DT is off the air again.

Are they gonna replay American Idol. We finally got 24 in HD on Mon nite only to have no Idol on Tues nite. Lucky for me also I had mine set to record the HD so I have no American Idol to watch. Anyone got any updates from Don Fisher?

Looks like WYDO-DT is off the air again.

Glad is wasn't just me, I'm new to HD and tweaked my antenna for WYDO-DT this past weekend only to have it disappear last night.

Oh and Hi, long time lurker, first time poster...did alot of reading as I was planning my leap into HD, lots of good information here, thanks a bunch.

Jay

Welcome Jay,

Where abouts are you located? I'm trying to find the farthest viewer away from the WYDO tower. So far I think Beanpod is the farthest away getting a signal from them. I know it's got to be aggravating to have WYDO going on and off randomly. I've never heard of a station being operated like this. Not even a radio station.

Thanks for the welcome, I'm in the Greenville/Winterville area.

I'm in Wilson and I have yet to get a lock on WYDO-DT. I tried tweaking the antenna but it was no go, the signal would peak out at about 19 and no more. I've pretty much given up them.

I'm in Wilson and I have yet to get a lock on WYDO-DT. I tried tweaking the antenna but it was no go, the signal would peak out at about 19 and no more. I've pretty much given up them.

Which antenna are you using? You are within their high power service area and you should be able to pick them up. They said they're at high power but it's hard to tell what they're doing. Can you get any of the Richmond stations where you are?

Last night was weird. I was getting my FOX from Charleston and an ABC (WJXX) from Jacksonville Florida.

Which antenna are you using? You are within their high power service area and you should be able to pick them up. They said they're at high power but it's hard to tell what they're doing. Can you get any of the Richmond stations where you are?
I have a Radio Shack U-120 yagi with a Channel Master 7777 amp. It's in my attic at about 29 ft above ground and does a good job of pulling in just about everything receivable here.

It's not on a rotor, so I leave it pointed towards New Bern, which I get 7,9,12 and 25 with 2 from Columbia usually popping in at night. What's really cool about this is that I get ALL the Triangle stations, with the exception of 4 and 40 with it pointed east. :)

The FCC map shows Wilson in the WYDO-DT coverage area, but it's just to weak to lock in. The FCC map doesn't have Wilson in the WCTI-DT coverage area at all, yet I get them perfectly, day and night.

I haven't tried to get VA stations yet, but I have picked up WFMY in Greensboro before.

I have a Radio Shack U-120 yagi with a Channel Master 7777 amp. It's in my attic at about 29 ft above ground and does a good job of pulling in just about everything receivable here.

It's not on a rotor, so I leave it pointed towards New Bern, which I get 7,9,12 and 25 with 2 from Columbia usually popping in at night. What's really cool about this is that I get ALL the Triangle stations, with the exception of 4 and 40 with it pointed east. :)

The FCC map shows Wilson in the WYDO-DT coverage area, but it's just to weak to lock in. The FCC map doesn't have Wilson in the WCTI-DT coverage area at all, yet I get them perfectly, day and night.

I haven't tried to get VA stations yet, but I have picked up WFMY in Greensboro before.I'm getting Richmond stations this morning from Virginia Beach. They are over 100 miles away from me...

Last night was weird. I was getting my FOX from Charleston and an ABC (WJXX) from Jacksonville Florida.

This link shows real time tropo enhancement:
http://www.mountainlake.k12.mn.us/ham/aprs/path.cgi?map=na
Last night the Atlantic coast from Virginia down to Florida was HOT.

Before I go tweaking my antenna again is wydo even broadcasting hd anymore. Tired of it popping back and forth between 8.1 and 14.1 I bought a second tuner to record both channels and now neither channel is showing up. Once the rain started this week I lost 12.1 also. Is this an antenna problem?

I might be a grounding problem. Is your antenna outside?

It's not grounded yet. I will be moving it higher up on the roof soon. Its now on the side of the house. if you are talking about the lightning protection ground stake I have the coupling and wiring to put in but need a stake. How would that affect the signal? Antenna is amplified and I have another 4 channel distribution amp in the house to split to 3 tuners. 2 in the computer and one on the tv. The other is capped.
Everytime I think I have a problem though it is just FOX 14 off the air again. Would be nice if there was a website that showed signal strength and availability in real time to compare against.

Noise can cause problems if the antenna isn't grounded properly. You shouldn't pound in another rod, use the one your electric meter is attached to. Just join your aluminum or copper run to the line that is attached to your existing stake.

WYDO 8.1 DT was operational today for today's NASCAR race...at least for the last 26 laps I watched. Video and audio at full performance.

jspENC, you're correct, I'm about 7 o'clock and just outside the low power ring image (post #3573) for FOX Greenville transmission.

Holy Sh!t. I've got YDOHD on Suddenlink channel 702. I hope this is permanent and reliable!

Holy Sh!t. I've got YDOHD on Suddenlink channel 702. I hope this is permanent and reliable!

Permanent it may be, reliable remains to be seen.

Me too, I was just flipping channels and, BAM, there it was on 702... lets hope its forever and clear.

greg

Ive got it here in La Grange as well Im interested to see for how long just like the rest of you

I wonder when WFXI is due up now since the weather has been bad lately? As I remember it was due this week, and they said they could use WFXI HD for Suddenlink.

What kind of hardware do you need to pick up 702 on Suddenlink?

Wow, American Idol and House were amazingly clear. Switching back and forth between the analog and HD channel is unbelievable. Thank you Suddenlink.

What kind of hardware do you need to pick up 702 on Suddenlink?


You need an HD cable box or an HDTV with a QAM tuner.

Congrats to the Suddenlink folks. I've seen analog FOX 14 on Sudenlink and it looks like 1960's OTA rabbit-ears analog reception. I hope this suggest FOX 14 feels confident that thier reliability issues are mostly resolved for them to stick their neck out with a DT cable uplink. Cable masses will be more noisy than us few OTA folks if intermittent outages continue to occur. We'll see how it goes.

Tonight's American Idol on FOX HD Ch. 702 Suddenlink Greenville looks more SD than HD! :(

Tonight's American Idol on FOX HD Ch. 702 Suddenlink Greenville looks more SD than HD! :(

Yep, someone needs to hit the HD button!

Way to go FOX ! I bet the cable ppl are screaming.

HD here.

4:3 pic surrounded by black border, showing 720p, Dolby Digital 2 CH on suddenlink QAM ch 880 here

Dont see it here in Washington on qam, rescanning now to see if it shows up, I hate doing that, it erases my channel lables on my Samsung LN-T4042H.

FOX is on QAM 88-101 here in Washington

Idol was certainly not in HD in the Greenville area tonight.

It was HD on WSFX 26.1 so it was a WYDO only issue. Maybe it has something to do with them working on the 8.1 tower?

so it was a WYDO only issue.

I certainly would not argue that point.

The digital channel still looked a million times better than the analog channel - not HD but clear enough.

FOX HD on Suddenlink Greenville is looking better tonight! :)

Off the subject, but since we lost a radar channel, the www.weather.com
web site now has a new radar map, that is interactive.
It allows you to zoom in street level, add cloud, radar, layers, animate, adjust the transparencey of the clouds and radar, add roads. Similar to google earth.

go to the site and type in your zip and it will show the state, then zoom in. This is awesome.

VIPIR should be coming back on from what I've heard. I'm not sure when though.

The one thing I've learned is that nothing like this (VIPIR coming back) happens overnight... Now watch, Ken12 will have their Radar up tomorrow on 12.2! *LOL*

Ken you awake out there? LOL! :D

Still around. As for us putting up the radar on 12.2 I have everything I need to do it right now. It would take about 1/2 hour or so to hook it up. I would have to rob bandwidth from ENC to be able to do it. For most programing that would be OK and nobody would ever notice but you would notice it in sports. Plus management has not decided yet that they want to do that.

Ken

Hey Ken, tell your weather guy that he did a nice job the other day with those big thunderstorms. I looked on the other local stations and all they had was a weather crawler or some real small radar window. Your guy did it right, broke into programming and explained everything that was going on. Kudos to him.

Ken tell management that there is a large demand for the weather radar. If it would help we can all send emails to the station asking for it.

Have you guys seen that radar they've got on WTVD? That thing is wild! It cycles around every 10 seconds! It is a true LIVE radar too. You can see the intensity changing in the storm as it penetrates. They call it XP.

American Idol looks and sounds awesome in HD on Ch. 702 Suddenlink Greenville! Great job WYDO! ;)

Have you guys seen that radar they've got on WTVD? That thing is wild! It cycles around every 10 seconds! It is a true LIVE radar too. You can see the intensity changing in the storm as it penetrates. They call it XP.

TVD's radar sweep on 11.2 rocks! That's where I tune to to get a look at radar now.

I can't pick them up here, but at my Dads we were watching it this last weekend. I thought the radar was a fake at first. I've never seen one that fast!

Check out the weather channels web site, its new interactive radar, you can some in street level and see actual photos from space, like google earth.

Can anyone provide me with the QAM mapping for Suddenlink in the Washington, NC area?

I have recently aquired an RCA L37WD12 and when scanning for digital channels, it finds 24 of them, but will only let me view one....WNCT TV 9 on 78-8. On my Fusion 5 card in my PC, the Ch mapping is completely different, but I am able to see all the local networks and UNC TV.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
Jim

Go back to post 3490 on page 117 of the thread for the QAM line up, I had a RCA tv in the bedroom and it would only recieve a few channels, I carried it back, think I ve heard others having issues with qam on RCAs.

Thanks for the reply. WNCT digital signal cannot be received in this area unless u point straight at it wheras you can receive WITN with ease, basically with the antenna pointed in any direction. When digital WNCT came on, they blew analog Wavy 10, Norfolk off the air. This I got from the engineers at WAVY. I imagine that in this area the signals interfere with each other. Why doesn't WNCT ask for a channel change. I guess it doesn't matter though because in 09, there will be no more analog signals anyway.

I bought a Channel Master 4228 and now I get a 70-75 digital signal thru the back of the antenna and 85-90 pointed directly at WNCT. However, I have pixelation regardless of where my antenna is positioned. Anybody have any ideas as to the cause? I have a Radio Shack preamp and I understand they are pretty noisy, what effect does that have? The 4228 is a super antenna that does a great job on channels 7-13 also. I even get a decent signal from WCTI, channel 12 (analog) thru the back of it. Ahoskie is a long way from their tower. Anyone who has an idea what is causing the pixelation please respond. Thanks.

It's very possible that Radio shack amp is the cause. It also could be a grounding problem. Do you have the coax grounded to a block where it enters the house? I don't have any pixelation on WNCT.

Also what kind of fittings are you using? Crimp or twist on?

It's very possible that Radio shack amp is the cause. It also could be a grounding problem. Do you have the coax grounded to a block where it enters the house? I don't have any pixelation on WNCT.

Also what kind of fittings are you using? Crimp or twist on?

No, not grounded. Use crimp on fittings except where it attaches to the preamp inside.

I had to tilt my antenna about 15 degrees to get a stable picture on WNCT
Also look at analog 9 with it and aim your antenna for the best picture with minimal ghosting. The ghosting is important if you see ghosting on 9 then you are probably getting some multipath which will kill digital.
Ken

Where you have the twist on at the pre-amp, make sure you bent back the silver hair looking stuff that is underneath the black part of the line. Bend it back over the top of the coax and then screw your fitting on. Or better yet use a crimp connector where that isn't necessary.

If that doesn't do anything you would need to do as Ken says. Back on the roof!

OH, and also if you check the analog look for sparkling. If you have this, it will cause pixelation on digital. That's part of the grounding problem.

Is anyone seeing WFXI DT yet? I cannot get them.

Where you have the twist on at the pre-amp, make sure you bent back the silver hair looking stuff that is underneath the black part of the line. Bend it back over the top of the coax and then screw your fitting on. Or better yet use a crimp connector where that isn't necessary.

If that doesn't do anything you would need to do as Ken says. Back on the roof!

OH, and also if you check the analog look for sparkling. If you have this, it will cause pixelation on digital. That's part of the grounding problem.

I think you just gave me the answer! I do have sparkling so now I know what to do. Thanks a lot jsp and you too Ken. I will let you know if it clears it.

Glad to help! Keep us updated. :D

Is anyone seeing WFXI DT yet? I cannot get them.

WYDO-DT is still remapping to 8.1 so I can't tell whether it's on or not. If they're both on 8.1 wouldn't that cause some problems for some people? They're running spots that say that Fox8/Fox 14 is now high def.

about the local portion on WNCT someone habe problems with the right chanel audio?

about the local portion on WNCT someone habe problems with the right chanel audio?

Not recently, but I have had problems in the past. I was even watching one time while they were adjusting the balance, and it was like they were turning a processors volume nob that was about 20 yrs old. All kinds of static coming through :eek:

Just because you get it in digital doesn't mean it started out in digital! :)

Has Don Fisher issued a statement after "going HD" ??

Ill check in with Don and post comments once I get them.

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FYI - the FCC issued its last waiver proceeding and WFXI was granted a last 6 month extension. After that, they loose post transition full power coverage protection and what they have on the air digitally, is all the FCC will allow them without applying for a power increase like anyone else and there are no promises they would get a post transition power increase back to what they have now.

Some stations in this proceeding have lost their protection effective immediately. The other shoe has fallen. There is no more waivers. Time to fish or cut bait. Next date is Feb 17, 2009.

I don't get it? I thought WFXI was supposed to be moving ahead? Why ask for more time? Are they idiots?

This is the extension they asked for the full power July 2006 deadline. The FCC is just now getting around to it. Actually they lumped all of the extensions for both the July 2005 and 2006 deadlines together and disposed of all of them in varies ways. There is a summary of the action in the Final Channel Allotment thread at the top of the Local threads section.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?goto=lastpost&t=823166

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Update from WYDO WFXI... Don Fisher

WYDO should be on 14.1 in a couple of weeks instead of 8.1
We are scheduled to sign on the full power WFXI signal tommorow if all goes well. The projected signal pattern suggest that it may reach Washington.

I'll keep an eye out for it. I will be here around lunch and then again by 5 PM to check for a signal. I'm not holding my breath though, but maybe, just maybe they will surprise me. Folks in New Bern--Get ready!

New Bern should already be getting WYDO shouldn't they? They're well inside the polar plot for the 50kw WYDO-DT.

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DT423369.html

New Bern should already be getting WYDO shouldn't they? They're well inside the polar plot for the 50kw WYDO-DT.

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DT423369.htmlAn interactive map... Could take a bit to load... http://www.recnet.com/cdbs/goo_curves.php?data=35.446|77.369|50|205|DT|29889|21|0|2

New Bern should already be getting WYDO shouldn't they? They're well inside the polar plot for the 50kw WYDO-DT.

http://www.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/FMTV-service-area?x=DT423369.html

You would think so, but I haven't heard anyone from there say they are getting it.

Not getting WFXI here in Washington, Ill try again later this afternoon.

I've tried WFXI (24) several times when I got in and didn't get a signal

WFXI IS ON THE AIR!

I cannot keep it locked however, it's too weak. I will try raising my antenna tonight and see if it helps.

What channel is it remapping to?

It is on 8.1

I am having a hard time with the signal. It's in and out.

I probably couldn't get it then since WYDO is on 8.1 also. They're supposed to move WYDO to 14.1 soon so I'll try to pick WXFI up then.

No you can get both signals, if they reach you. You will just have two 8.1's

I've had two channel 5.1's 7.1's and 12.1's before from Charleston, Raleigh, and Richmond show up at the same time.

Don Fisher needs some feed back from the WFXI viewing area.

Heres the email he sent me around 4p today.

We brought WFXI DT up tp approx 50% power yesterday. We took it down again today to see if we could get it to 100%, but have some issues and cannot. We are going to bring it back up in the next hour or so to that approx 50% power range. Would love to know who out there may be able to recieve this.
New Bern? Jacksonville? Any feedback would be appreciated. Thank you.
Don Fisher
Vice President, General Manager
WFXI FOX8/14

Please post your location and signal strenght
for channel digital 24 (8.1) Not the remapped WYDO on 21 to 8.1

Barely is all I can say Jamie. I'm on the west side of Jacksonville. I can view it, but it breaks up every few seconds... I get it at 15 to 16 dB on my Signal to noise ratio meter, which is the bare minimum required by my Motorola set top. I would guess about 30% on the signal meter.

I'm up to 18 dB on the SNR reading now, which is about 50% stable video and Dolby Digital audio. Picture looks outstanding. The stability could be from the night air.

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I wasn't able to get it to lock but I was getting a signal from the back of my antenna for 8-1 I'm sure if I rotated to that direction it would work great. Now I may have to go out and get another antenna. I'm on Brices creek road in New Bern

Ken

I'm not getting WFXI DT now. I'm glad I got this rotor, or I'd never be able to get them I'm sure. So many channels coming from other directions here.

Ken I take it you don't get WYDO DT?

I can not even get a flicker on WYDO where I live. But I did rotate my antenna and can get WFXI but rotated it back untill I add another antenna. I'm a Tivo user so a rotor is not a solution for me.

Ken

Reception Report:

WFXI-DT (24.3) booming into North Raleigh this evening....

WFXI - DT made it all the way up to tidewater VA last night as well.

They must have cranked it to full wattage! I can tell they are on the air, but still cannot get them this time of day.

Are you sure its not WYDO? Remember its coming thru on WFXI 8.1
Im not getting it here in Washington.

If your capturing channel 24, that's WFXI--If your tuning 21 that''s WYDO from Greenville. Sometimes you can pull up the menu and it will display which one your actually seeing. Both will show as 8.1 still I believe.

It was definitely WFXI as it showed up as 24.3. My TV has already assigned virtual 8.1 to WGHP on 35.3. It will not assign two stations to the same virtual channel number.

I'm getting WFXI each night here in Gville... Getting at about 50%. Showing up on 8.1 (24.1)... Now I have two WFXI 8.1's... *LOL*

I get WFXI --but it isn't stable for long. I have a huge tree out back that could be causing the signal disruptions.

It's probably skip... I'm not getting WFXI tonight. Or maybe they reduced their output. I dunno...

Im getting the real WFXI tonight some break ups.
Also getting WFPX 62.1-62.4

Does the Directv HD receiver have the capability to tune QAM channels?

i would say all the chipsets in the hardware produced today theoretically can support qam. These tuners are made by LG and thompson and others, however they WILL NOT not today not tomorrow, never. Reason: they are more than likely disabled at the firmware level of the chipset however, it will be a cold day in hell before directv will support qam...Why should they support anything having to do with a cable technology. Be thankful for OTA ATSC tuner support.

Forget about qam though. Sorry I had to get techincal on that but surely you understand why direct will not support that, as well as they wont even provide you an ota antenna solution anymore if its mpg4 capable equipment. They want to prevent these options at all cost. They want you to have all or nothing with them in the latest mpg4 capable receivers. If you press the point they have been known to issue credit for an antenna purchased at a third party retailer.

Thanks

Where you have the twist on at the pre-amp, make sure you bent back the silver hair looking stuff that is underneath the black part of the line. Bend it back over the top of the coax and then screw your fitting on. Or better yet use a crimp connector where that isn't necessary.

If that doesn't do anything you would need to do as Ken says. Back on the roof!

OH, and also if you check the analog look for sparkling. If you have this, it will cause pixelation on digital. That's part of the grounding problem.
Had 2 problems jsp! One was the grounding which is now taken care of. The other was a 50 ft. piece of RG-59U cable which was installed by a local installer after Hurricane Isabel blew thru in 03. Had not noticed it was there and of course it did not bother me until I started trying to pull in distant (more than 40 miles) stations. I am now receiving Raleigh stations at night, also receive WXFI digital from New Bern at night. Also did some reseach on the Radio Shack amp and the data compiled by an independent company convinced me overwhelmingly that it is so noisy that it does cause problems with digital. So I have ordered a CM 7777.

Great brownover! The CM 7777 is a good choice.

I'm getting WXFI stronger than anything else tonight. I'm also receiving WPDE, WFPX, WCSC, WTAT.
I notice with WFXI however that the signal strength bounces up and down wildly.

Definitely weird atmosphere, again. I've got a strong lock on WFXI, but nothing else long range.

Getting WFXI sometimes with breakups.

I'm not getting enough signal to do any good. It sucks the way it is right now.

I forgot I was going to say weeks ago that I saw Nikki Preed on the Weather Channel. She is working at some station in Jacksonville Florida. I wonder if she acts professional there, or still acts like a child on air?

I guess we could head over to the Jacksonville Florida thread and ask! LOL

*LOL* We were just talking about Nikki today... and some of her crazy stunts. One of our producers told me that they had seen her on the Weather Channel. I missed it.

Her stuff will catch up to her, if it hasn't already! I've never seen such a nut do the news. Well the Chief Met. at ECT is not far behind her sometimes. He's used some pretty offensive dialog before. I still like to watch him, but he is only on weekends now lately for some reason. My neighbor says he heard him speak awfully about women one night not long ago. I missed that one.

Don Fisher needs some feed back from the WFXI viewing area.




I have been receiving 8.1 with consistency for about 1 week, in Sladesville NC. Now I can watch 'So You Think You Can Dance' in HD. :rolleyes: But really, Nascar looked pretty good Sunday. I didn't watch the whole race, because I'm not a fan, but the pq was good. Has anybody else noticed the FOX logo in the bottom right hand corner as appearing partially off-screen?

Last post I saw from Don Fisher implied WFXI not at full power yet. Does anyone know if they have got there yet? Get it after 8 pm 4 miles south of Ahoskie and early morning, but not dependable. Would really like an update on this channel so I will know if I have to revert back to watching a Virginia channel.

I don't think they have raised the wattage. I still cannot get them in the daytime.

I would like an update also, if you can get it. Thanks.

Will do jsp! Thanks.

I have been receiving 8.1 with consistency for about 1 week, in Sladesville NC. Now I can watch 'So You Think You Can Dance' in HD. :rolleyes: But really, Nascar looked pretty good Sunday. I didn't watch the whole race, because I'm not a fan, but the pq was good. Has anybody else noticed the FOX logo in the bottom right hand corner as appearing partially off-screen?
I get the fox channel out of Virgina Beach and the logo is partially off-screen so this must be normal.

jsp, I forgot to tell you that until about 2 pm friday, I had a signal of 70-80 on my Dish 622. Don't know what time exactly it disappeared, but have not had anything since.While I was watching, It would totally disappear for a second or two and then come back. Don't know of course whether it was the distance I am from them or if they were experimenting at full power. Usually the signal has to be less than 60 for my 622 to drop it. I am referring to WFXI of course.

I get the fox channel out of Virgina Beach and the logo is partially off-screen so this must be normal.


When I set my Samsung LN-T4042H to 16:9 the FOX logo is cut off, when I change it to JUST SCAN, it shows the full picture and the full logo shows.
There is usually about a inch cut off most 16:9 hd shows, the samsung show all the picture.

jsp, I forgot to tell you that until about 2 pm friday, I had a signal of 70-80 on my Dish 622. Don't know what time exactly it disappeared, but have not had anything since.While I was watching, It would totally disappear for a second or two and then come back. Don't know of course whether it was the distance I am from them or if they were experimenting at full power. Usually the signal has to be less than 60 for my 622 to drop it. I am referring to WFXI of course.

You are a LONG way outside of their viewing area too. I wonder if they built a taller tower than originally planned? I hope we will all have good luck with the signal once they get it going right.

I don't quite get how people to the north are getting them so well?

You are a LONG way outside of their viewing area too. I wonder if they built a taller tower than originally planned? I hope we will all have good luck with the signal once they get it going right.

I don't quite get how people to the north are getting them so well?

I think it's gotta be WYDO remapping as FXI 8.1... Stranger things happen though... Maybe it really is FXI.

I think it's gotta be WYDO remapping as FXI 8.1... Stranger things happen though... Maybe it really is FXI.
It is fxi. Coming in on UHF channel 24. YDO is 21

I don't see how brownover could get WYDO either. Even if they are at 50kW. His antenna is definetly hooked up right.

With the rain WFXI is coming in at 80-84% but is bouncing wildly back and forth from 18 to 21 dB

Noticed when I was at home that WYDO digital 21, which was remapping as WFXI 8.1, is now remapping as WYDO 14.1 with... a sub-channel on 14.2. It was a SD simulcast of 14.1... Looks like a good place for CTI to place a weather channel or something if they do take over Fox in this market. Not sure if the sale was approved by FCC yet; I haven't heard.

I guess if WCTI will be running FOX then there will be no need for them to air news at 10 on ENC TV, and I imagine news would cease at ten for WNCT unless they decide to do something worthwhile with The CW.

I will check and see if I can get a sub channel on FOX 8 when I get home.

Noticed when I was at home that WYDO digital 21, which was remapping as WFXI 8.1, is now remapping as WYDO 14.1 with... a sub-channel on 14.2. It was a SD simulcast of 14.1... Looks like a good place for CTI to place a weather channel or something if they do take over Fox in this market.

Heyyyy, some of us like those SD broadcasts. :D

Have you seen a HD broadcast on a SD that has no 4:3 setting? It makes a 13" TV look like a 8" TV.

They must be doing some work to WYDO today. The sound was out earlier and now it's going on and off and when it's on it's stuttering.

A slight correction....

14.1 is out and I am apparently picking up 8.1 now. In any case, it's really broken now.

No sub channel on WFXI. I am picking them up, but with losts of break-up still. Is this what you mean by stuttering RMartin?

Alot of digitizing on WYDO-DT OTA and SUDDENLINK QAM.

No sub channel on WFXI. I am picking them up, but with losts of break-up still. Is this what you mean by stuttering RMartin?

Yeah, tons of breakup. The multiple thunderstorms probably slowed them down. The sub channel was on 14-2. Now there's nothing on 14-1 or 14-2 and 8-1 is "stuttering" as I like to call it. 8-1 is pegging my signal meter so apparently I am picking up WYDO from Ayden (2 miles away from me).

My wife is going to kill me if they don't get it done soon. She gets tired of seeing me try to pick up stations that don't want to be picked up. :rolleyes:

Tons of breakup here in Gville on WYDO 14.1... Couldn't find the sub-channel 14.2 anymore...

Is anyone having problems with audio on WITN? I was trying to watch the hockey game and the audio kept getting real soft, then getting gradually louder, then going back to soft. It's not doing it on any other channel, but I'm not sure if it's the channel or my equipment. I've only had HD for a few months, but I've never noticed it before.

I have Dish, but get the locals through OTA.

Thanks

Is anyone having problems with audio on WITN? I was trying to watch the hockey game and the audio kept getting real soft, then getting gradually louder, then going back to soft. It's not doing it on any other channel, but I'm not sure if it's the channel or my equipment. I've only had HD for a few months, but I've never noticed it before.

I have Dish, but get the locals through OTA.

Thanks

I had problems too. No audio and I lost the signal altogether for about a minute. They must have been working on something.

Update in from Don Fisher at FOX...

We worked on sending our WYDO specific HD through Ayden instead of the repurposed WFXI. We went back to WFXI yesterday. Our guys are working on it today and should have WYDO up and showing as 14.1 by the end of the day.
The subchannel is an SD simulcast. The programming will be the same.

Don

WYDO-HD 14.1 and WYDO-SD 14.2 were up as of 12:30 today.

They're still on at 4:45.

Receiving WYDO 4 miles south of Ahoskie at 8:45 pm. Steady with no pixelation, but no sound.

Anyone else gettin lousy audio on FOX HD during House tonight? Man this affiliate really, so badly sucks.

Receiving WYDO 4 miles south of Ahoskie at 8:45 pm. Steady with no pixelation, but no sound.

Apparently it's a Dolby problem or whatever fancy audio they use. My Samsung HD TV has no sound but my 3 cheap SD TVs with mono sound are fine.

Receiving marginal analog signal tonight, no digital signal at all.

I've started picking up WFXI DT in the day, but it is so borderline it pixelates almost constantly. I may have to get a 4228 or 91XG if this is their "full power" signal... but the way it is now, I need a bit more gain.

WYDO 14.1 audio is still awful. Any ETA on when this will be fixed?

I'm in Beulaville and am pulling most everything form the capitol to the coast except for WRAZ 50 which I can't get a lock on. WRAL 5 actually comes with the antenna turned backwards. I can get 8/14 digital, but only after I redo auto tuning on my DVD recorder

I still have no Dolby Digital audio....

I have no audio at all from Fox 8/14 digital... I did a rescan on my Samsung T-351 tuner today... Thank God for Fox 50!

There is audio on WFXI DT, but you can't get a strong enough signal to watch anything... It freezes and pixelates constantly.

I'm glad I get FOX 26. ;)

Has anyone noticed WNCT's Five minutes with... infomercial that there now air during the last 10 minutes of the noon news. Its pretty bad when they have to air infomercials during the news. This cant be a good ratings getter.

I'm in Beulaville and am pulling most everything form the capitol to the coast except for WRAZ 50 which I can't get a lock on. WRAL 5 actually comes with the antenna turned backwards. I can get 8/14 digital, but only after I redo auto tuning on my DVD recorder

I can't get anything from Raleigh with consistency except WRDC 28.1--I had better luck with Raleigh before I took the combo antenna down.

Do you get FOX from Wilmington? How about WECT?

On my road-trips down 24, I notice everyone through Duplin county pretty much has an antenna outside. I saw one house just before you get to Kenansville has a CM 4228 on a tall tower with rotor. I bet they get everything!

Its pretty bad when they have to air infomercials during the news. This cant be a good ratings getter.

I've never heard of a newschannel doing this before... I don't get the thinking there.

Has anyone noticed WNCT's Five minutes with... infomercial that there now air during the last 10 minutes of the noon news. Its pretty bad when they have to air infomercials during the news. This cant be a good ratings getter.

Could this be a Media General policy? WSPA does the same thing by having an infomercial at the end of at least one of their Weekend Morning Newscasts (maybe the last 5-10 minutes?). This weekend, I noticed that it was for an Upstate SC car dealership.

I don't think it's a policy... It's certainly not news-driven.

WITN, every morning since I've moved here, hijacks from :20 to :30 of every hour the network news in on to show their Business Break. It's nothing but one long ad. Thank God I can reliably get 17 out of Raleigh.

I've also completely switched all of my TVs over to digital now. Best Buy had cheap Dynex TVs on sale. 13" in my office, 20" in the bedroom, 27" RCA in the garage and the 42" Samsung over the mantle in the living room.

I did have a 120" RS antenna mounted about 20/25 feet off the ground for the Samsung but reception has gotten worse since the leaves filled out on the trees.

When WRAL sent me my free 4228 I mounted it inside the garage attic space. When I hooked up my 27" RCA to the 4228 I was amazed that it picked up almost every station within 70 miles of me if I turned the antenna towards the station. So I got the old CM 7777 out and hooked it up and much to my surprise I didn't have to move the antenna at all if I just pointed it towards the Raleigh antenna farm. It even picked up 12 which is in the opposite direction and difficult to get at times.

So I ordered myself 250 feet of Quad Shield RG-6 along with a 50 piece bag of Snap-N-Seal QS connectors and in about 4 hours yesterday I wired every TV I own to the 4228.

This is way better than cable or satellite could ever hope to be. I'm picking up close to 35 channels now and have 19 programmed in for regular viewing.

I programmed in 5.1, 5.2, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.3, 14.2 (14.1 on the Samsung), 17.2 (17.1), 17.3, 22.1, 25.1, 28.1 50.2 (50.1) and 50.3.

Let me add that the 20" Dynex I picked up from Best Buy is a pretty good deal at $134.99. It has tons of inputs, outputs, has a very nice picture for a SD, has the only dB read out of all the TVs I own and easily has the best remote control.

A lot of the remotes available today are crap in my opinion. The buttons are small, poorly placed and often require 2 hands just to change the channels. Who the heck wants to have to put their beer down just to change channels? The Dynex remote has large, well placed buttons and it works well.

I agree with you on the remotes! Most of them suck! Even the more expensive ones. The buttons are too small and you can't read the writing on them easily.

Anyone have a sense of whether we are full power these days on WYDO? I just got back into my house (after 5 terrible months of exile during renovations and Suddenlink) and am able to get WYDO at around 63-70. This is in historic downtown New Bern. It is pretty pixelated and on and off. I am going to try to peak my antenna a little more this weekend (one of those Radio Shack dish-looking outdoor units with a built in preamp), but if this is really full blast, the signal is too marginal to be a good signal. It may mean a need to upgrade the antenna to a full bore drying rack antenna on the roof. Everything else not bad, 70-80s for WCTI, 80-90s for WNCT and WITN, and 97-100 for WUNK.

If you're getting at signal in New Bern and tim in Beulaville is getting a signal, then WYDO is at full power I beleive. You might try WFXI -DT 24 (8.1)'s signal and see if that comes in for you.
I haven't tried WYDO-DT lately myself, but will try it tonight and see if I get anything.

Sorry, about my call letter slip, I meant WFXI. Since I am directional I'm going with a single direction towards the two main towers in Ayden and Grifton.

WYDO is 21.1, WFXI is 24.1
WYDO is in Ayden, WFXI is in Morehead City

Slips happen!

Yes. I am able to receive WYDO-14.1 and 14.2 now. I am also picking up all the Raleigh signals tonight except for WRAL. Swinging around my antenna I am getting WPDE HDTV on 15.1 out of Dillon SC

WYDO appears to be "fixed" now. Audio and video are as close to perfect as WYDO gets on both 14.1 and 14.2.

jspENC,

would you mind giving me some details on your setup? I also live in Jacksonville(actually, about 10 minutes out, right off Gumbranch Rd), and it sounds like you're getting good results. I'm really just concerned with Fox, and I don't really care if its 26 or 14

also, do you know any installers around here?? I've kinda got the old fear of heights thing going...

thanks
ted

Hey tnorris,
I use a channel master 4221 UHF antenna with a channel master 7777 pre-amp. I also have a rotor because channels are coming from all directions around here. I think you would be on more of a fringe with FOX than I am, so I would suggest you get a Channel Master 4228 with 8 bowties. You will have to order it on-line though. I have not found any store that carries UHF only antennas. I think the Northwoods Electronics might install antenna's but not sure.
The signals I have had great success with are...

WWAY--ABC
WITN--NBC
WNCT&CW
WCTI&ENC TV
WUNM--PBS
WSFX--FOX
WPXU--MyNetwork
WUNJ--PBS
I also get WFXI--FOX 8.1, but with some pixelation on and off, and WECT after 5pm and before 9 am. All these are UHF with the exception of WNCT, but a 4228 has plenty of gain for that signal on channel 10.
Last night was atmospheric for WYDO FOX 14, because I'm not getting them now.

You can go to www.tvfool.com and put in your address for a list of the channels you can expect and the direction you need to aim.

Hey guys... Weird question for you... On my SDTV from Best Buy, I'm getting WITN's 7.3 SD channel, but on my Samsung T-351 STB, I'm not receiving the channel. Is anyone else getting 7.3 SD too? I thought this channel wasn't running anymore? I did a rescan last night and that's the first time I've seen it in a long time.

I'm not picking up 7.3 that I'm aware of. I was screwing around this morning with the channels because I was picking up all kinds of stations out of Florida. Orlando, Jacksonville, and Miami.

I don't have it here.

Man this board sure has become dead since the release of FOX-HD!

I agree! :(

Anybody wanna talk about HD radio?

I wish we could receive better audio on WCTI and WITN. They finally got channel 35-1 back the way it should be. For about 3 days you couldn't even watch it due to a satellite problem.

I am unable to pick-up WFXI tonight. Is anyone getting a signal?