But I got WITN and WNCT a few weeks ago.


Pirate fan? What's that? :cool:

You disturbed your rabbit ears. They don't like that!;) Hopefully once you install new antenna and probe it, you will find all channels again.

WITN has been difficult for me for the last several days, not sure what the problem is. Signal is all over the place with lots of errors. Mike said in a post to me on their website about the tower moving has caused some signal losses, so maybe that is what it is? That tower must really be swaying.

After a rescan (initial setup) I was able to get 47. Wow, upper 80%s. That's the strongest I've ever got YDO. Of course, I am pointed to Raleigh - so can't expect perfection.

Thanks, Ken - Still planning on Thurs. noon for pulling the plug on 21?

Yes still planning on Thursday

Ken

My other DirecTV recievers updated on there own so they are now all picking up WYDO on 47. My MediaCenter PC has not updated even after forcing an update. I'll try again tonight. Does anyone have any insight to where they are getting there data from I was told it was Tribune but have not been able to confirm this.

Ken

Yes Ken, D* gets their data from Tribune Media.

Yes Ken, D* gets their data from Tribune Media.I am trying to find out where the Microsoft Media Center gets its data I think it comes from Tribune also but have not been able to confirm that.

Ken

Ken,

14.1 sounds like stereo surround now. Center channel audio is just a bit lower than WCTI's still good though I think.

Ken heres a contact at Tribune that has helped me alot.

rbaldwin@tribune.com

Rebecca Baldwin, she may be able to help you with media center.

But I got WITN and WNCT a few weeks ago.


Pirate fan? What's that? :cool:
Do you mean ECWho(!)?:rolleyes:

WYDO DT 21 is now off the air.

My MediaCenter PC updated this morning so it is Tribune that supplies the data for Microsoft also

Ken

Took my 4228HD out of the box this evening and propped up on the floor of my upstairs bonus room. Using the compass, I pointed towards WITN and WNCT.

WITN....no problem. WNCT...different story as I got nothing. Are they side by side?


I also got WCTI and WYDO with no problems but I'm apprehensive because of the storms which seemed to help me earlier in the week.. Tomorrow the 4228HD goes up in the attic and we'll see what we get.

Took my 4228HD out of the box this evening and propped up on the floor of my upstairs bonus room. Using the compass, I pointed towards WITN and WNCT.

WITN....no problem. WNCT...different story as I got nothing. Are they side by side?


I also got WCTI and WYDO with no problems but I'm apprehensive because of the storms which seemed to help me earlier in the week.. Tomorrow the 4228HD goes up in the attic and we'll see what we get.

WITN is mounted over the top of the 2000' tower in Grifton. WNCT is mounted just below on the side of the tower. Now which side they placed the antenna I don't know. if it is to the east side, that would give the viewers out west a slight disadvantage. However, I can say that some of my folks located in central Sampson county got WNCT quite well with no amplifiers when they hooked up their converter box to their outdoor antenna, even though the antenna was aimed at the Chapel Hill channel 4 at the time.

WCTI is on top of it's 2000' tower, and WYDO is below that. Not sure if it is above WUNM 19 or below it off hand.

Ok....got the 4228HD mounted and it took quite a bit of trial and error due to the aluminum ducts in my attic.

I now have a strong WITN (90s) with WCTI, WNCT and WYDO pulling in the high 60s. At this point I don't see the need to invest in a pre-amp.

It was interesting how sensitive the positioning could be. As soon as I would get two, I would lose two. :o:D

Ok....got the 4228HD mounted and it took quite a bit of trial and error due to the aluminum ducts in my attic.

I now have a strong WITN (90s) with WCTI, WNCT and WYDO pulling in the high 60s. At this point I don't see the need to invest in a pre-amp.

It was interesting how sensitive the positioning could be. As soon as I would get two, I would lose two. :o:D


That is excellent reception I believe for your distance. Good work. I bet with a high band VHF antenna, the WCTI, and WNCT signal would be near 90 too, but if you get solid pictures, I wouldn't worry about it.

Sitting here thinking about some college football after seeing the name GoWulfpack. :D

I'm now getting low 70s for those I mentioned as being 60s earlier today. Perhaps the weather cleared up?

What the hell is going on at WNCT? All day long they give out no warnings, then as soon as Golf starts, they start doing something, and then when it's over, they don't bother to get off this low def dull picture... Very disappointed. Ruining the the whole game...

What the hell is going on at WNCT? All day long they give out no warnings, then as soon as Golf starts, they start doing something, and then when it's over, they don't bother to get off this low def dull picture... Very disappointed. Ruining the the whole game...

I just noticed the golf was in SD. Thank goodness for WRAL.

I just noticed the golf was in SD. Thank goodness for WRAL.

I got WRAL for a little while, but it is gone now, and is back again kind of thing. It wouldn't be so bad if WNCT had someone doing the job of switching back to HD once the Tornado Warning expired. Earlier today, there were like 12 Severe Storm warnings, and WNCT did not air any of those during a paid program. I had lightning knock out power several times and was searching for information. 7 12 and 14 only had fast reports.

WNCN 17 in Ral/Durham can run weather crawls while in HD, this station is a sister station on WNCT. Looks like WNCT could get this upgrade as well.

WNCN 17 in Ral/Durham can run weather crawls while in HD, this station is a sister station on WNCT. Looks like WNCT could get this upgrade as well.

I think we as a whole are going to have to start flooding them with complaints. I hate doing that, but it is the only way I guess. The people down in Wilmington did that with those stations and got results out of it. I want weather information, but it has been over for two hours.

I think we as a whole are going to have to start flooding them with complaints. I hate doing that, but it is the only way I guess. The people down in Wilmington did that with those stations and got results out of it. I want weather information, but it has been over for two hours.

Well I sent my complaint over. Not that I care for Golf too much but have had stuff I wanted to watch in HD before and this has happened. So I know how it feels, to say the least.

All of the stations in this area need to get in the year 2009 and get the upgrade to be able to show weather crawls while still in HD..:mad:

Well I sent my complaint over. Not that I care for Golf too much but have had stuff I wanted to watch in HD before and this has happened. So I know how it feels, to say the least.

All of the stations in this area need to get in the year 2009 and get the upgrade to be able to show weather crawls while still in HD..:mad:

Who did you E-mail? GM, engineering, or weather? I haven't sent anything yet. I'm working on what to include.

Sent in my dilemma to vjones@wnct.com an hour or so ago. No returns yet. I spent ten minutes on my concerns, so hopefully it will help. Who knows...

Wow - I forgot this site was here but I am glad I found it.

I was just reading about the switch to 47 for FOX. Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble keeping a solid signal since the switch. I get all the other channels fine except FOX and 12 which doesn't come in at all. I get a 50% to 60% signal but it drops out. This even happens on 14 where it didn't before. I am planning to start playing aorund with antenna location and see what I can come up with.

I can tell you that every station wants to do crawls in HD but in my case it would take well over 100k to do that and we don't have the money this year. We run crawls only when we have to and if an operator screws it up he gets chewed out and if it happens enough he would loose his job. It really irritates me also because I DVR most everything and might watch a show a week later.

Ken

I wasn't rude or anything like that in my letter. I just stated the facts about how frustrating it is when there are no watches or warnings active from the national weather service, and we are still watching a SD signal for hours. I don't want to see anyone get in trouble job wise. There must be a lack of communication from the weather department to the master control or something for it to be two hours before getting HD back on. I know on one Wilmington station, the weatherman would be on the air and have to shout back to the master control to turn off the HD so people could get the warnings on FOX too.

I don't think WNCT has master control operators. A few years ago they laid most of them off and automated everything. What wasn't automated was transferred to WSPA in Spartanburg, SC.

I don't think WNCT has master control operators. A few years ago they laid most of them off and automated everything. What wasn't automated was transferred to WSPA in Spartanburg, SC.

Then it's no wonder half the time we get no warnings, and the other half they forget to go back to HD afterward. I suppose I should have just not bothered the station staff. They can't really help that situation.:(

Believe me I understand but if the operator keeps screwing up he should loose his job. Our operators have screwed up in the past and they do get chewed out for it. I think some of the problems at WNCT switching between SD and HD are due to there remote automation that is my guess anyhow. Our folks are instructed to keep it to a minimum but as you are well aware around here we could have severe weather in one end of the market and sun shining in the other. I'm not saying to quit complaining but we feel your pain too as we also watch TV. A hd crawl system is not at the top of our list of wants but it is close.

Ken

Wow - I forgot this site was here but I am glad I found it.

I was just reading about the switch to 47 for FOX. Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble keeping a solid signal since the switch. I get all the other channels fine except FOX and 12 which doesn't come in at all. I get a 50% to 60% signal but it drops out. This even happens on 14 where it didn't before. I am planning to start playing aorund with antenna location and see what I can come up with.

I get WYDO in my attic with no amp at about 71-73.

Wow - I forgot this site was here but I am glad I found it.

I was just reading about the switch to 47 for FOX. Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble keeping a solid signal since the switch. I get all the other channels fine except FOX and 12 which doesn't come in at all. I get a 50% to 60% signal but it drops out. This even happens on 14 where it didn't before. I am planning to start playing aorund with antenna location and see what I can come up with.

What kind of antenna are you using? Almost sounds like you need to aim it, but if you aren't' getting 12, your antenna probably just isn't a good one. You will need to have an antenna that can receive both High band VHF and UHF.

[QUOTE=jspENC;16925039]WITN is mounted over the top of the 2000' tower in Grifton. WNCT is mounted just below on the side of the tower. Now which side they placed the antenna I don't know. if it is to the east side, that would give the viewers out west a slight disadvantage. However, I can say that some of my folks located in central Sampson county got WNCT quite well with no amplifiers when they hooked up their converter box to their outdoor antenna, even though the antenna was aimed at the Chapel Hill channel 4 at the time.

The antenna for WNCT more than likely has bays on all three sides of the tower, if it is like the old RCA antennas for 7 and 9 that were replaced when they had to rebuild the top of the tower for digital.

What kind of antenna are your using?

I was thinking of trying the attic mount. My house is 2 stories so I have no idea how to get the cable down to where it need to be.

I get WYDO in my attic with no amp at about 71-73.

After more research 12 is now VHF right? My antenna is just a small UHF that does quite well with the other channels, but is poor with VHF channels. I have aimed it every possible direction.

I am going to look into other options. I also have a lot of trees around that I am sure are not helping.

I just can't understand why I had been getting 14.1 fine until all of a sudden it started dropping out.

What kind of antenna are you using? Almost sounds like you need to aim it, but if you aren't' getting 12, your antenna probably just isn't a good one. You will need to have an antenna that can receive both High band VHF and UHF.

The 4228HD....I ran cable under a closet door (beside the table the receiver sits on) and up through the ceiling in the back corner of the closet. From there I just pointed it per my compass and direction on TVFool.

Nevermind

Winegard HD 8800 is also a fine choice of an antenna for stations in this area. Literature says UHF antenna, but it works good for 10 and 12 for me. It is made in the USA and is cheaper. Winegard also makes combo antennas (HD 769 series) with a front narrow end for UHF and back end straight VHF high elements. They are rather expensive, but people have reported really good results with them.

Cable and Satellite want to do away with local channels? Anyone know any details about this?

GK Butterfield is in on it. http://www.wsfx.com/Global/story.asp?S=10501182

Cable and Satellite want to do away with local channels? Anyone know any details about this?

GK Butterfield is in on it. http://www.wsfx.com/Global/story.asp?S=10501182Thanks for the link J. I just emailed him and while I was at it, I also mentioned the health reform bill.

Sounds like station scare tactics to me.

I may be wrong, but I heard that nothing's changing in this legislation, that it's a reauthorization of what's already on the books. Redrawing market lines is already outsourced to Nielsen, so I'm not sure what that's about. I've heard nothing about allowing cable and satellite companies to drop local stations. Period.

I note that they don't give any details on the legislation, just that you should be outraged about... something. Not sure what, exactly.

- Trip

Sounds like station scare tactics to me.

I may be wrong, but I heard that nothing's changing in this legislation, that it's a reauthorization of what's already on the books. Redrawing market lines is already outsourced to Nielsen, so I'm not sure what that's about. I've heard nothing about allowing cable and satellite companies to drop local stations. Period.

I note that they don't give any details on the legislation, just that you should be outraged about... something. Not sure what, exactly.

- Trip

I hadn't heard or seen anything about it before this either, that is why it caught my attention. Are they afraid of losing a county or two in their DMA maybe? I think the DTV transition has hurt Wilmington considerably in inland areas due to lack of signal, and attention to those areas.

The thing that really stuck out though was the whole bit about cable and sat going to just a national feed of networks.

I hadn't heard or seen anything about it before this either, that is why it caught my attention. Are they afraid of losing a county or two in their DMA maybe? I think the DTV transition has hurt Wilmington considerably in inland areas due to lack of signal, and attention to those areas.

The thing that really stuck out though was the whole bit about cable and sat going to just a national feed of networks.

Ain't happening. Much as DBS (especially) would LOVE to have just one high quality HiDef network feed for the whole country, the fact is that localism is too ingrained for that to happen.

Now - the thought that some DMAs may loose some viewers because of the transition IS possible - I would even suggest probable -due to some of the issues we have seen since June 12. There are some alternatives for the stations to help combat some of those factors, but in this tight economy - they may not be able to afford them.

I was looking at those. They look like they would be really good too.



Winegard HD 8800 is also a fine choice of an antenna for stations in this area. Literature says UHF antenna, but it works good for 10 and 12 for me. It is made in the USA and is cheaper. Winegard also makes combo antennas (HD 769 series) with a front narrow end for UHF and back end straight VHF high elements. They are rather expensive, but people have reported really good results with them.

Got one myself. Good antenna, has enough gain on VHF to work well for me.

One good source to tell when a good night of tropospheric ducting is in progress is doppler radar. When you start seeing a lot of "junk" showing up on the radar, you can tell that the atmosphere is pushing signals down to the ground. Tonight I am getting SC ETV VHF signals 7 and 9, plus WFXI 8, and WJCL 22-1 (23) for the first time. WMMP for the third time. Good mix of signals tonight.

Hey everyone. I live near Grimesland and Simpson. I am using a RCA ANT121 antenna right now and can pick up 7, 9, 12, sometimes 25. For some reason I cannot get FOX period.

I am considering getting a Winegard 8800 but I have some questions first about the antenna and installation.

1) can I somehow attach it to the roof mount that was from a DirecTV 2 lnb dish. I now have the Slimline but had to cut DirecTV off because my wife is going back to school.

2) Is it a good antenna for this area? I don't want to buy an antenna and then it doesn't pick up anything.

3) If I don't go with the winegard, do you think a TERK TV44 would work if I clip it on to the slimline?

Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone. I live near Grimesland and Simpson. I am using a RCA ANT121 antenna right now and can pick up 7, 9, 12, sometimes 25. For some reason I cannot get FOX period.

I am considering getting a Winegard 8800 but I have some questions first about the antenna and installation.

1) can I somehow attach it to the roof mount that was from a DirecTV 2 lnb dish. I now have the Slimline but had to cut DirecTV off because my wife is going back to school.

2) Is it a good antenna for this area? I don't want to buy an antenna and then it doesn't pick up anything.

3) If I don't go with the winegard, do you think a TERK TV44 would work if I clip it on to the slimline?

Thanks in advance.

Welcome to the forum.

1) There should be no problem mounting the HD 8800 to the old Directv mast, however you may need to tilt it upward due to the length of the antenna. I think it is near 50 inches vertically.

2) Yes it is a good antenna. I modified mine a bit. (See page 208) I made the rear screen continuous for more VHF gain, and bent the main feed line back away from the bowties. This helped the performance of mine considerably.

3) Stay away from TURKS. They are overpriced, and many of their units are fraudulent.

4) I would love to know what kinds of antennas those folks had that were calling into WCTI's telethon yesterday. I couldn't believe how far away many of the people that had made contributions lived! Either their antennas are good, or WCTI's is.

Here is an illustration of my modifications to the HD 8800 that was requested. Modify at your own risk!!! Bending the feed line is the biggest risk with this, so if you don't feel confident, it's best to leave it alone.;):D

Feel free to ask questions.


http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/634/illustrationofmodificat.jpg

So you have found the attic mount works good? Are you 1 story or 2 story? I found an easy way to run my cable from the attic down and I think I am going to try an attic mount but I wanted to make sure it was worth it to try.

I have read a lot of information that says attic mounts aren't the best way - Just wondering about other opinions. Looks like it worked fine for you.

I get WYDO in my attic with no amp at about 71-73.

kc:
If you don't mind the suggestion this is the way I had mine when I had it in the attic. I had an extra X-Mas tree stand(large) that held my OTA firmly in place.
Good luck!

The FOX people must have visited Ken, because the last two nights I have seen a new FOX east Carolina logo down in place of that awful huge blue thing that used to be there.

The FOX people must have visited Ken, because the last two nights I have seen a new FOX east Carolina logo down in place of that awful huge blue thing that used to be there.The FOX affiliate in SE VA, too just recently started using it's own logo instead of the big blue FOX logo...

I finally got them to update the logo in the splicer

Ken

Thanks.

kc:
If you don't mind the suggestion this is the way I had mine when I had it in the attic. I had an extra X-Mas tree stand(large) that held my OTA firmly in place.
Good luck!

Just a quick question, I looked up my place on TVfool, and it says I should be able to pick up WYDO at my present location with a tabletop antenna.

Yet I cannot even get it to come up at all. Any suggestions?

Just a quick question, I looked up my place on TVfool, and it says I should be able to pick up WYDO at my present location with a tabletop antenna.

Yet I cannot even get it to come up at all. Any suggestions?

TV FODL could be showing data for the old WYDO tower in Ayden. Grimeland and Simpson are quite a distance from Trenton. Metal Siding, Insulation, Metal roofs, brick walls etc can all kill a digital signal. Only thing I know to do other than an outdoor ant. is put the rabbit ear/UHF combo loop in the attic and run a wire as a test. If it works, mount the ears in the attic.

Off topic... I am HATING that Hells Kitchen and Who wants 2 b a Millionaire are on at the same time. lol

Let's try to keep the wx man off air during 8 PM hour. :D ha ha!

TV FODL could be showing data for the old WYDO tower in Ayden. Grimeland and Simpson are quite a distance from Trenton. Metal Siding, Insulation, Metal roofs, brick walls etc can all kill a digital signal. Only thing I know to do other than an outdoor ant. is put the rabbit ear/UHF combo loop in the attic and run a wire as a test. If it works, mount the ears in the attic.

Off topic... I am HATING that Hells Kitchen and Who wants 2 b a Millionaire are on at the same time. lol

lol Hells Kitchen is awesome, too bad I will miss it. :D Looks like I'll definitely be getting the 8800. Thanks for your time and help.

So you have found the attic mount works good? Are you 1 story or 2 story? I found an easy way to run my cable from the attic down and I think I am going to try an attic mount but I wanted to make sure it was worth it to try.

I have read a lot of information that says attic mounts aren't the best way - Just wondering about other opinions. Looks like it worked fine for you.

I was skeptical as well and I even have a ton of aluminum duct work in my attic. However, it worked fine w/o a pre-amp as I am getting signals 70 miles away. I guess it just depends on your situation.

I live in a two story.

Evening news starts tonight with Brian Williams noting the top stories. WITN pops up with the stupid thunderstorm warnings (that they just FINISHED talking about 30 seconds earlier on the local news) and the AUDIO drops out.

Thanks a hell of lot WITN, I missed the audio of the first 2 minutes of the newscasts.

Good grief....

I hate the black crawls of doom on WITN and WNCT. They are more a nuisance than they are informative. Same thing over and over. At least change the words around in the text to where the storm is if you aren't going to put up a map and radar.

Looks like VHF Hi is open a little. I have picked up WNCT and WCTI with no problem. No WFXI (wonder why!) but no UHF. That doesn't seem to be running now.

http://www.w4cl.net/fox/WCTI-1.jpg

http://www.w4cl.net/fox/WCTI-2.jpg

One night this week I did a scan and locked in on stations from Richmond, Norfolk, Wilmington, Myrtle Beach, and the Triad, in addition to the usual local signals that I get here in Wilson. Foxeng, WGHP-35 was one of them.:D

Looks like VHF Hi is open a little. I have picked up WNCT and WCTI with no problem. No WFXI (wonder why!) but no UHF. That doesn't seem to be running now.

http://www.w4cl.net/fox/WCTI-1.jpg



Is CTI now able to run crawls over HD without dropping to SD? If so, yay! This means I can start watching ABC programming again in prime time during severe weather!

Is CTI now able to run crawls over HD without dropping to SD? If so, yay! This means I can start watching ABC programming again in prime time during severe weather!

Unfortunatly we are not

Ken

Thanks - I am going to hook all this up this weekend. Funny thing is the last few nights I am getting Fox great. I still don't get 12 which makes sense as my antenna is just a UHF but it is like the FOX signal is stronger.

I am looking forward to seeing how this works.



I was skeptical as well and I even have a ton of aluminum duct work in my attic. However, it worked fine w/o a pre-amp as I am getting signals 70 miles away. I guess it just depends on your situation.

I live in a two story.

Looks like VHF Hi is open a little. I have picked up WNCT and WCTI with no problem. No WFXI (wonder why!) but no UHF. That doesn't seem to be running now.

http://www.w4cl.net/fox/WCTI-1.jpg

http://www.w4cl.net/fox/WCTI-2.jpg



I watched that Raymond Thanksgiving last night!:D

People pick up WCTI from Hope Mills, Whiteville, Chadbourn, Abbottsburg, Bladenboro Elizabethtown, Falcon, Dunn, Elizabeth City and Fayetteville too. I saw that during their call in marathon last weekend for Cystic Fibrosis. This was during the day!

Is CTI now able to run crawls over HD without dropping to SD? If so, yay! This means I can start watching ABC programming again in prime time during severe weather!

Eastern,

I don't know if you saw where I sent an E-Mail to WNCT GM about our dilemma of losing HD all the time for crawls and banners. I never got anything back, so it obviously isn't that big a deal to them, or they have no solutions in the works. I sent to them because 9 seems to be the worst for not getting back to HD after a severe wx event. 7 and 12 do a much better job of monitoring. 12 is no doubt the best at least when I've watched. I was also going to ask about CW in HD this fall if I got a return. Oh well.

Speaking of HD, I am disappointed Millionaire isn't in HD.:(

Unfortunatly we are not

Ken

Oh ok... Thanks for the response, Ken. The screencap looked like it was 16x9 with the crawl. I remember you posting not too very long ago that it was in the long range plans as opposed to immediate. Got excited though when I saw that screencap.

Eastern,

I don't know if you saw where I sent an E-Mail to WNCT GM about our dilemma of losing HD all the time for crawls and banners. I never got anything back, so it obviously isn't that big a deal to them, or they have no solutions in the works. I sent to them because 9 seems to be the worst for not getting back to HD after a severe wx event. 7 and 12 do a much better job of monitoring. 12 is no doubt the best at least when I've watched. I was also going to ask about CW in HD this fall if I got a return. Oh well.

Speaking of HD, I am disappointed Millionaire isn't in HD.:(

Yeah, I saw that you had e-mailed about it... Don't know why you didn't get a response.

I think what Ken has said about capital not being available for HD crawls goes not only for his station but ITN and NCT as well. It's something everyone wants to do, but it's just not feasible in the current economic climate.

I hate it too... I hardly ever watch big 3 or 4 network programming anymore. Now that I can't get the RDU stations, I'm just not satisfied watching locals in SD with weather crawls. I'd rather play ps3 or surf the web.

Yeah, I saw that you had e-mailed about it... Don't know why you didn't get a response.

I think what Ken has said about capital not being available for HD crawls goes not only for his station but ITN and NCT as well. It's something everyone wants to do, but it's just not feasible in the current economic climate.

I hate it too... I hardly ever watch big 3 or 4 network programming anymore. Now that I can't get the RDU stations, I'm just not satisfied watching locals in SD with weather crawls. I'd rather play ps3 or surf the web.

Yep. If I can tune WILM or WRAL, I watch them, otherwise I shut it off. Like I wrote in the e-mail, until one station takes the lead, and gets this capability, the others won't be rushed to get it. I saw this happen in Wilmington, and Raleigh, when WECT started doing warnings in HD, it wasn't too much longer before WWAY got it going, same thing with WTVD and WNCN. They have to keep up with their competitors.

WILM has HD crawls?

WILM has HD crawls?

I assume so. I have never been able to pick it up long enough to know. They have their WILM 10 translucent logo/bug on the screen though while in HD, so I imagine so. I'm sure the folks on the Wilmington board will tell you if you ask. They do not have digital sound, that I know.

Like I wrote in the e-mail, until one station takes the lead, and gets this capability, the others won't be rushed to get it. I saw this happen in Wilmington, and Raleigh, when WECT started doing warnings in HD, it wasn't too much longer before WWAY got it going, same thing with WTVD and WNCN. They have to keep up with their competitors.Probably very true... ABC, CBS, CW, FOX, NBC, PBS, TBN and our Independent all can do HD crawls here in SE VA...

Hi,

Ever since the recent change, I can't get 14-1 on my main TV. I have a CM4228 mounted on a 20' pole. I am using a DirecTV H20 receiver (the one with the OTA tuner built-in). I live about 1 mile north of the WITN/WNCT tower in Grifton. I can get 12 just fine.

On my bedroom TV, I can get 14-1 just fine. It is simply running a set of rabbit ears.

Any help you could provide will be very much appreciated.

Try resetting the antenna setup on the reciever, should of reset automatically, but I had one that I reset today and 14.1 worked after.

Now everyone on here can say they saw WILM LD HD:)

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7130/wilmhd.jpg

Looks like Drew has a new doo'!

One night this week I did a scan and locked in on stations from Richmond, Norfolk, Wilmington, Myrtle Beach, and the Triad, in addition to the usual local signals that I get here in Wilson. Foxeng, WGHP-35 was one of them.:D

I somehow missed this post.

It is funny how we here even have to use WGHP-8 or WGHP-35 to differentiate the channels! It is interesting how we get the signal to each transmitter when both sit in different rooms off the same microwave receivers. Anyway, I hope you liked the programming! :D (What time did you see us anyway?)

I somehow missed this post.

It is funny how we here even have to use WGHP-8 or WGHP-35 to differentiate the channels! It is interesting how we get the signal to each transmitter when both sit in different rooms off the same microwave receivers. Anyway, I hope you liked the programming! :D (What time did you see us anyway?)

It was around 9 or 9:30. I think the heat and humidity we had earlier this week must of had something do with it. I usually have to turn the antenna to pick up distant stations, but that night something was different. There were a lot of strong signals coming in from all over. As far as the Triad, I've locked in on WGHP, WCWG and WXLV. A few weeks ago, I locked in on WXII, but that was before a low power station went on the air running 5KW in Rocky Mt. That killed any chances of me ever getting WXII or WAVY on channel 31.

I'm using an attic mounted Winegard PR-8800 with a Channel Master 7777 amp.

WRAL antenna giveaway program ends this month.

The antenna giveawy program is ending at the end of the month. If you want a free antenna. Send them a reciept for you HDTV or HD Tuner and they will send you a free antenna. They study your location and will send what is good for your area. I live in Washington and they sent me a Channel Master 4228 a couple of years ago.
You have to print out a form and mail it in with the invoice for your tv.
go to wral.com and search for WRAL-TV antenna giveaway program.

Didn't they end up limiting that program to people in the Raleigh DMA about a year or so ago?

WRAL antenna giveaway program ends this month.

The antenna giveawy program is ending at the end of the month. If you want a free antenna. Send them a reciept for you HDTV or HD Tuner and they will send you a free antenna. They study your location and will send what is good for your area. I live in Washington and they sent me a Channel Master 4228 a couple of years ago.
You have to print out a form and mail it in with the invoice for your tv.
go to wral.com and search for WRAL-TV antenna giveaway program.
That's a damn social club joke. ONLY the ones with the right [FRIENDLY SMILE] get it...

I just want to say thanks for the attic suggestion. I had always been skeptical as I always read don't put it in the attic as you will lose 50% and so forth. Today I got all my wire run and put an old large Channel Master in the attic I planned to set up. I ran out of time so I just put the old homemade DB4 I had outside up there just to hold me until tomorrow. After hooking it up I now get everything with a good solid signal including ABC and the 38.1 station and FOX comes in strong with no drop outs.

Now I don't know if I will even bother with the channel master. Point here is the attic installation is working great for me.

Anyone know where you can buy a cheap pre amp? Radio shack has one around $50. My preamp has gone bad and my signal levels are lower without it.

Ebay or Amazon usually have good deals...

Solidsignal has the ChannelMaster 7777 for $49.99. This is what I have and it works great.

Anyone know where you can buy a cheap pre amp? Radio shack has one around $50. My preamp has gone bad and my signal levels are lower without it.

Anyone know where you can buy a cheap pre amp? Radio shack has one around $50. My preamp has gone bad and my signal levels are lower without it.

Do you know what kind you have?

Do you know if the inside pwr supply is bad, or is it the outdoor part? You can sometimes order just the part you know that has gone bad, instead of a whole new unit.

Looks like Drew has a new doo'!

I don't ever watch him, just happened to be home and got a chance to play around and was getting WILM really well Friday. Very rare for that to happen!

I just want to say thanks for the attic suggestion. I had always been skeptical as I always read don't put it in the attic as you will lose 50% and so forth. Today I got all my wire run and put an old large Channel Master in the attic I planned to set up. I ran out of time so I just put the old homemade DB4 I had outside up there just to hold me until tomorrow. After hooking it up I now get everything with a good solid signal including ABC and the 38.1 station and FOX comes in strong with no drop outs.

Now I don't know if I will even bother with the channel master. Point here is the attic installation is working great for me.

Great.


In my experiences, inside the house is the worst case, attic is much better, then outside is much better than attic, but the higher the better in any of the cases usually.

I guess in my case getting up higher proved to be better. I am surrounded by a lot of large trees so I do feel lucky to be getting things as well as I am. I am going to try some new antenna designs. The one I have is a homemade db4 with rotting wood and tarnished copper. I am going to try one of those gray hoverman designs and see how that does. i also have a Channel Master 7777 preamp. Without it I get nothing.

Great.


In my experiences, inside the house is the worst case, attic is much better, then outside is much better than attic, but the higher the better in any of the cases usually.

WNCT and WBTW file complaint w/ the FCC against Time Warner Cable for dropping their channels in Hertford, Bertie and Pasquotank counties in NC, and some areas of South Carolina. Stations claim TWC didn't give a 30 day notice, and Warner claims that they are out of market. So Bertie county is no longer in this market apparently. Not surprised, since they hardly get mentioned on the news or weather.

You know TWC always wins, so why bother the FCC with this? If 9 might of acknowledged they had viewers up there, perhaps they wouldn't have been pulled. I agree with Warner this time. Jerk it off if they don't cover your area. I expect a Wilmington station will soon be pulled from cable here.

Just a heads up I have been reducing power on WYDO for the last couple of days during the day to allow PBS to do work on there anntena which is located right above mine. They have several more days of work to do. I will post when they have completed the work.

Ken

WUNC must be up and running, and now they can work on WUNM. The signal has been noticeably weaker than 12 and 47 for me.

WNCT and WBTW file complaint w/ the FCC against Time Warner Cable for dropping their channels in Hertford, Bertie and Pasquotank counties in NC, and some areas of South Carolina. Stations claim TWC didn't give a 30 day notice, and Warner claims that they are out of market. So Bertie county is no longer in this market apparently. Not surprised, since they hardly get mentioned on the news or weather.

You know TWC always wins, so why bother the FCC with this? If 9 might of acknowledged they had viewers up there, perhaps they wouldn't have been pulled. I agree with Warner this time. Jerk it off if they don't cover your area. I expect a Wilmington station will soon be pulled from cable here.

Bertie County is still in the Greenville-New Bern-Washington market. Not sure when you're watching...or who, but Bertie gets plenty of news coverage. Some say too much. :-)

Out on the OBX in Waves NC on vacation, watching WNCT on Charter cable, the picture freezes constantly.
WITN I have not seen any freezing.

Bertie County is still in the Greenville-New Bern-Washington market. Not sure when you're watching...or who, but Bertie gets plenty of news coverage. Some say too much. :-)

Thanks for the info. I meant the border counties and Pasquotank, even though i said Bertie! (confused county location) I guess there isn't a lot going on in those areas anyway like Jacksonville and Greenville. :)

How can Tine Warner get away with just ripping WNCT off like that if Bertie is still in GNW market?????? Are they just testing the waters to see how much they can get away with maybe? I guess fcc fines are small potatoes to that big company. Both TW and Directv have gotten too big for their (insert);) According to some research and reading on www.Broadcastingcable.com WBTW did not get pulled from Georgetown SC. They have left it on for now, and will terminate sometime next month. This will give 30 day notice, however, they have ALREADY pulled WNCT from the cable system of Hertford county, so I wonder if they will be forced to return WNCT for 30 more days? TW states that their customers want other services, and to deliver those, they must delete other channels. What a crock.

Apparently, the cable head end for Bertie county is located in Hertford county, just north of Bertie county, and that antenna farm is what delivers service to Bertie county. They will have to add WNCT back to the system if I understand correctly, since Bertie is in this market, or either move the cable plant further south.

JamieH1 : Out on the OBX in Waves NC on vacation, watching WNCT on Charter cable, the picture freezes constantly.
WITN I have not seen any freezin

No WCTI out there?

I spent a nice week on vacation at Rodanthe earlier this month, and WNCT had constant breakups on the cable system there. It seemed to get better at night though. WCTI has always been on channel 19 there, and is still listed on the TV Guide channel there as being on channel 19, but 19 had nothing but snow. WITN must be on microwave there, they were perfectly clear for the most part, but totally unwatchable on a couple of really windy days! I guess digital makes it more difficult to hit cable headends 100 miles away with a reliable signal than analog did.

On the other hand, all of the Tidewater channels were clear there.

http://www.witn.com/blogs/justaskmike/22765034.html

Explains the problems Charter has with ENC stations. If they still don't have that fixed over a year later it makes me feel a lot better about Suddenlink. I didn't think anything could make them look good.

Then again, Charter is in bankruptcy.

Thanks for the info. I meant the border counties and Pasquotank, even though i said Bertie! (confused county location) I guess there isn't a lot going on in those areas anyway like Jacksonville and Greenville. :)

How can Tine Warner get away with just ripping WNCT off like that if Bertie is still in GNW market?????? Are they just testing the waters to see how much they can get away with maybe? I guess fcc fines are small potatoes to that big company. Both TW and Directv have gotten too big for their (insert);) According to some research and reading on www.Broadcastingcable.com WBTW did not get pulled from Georgetown SC. They have left it on for now, and will terminate sometime next month. This will give 30 day notice, however, they have ALREADY pulled WNCT from the cable system of Hertford county, so I wonder if they will be forced to return WNCT for 30 more days? TW states that their customers want other services, and to deliver those, they must delete other channels. What a crock.

Apparently, the cable head end for Bertie county is located in Hertford county, just north of Bertie county, and that antenna farm is what delivers service to Bertie county. They will have to add WNCT back to the system if I understand correctly, since Bertie is in this market, or either move the cable plant further south.
Is WITN still being carried in these areas? They have always been strong (in viewership, not signal) north of Greenville. The only explanation I have ever been able to come up with is that these areas feel a stronger connection with Washington than Greenville, and WITN is just benefiting from a Washington, NC city of license. Nevermind the fact that both 7 and 9 come from a tower less than 2 miles from the Lenoir and Craven county lines.

http://www.witn.com/blogs/justaskmike/22765034.html

Explains the problems Charter has with ENC stations. If they still don't have that fixed over a year later it makes me feel a lot better about Suddenlink. I didn't think anything could make them look good.

Then again, Charter is in bankruptcy.

Curious exactly where on the OBX "Waves" is, I put it in Google maps and got this street view...

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=waves,+nc&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=yP2RSv74AZGIswP8xJEM&layer=c&cbll=35.565019,-75.469075&panoid=E-8uEK698rgZzezky-84vQ&cbp=12,51.4,,0,-27.88&ll=35.565105,-75.469058&spn=0.003159,0.004823&z=18&iwloc=A

That cell tower looks to have TV antennas pointed toward Greenville and the Tidewater region of VA. So I guess they really are receiving them from a headend on the OBX...

Nevermind the fact that both 7 and 9 come from a tower less than 2 miles from the Lenoir and Craven county lines.

WITN is the strangest station I have ever seen. They hold a license from a PO Box in Washington. Their weather radar and engineering facitlity is in Chocowinity. Their news is produced in Greenville and their transmitter is in Grifton.

Is WITN still being carried in these areas? They have always been strong (in viewership, not signal) north of Greenville. The only explanation I have ever been able to come up with is that these areas feel a stronger connection with Washington than Greenville, and WITN is just benefiting from a Washington, NC city of license. Nevermind the fact that both 7 and 9 come from a tower less than 2 miles from the Lenoir and Craven county lines.

WITN is still up in those areas from the information I saw on zap2it.com - Viewers probably watch WITN because of the weather information they get from them during storms and such. WNCT drops the ball often times in those areas from what I have witnessed, and doesn't bother with most counties in the northern reaches. WITN for example will run weather warnings for areas up there, and half the time WNCT does not. If I was a viewer up there, I would purposely not say I watched WNCT even if I did. Remember the majority are still watching analog, and don't benefit anything from the station staying in HDTV during golf for example. Too bad WCTI's tower is just a little too far south, or maybe some of those counties wouldn't be in the VA beach market?

Waves is as far east as you can get on the outer banks, just north of Avon I believe.

Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo all run together. There's a post office there with three zip codes.

I spent a nice week on vacation at Rodanthe earlier this month...

On the other hand, all of the Tidewater channels were clear there.I guess our stations are carried down there for a lot us taking vacations to the OBX...

Go to WNCT.com and scroll down to "Neighborhood News"

There are several top stories by "WITN" that are coming in through the news feed. Clicking on the story redirects you to WITN.com. Hilarious.

Go to WNCT.com and scroll down to "Neighborhood News"

There are several top stories by "WITN" that are coming in through the news feed. Clicking on the story redirects you to WITN.com. Hilarious.

Scott,

Just tried www.wnct.com and got this.....



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They need to get eastern back I think.

Edit: Now it is working. lol

Their site is loading for me but none of their own headlines are showing, it's just a blank white section below the logo. That's why I scrolled down and noticed the WITN links. So we know who to go to when WNCT lets us down!

Speaking of eastern, I saw an article on there last night posted by George Crocker. Isn't that him? Did he get re-hired?

Time Warner must really be out to get Media General. WCBD will be dropped in Horry County SC. MG has filed yet another complaint.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/328339-Media_General_Files_FCC_Complaint_as_Time_Warner_Cable_Drops _WCBD.php

I wish MG could afford to yank all of it's stations off TW. That would cause TW some real headaches like they are causing stations.

Their site is loading for me but none of their own headlines are showing, it's just a blank white section below the logo. That's why I scrolled down and noticed the WITN links. So we know who to go to when WNCT lets us down!

Speaking of eastern, I saw an article on there last night posted by George Crocker. Isn't that him? Did he get re-hired?

Yes, I'm back... And yes, it's monday and the website is not cooperating. :eek:

I looked up the lineups for the TWC Bertie County system. I used Aulander's zip code and got the lineup for the Ahoskie system. To be fair, 3 CBS affiliates is a bit much... I saw WRAL and WTKR are still being carried. If I was that far from Greenville, but wanted news about my own state, I would much rather have WRAL than WNCT.

I once dated a girl who lived between Gatesville and Edenton. They watched WTKR and nothing else. It's unscientific, yes, but it leads me to believe the area isn't even watching 9.

Yes, I'm back... And yes, it's monday and the website is not cooperating. :eek:Yeah, I figured that the lack of local news was just an unpredictable technical glitch.

But I would get rid of those WITN links...

I looked up the lineups for the TWC Bertie County system. I used Aulander's zip code and got the lineup for the Ahoskie system. To be fair, 3 CBS affiliates is a bit much... I saw WRAL and WTKR are still being carried. If I was that far from Greenville, but wanted news about my own state, I would much rather have WRAL than WNCT.

I once dated a girl who lived between Gatesville and Edenton. They watched WTKR and nothing else. It's unscientific, yes, but it leads me to believe the area isn't even watching 9.

I see your point, but the fact is Bertie county is local to Greenville. WTKR or WRAL or both should be dropped, and WNCT kept. I believe the problem is, as I said earlier, that the cable antenna tower is up in Hertford county, and that is on the fringe of WNCT. That county is well within WTKR's signal range, and I know it is outside of WRAL's range. WNCT is getting pushed out of it's own market. It may have some faults though, like I said earlier about poor coverage at times. I have no idea how WTKR covers those areas. It may be good enough that the majority watch them. It should be interesting to see how all that plays out.

It seems really stupid on TWC's part to pull WNCT from a system that serves two DMA's, one of them being WNCT's own DMA. It's almost like TWC is trying to pick a fight with Media General.

It seems really stupid on TWC's part to pull WNCT from a system that serves two DMA's, one of them being WNCT's own DMA. It's almost like TWC is trying to pick a fight with Media General.

You may be on to something. What I think is this...

When WBTW and MG went after TW in SC for trying to pull that station off without waiting the full 30 days, some donkey high up at Warner started looking at where they could cause further problems. They picked on WNCT, maybe thinking they wouldn't be savvy enough to fight them, or wouldn't stand much chance of getting results in contacting the "video regulators". It's clear to me that WRAL should have been the one to get cut up there, and not WNCT, if they are concerned about an overload of CBS stations on their system. You know that WRAL has to be asking for more money for their station over WNCT, so it isn't about money, it is about big cable showing that they think they can do what they want, and they do because of poor regulation.

I can't agree that WRAL should be the one to get the cut. They are like the television version of the N&O (well the N&O of 5-10 years ago at least); it's seen throughout much of the state for a reason, and their on-air product shows. We have a statewide network (UNC-TV) that doesn't even do as good at covering statewide issues as WRAL.

I admittedly have a bias against WNCT, but it's because through the years I have watched the product get worse and worse as WITN and WCTI managed to get better. CTI moreso than ITN, but still. It's basic business that if you let the product flounder the customers will go elsewhere. Have you seen WNCN? They are dead last in the Raleigh ratings but they still manage to turn out a worthwhile newscast. Media General's on-air product doesn't have to be as bad as it is in Greenville.

I'm glad I don't have cable. At least with an antenna I have a much better choice of local stations to watch than I would with cable. I live in Wilson and I consider both the Triangle channels and eastern NC channels local. They all pretty much have city grade signals over my house and I can can pick and choose what OTA channels to watch. TWC and Greenlight cable have WITN and WNCT here, but only in SD. If you want to watch the networks in HD, you have to watch the Triangle channels, period.

Of course satellite only offers locals from one DMA only, but at least you can add an antenna and not purchase the locals.

TWC and Greenlight cable have WITN and WNCT here, but only in SD. If you want to watch the networks in HD, you have to watch the Triangle channels, period.It's pretty much that way even if you don't have cable. I can't blame them for not wasting bandwidth on this market's HD offerings.

I agree WNCT has gone from really really good, to almost below fair. I'm not sure where to place blame, whether it local or elsewhere. I also do not like the way the market boundaries are drawn. I think each subscriber to a pay service should be able to choose an in market network station, and one out of market neighboring station, IF they have a neighboring station whose signal hits them. To me you could create another market out of some of the Raleigh, Fayetteville and ENC county areas. Tower placement is what makes that impossible now, and viewer habits.

I used to work at WTKR, Norfolk....AT that time, they did not consider Bertie Co as far as news coverage....The news department thinking was, we only go to NC if it burns down or blows down. I can not speak for the station now.

I can't agree that WRAL should be the one to get the cut. They are like the television version of the N&O (well the N&O of 5-10 years ago at least); it's seen throughout much of the state for a reason, and their on-air product shows. We have a statewide network (UNC-TV) that doesn't even do as good at covering statewide issues as WRAL

We used to get WRAL on cable here in Jacksonville up until I was 8 or 9 yrs old. Cable was called -Visioncable- back then.I remember that WRAL had a clearer signal than WNCT did. WNCT used to have the waviest picture on analog with these sort of hum bars going horizontally across the screen. It was always that way up until they changed to the digital antenna. Didn't matter if you watched it by cable or antenna. When Time Warner took over, they dropped WRAL first, but let WTVD come through at noon to show the news, and then would black it out again. This went on for a year or so before they completely dumped WTVD. People were so mad about it for a long time. TW claimed that it was against the rules for them to continue carrying WRAL here. One day I will remember to take my camera and get a picture of the cable tower and the antennas still at the top of it that received Raleigh.

I used to work at WTKR, Norfolk....AT that time, they did not consider Bertie Co as far as news coverage....The news department thinking was, we only go to NC if it burns down or blows down. I can not speak for the station now.It appears the "policy" is still in effect... for all HR stations... :D The OBX gets the most NC attention around here from TV stations...

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Suddenlink now offers all its high speed internet customers ESPN360 free.

WCTI Chief Meteorologist responds to lawsuit, and says it's "malicious and frivolous."

http://www.jdnews.com/news/waters-66957-bern-frivolous.html

The suit also names WCTI. Sounds like this guy is just trying to collect as much as he can by attempting to ruin a station and someones name with such trash. I could care less what happens to the individuals involved, but this mess can't be helping WCTI gather more viewers... Unfortunate timing.

I'll be going down on WFXI and WYDO tonight after midnight to do some work on both stations I could even have WCTI and ENC down for a short time as I rearange and install some new equipment. I hope that what I install will allow me to air non network HD on fox such as some of the ball games that are coming up. I will post tommorow if I'm successful or not.

Ken

I've been away from home when the Panthers have been playing football on weekends, but was wondering if WFXI/WYDO has been showing the Panthers preseason games in HD?

I've been away from home when the Panthers have been playing football on weekends, but was wondering if WFXI/WYDO has been showing the Panthers preseason games in HD?

We have not been but I'm hoping to change that

I'll be going down on WFXI and WYDO tonight after midnight to do some work on both stations I could even have WCTI and ENC down for a short time as I rearange and install some new equipment. I hope that what I install will allow me to air non network HD on fox such as some of the ball games that are coming up. I will post tommorow if I'm successful or not.

Ken

Good luck Ken. I look forward to seeing games on your stations in HD too besides turning to Wilmington's FOX.

I did not get everything done I need to do last night I will probably be going down again tonight to work on it again.

Ken

Check out WYDO everyone. Ken's doing widescreen SD now. WFXB does this, and I like it.

Ken I also see a couple of white dots on top of WCTI's picture. Looks like you've got your text writer thing on maybe? The one on the left is flashing.

Widescreen SD on what? :confused:

As someone not in the area, I'm curious as to what you're talking about. I was under the impression that WYDO had no SD subs anymore.

- Trip

http://www.reflector.com/news/former-weatherman-now-showing-homes-797897.html

Story from the Greenville Daily Reflector about Phillip Williams in his new career as a realtor.

Widescreen SD on what? :confused:

As someone not in the area, I'm curious as to what you're talking about. I was under the impression that WYDO had no SD subs anymore.

- Trip

Court shows, Springer show etc in 16:9 standard def on 14-1, so are the commercials that I saw. Wasn't able to watch for very long, so don't know if it is just in testing phase or what, but it looked OK to me. :)

Those shows are not available in HD I don't think, so it must be an in house equipment capability.

To me the screen looks zoomed in. Will keep looking to see how other shows look.

To me the screen looks zoomed in. Will keep looking to see how other shows look.

It does a little. Was waiting to see what others were seeing. I guess Ken is going to work on that tonight maybe.

I commented on Phillips story on the reflector. I still hope he comes back on TV and kicks WNCT down a notch. I thought something was up when they cut the weather segment down to almost seconds. You just don't treat people who built up your station to what it was today like that. If MG can't afford WNCT, they should sell it.:mad:

Check out WYDO everyone. Ken's doing widescreen SD now. WFXB does this, and I like it.

Ken I also see a couple of white dots on top of WCTI's picture. Looks like you've got your text writer thing on maybe? The one on the left is flashing.

What show was I doing WideScreen that should not be happening nor should it be possible are you watching it off air or via sat. It is possible I set something wrong last night. On WCTI the dots are coming from my Master Plus module in my flexicoder I'll reboot it when I work overnight tonight to see if that fixes it.

Ken

I figured out what I did wrong I had set my upconvertors for WFXI and WYDO to 14:9 pillar instead of 4:3 pillar what this was doing was cropping the top and bottom of the picture and making it a little wider. I didn't even notice it when I was working last night. I have corrected it and it should be back to normal. I did remove some older equipment from the video and audio path and replaced it with newer and better equipment so the video and audio should improve slightly. I still have a little more work to do to be able to use a source other than FOX in HD on WYDO and WFXI. I'll be working on it again tonight.

Ken

Yep, WYDO back to 4:3 now. I wish you could set it up with widescreen 16:9 all the time though... If it had just been zoomed out a little, it would have been OK!

Yep, WYDO back to 4:3 now. I wish you could set it up with widescreen 16:9 all the time though... If it had just been zoomed out a little, it would have been OK!

Most new TV's alow you to do this but if I do it you can not undo it and I would get complaints from people that I was cropping there picture and text would be cut off on the bottom and top of the screen

Ken

My local PBS has taken to zooming some SD content and I think it looks really soft when they do that.

- Trip

My local PBS has taken to zooming some SD content and I think it looks really soft when they do that.

- Trip
I'm sure it does almost impossible for it to not be softer

Ken

Since WYDO doesn't use bandwidth for sub channels, I really couldn't see a whole lot of weakness in the picture. On PBS here, it would for sure look pretty bad.

Upscaling 480 lines would result in a sharper picture than trying to upscale 396 lines. (If I did my math right.)

It's not that the zoomed content is blocking, it's just plain soft.

- Trip

Since WYDO doesn't use bandwidth for sub channels, I really couldn't see a whole lot of weakness in the picture. On PBS here, it would for sure look pretty bad.

14:9 is only a minor zoom There is fixed amount of info in the pic and when you zoom in on it it appears softer In this case it has nothing to do with the bandwidth available. All the bandwidth in the world wouldn't help zoom in on a photo on your computer as you zoom in it gets bigger but it also gets softer you don't gain detail that was not there in the first place

Ken

Ken12, do we have a psychic link? We seem to be posting at the same times. :D

- Trip

Ken,

Can you please get that annoying weather crawl off Fox so that we can watch the game in HD.:(

Ken,

Can you please get that annoying weather crawl off Fox so that we can watch the game in HD.:(

I will pass on you complaint higher up

I did talk to manangement and they are telling Master Control to take it down till after the game

Ken

Thanks :)

awesome!

14:9 is only a minor zoom There is fixed amount of info in the pic and when you zoom in on it it appears softer In this case it has nothing to do with the bandwidth available. All the bandwidth in the world wouldn't help zoom in on a photo on your computer as you zoom in it gets bigger but it also gets softer you don't gain detail that was not there in the first place

Ken

Most. Bite. Tongue. ;)

14:9 is only a minor zoom There is fixed amount of info in the pic and when you zoom in on it it appears softer In this case it has nothing to do with the bandwidth available. All the bandwidth in the world wouldn't help zoom in on a photo on your computer as you zoom in it gets bigger but it also gets softer you don't gain detail that was not there in the first place

Ken

I see your point. I am just wishing too hard I guess that programs will start filling my screen more often. It's hard going from a full HD screen back down to 4:3 all the time.:o

That crawl is repeating itself over and over and over and over... lol on the other channels still. I miss the stationary map icon. Sometimes it goes over to stationary text, but not tonight for some reason.

Someone posted to the story about Phillip on the Reflector that Von Gaskin will leave WNCT.

Ken, Did you get the new equipment installed okay?

I did we had the panthers game on both WFXI and WYDO in HD

Ken

When will syndicated shows be in HD? I'm not talking about non native HD but native HD shows like 2-1/2 Men or House. That would go a long way towards getting local OTA viewers such as myself to watch YDO instead of RAZ.

Does Dish Network have locals in HD in Greenville yet? Their website says so, but I remember them listing it forever before and they weren't launched. I'm going to get Dish here shortly since I work for Embarq/CenturyLink and get a decent deal.

Does Dish Network have locals in HD in Greenville yet? Their website says so, but I remember them listing it forever before and they weren't launched. I'm going to get Dish here shortly since I work for Embarq/CenturyLink and get a decent deal.Yes, they do have Greenville locals in HD!

Wow, a lot of info here fellas- just couldn't glean the info I need! I am looking to step up the HT video section with an LCD tv. I'm dependent on the Suddenlink for internet, and I'll likely keep the basic cable TV service I have now. I don't want to pay for HD, and I'd like to have the free OTA HD channels that are available here. I've picked out a couple of antennas I'll try out, but I've got a couple of questions.

I'm assuming there is a basic A/B switch with which I can switch between cable and OTA. Any pitfalls?

If I use such a switch, will I have to re-program my TV each time I switch between the 2 antenna sources?

Are there TV's that are known to handle this common request better?

Thanks in advance.
Greg

I'm assuming there is a basic A/B switch with which I can switch between cable and OTA. Any pitfalls?

If I use such a switch, will I have to re-program my TV each time I switch between the 2 antenna sources?

It's not a problem. I've been doing it for 3 years now. I use a A/B switch I got at Radio Shack. You shouldn't have to reprogram. My Samsung allows you to pick antenna, cable or satellite for the programming mode.

You will probably have separate inputs into your TV for the cable and the antenna so you shouldn't need an A/B switch.

For my setup I have the antenna running straight into the TV and the satellite box goes into my HDMI input.


For OTA channels I just select the channel and it goes to it. When I want to watch something on satellite I just go to my HDMI selction to go there.


Wow, a lot of info here fellas- just couldn't glean the info I need! I am looking to step up the HT video section with an LCD tv. I'm dependent on the Suddenlink for internet, and I'll likely keep the basic cable TV service I have now. I don't want to pay for HD, and I'd like to have the free OTA HD channels that are available here. I've picked out a couple of antennas I'll try out, but I've got a couple of questions.

I'm assuming there is a basic A/B switch with which I can switch between cable and OTA. Any pitfalls?

If I use such a switch, will I have to re-program my TV each time I switch between the 2 antenna sources?

Are there TV's that are known to handle this common request better?

Thanks in advance.
Greg

I did we had the panthers game on both WFXI and WYDO in HD

Ken

I know I'm commenting late, (just got back into town) but that is good news. I hope the college football games will be in HD from Raycom too!:)

PBS has now completed there work on our Tower in Trenton I should not be reducing power on WYDO any more

Ken

Wydo 96% wunm 97%

Does anyone know if the game on MASN is in HD?

Does anyone know if the game on MASN is in HD?

I wish I could tell you, but it appears that MASN HD has blacked out the game on D* here in Western NC, home of App. State (currently showing ESPNEWS HD with MASN HD Sidebars). :(

The audio was awful on WITN for like the first hour, then MASN came online around 10 min ago thru D* not HD on WITN or MASN.

The audio was awful on WITN for like the first hour, then MASN came online around 10 min ago thru D* not HD on WITN or MASN.

There must have been an overall issue with audio. MASN HD came on board here in Western NC just recently with the SD feed of the game (re: my previous post).

The audio is better now, but is going up and down, plus it is in mono sound on both channels. I hate that! I guess as long as ECU wins, I can put up with it and keep watching!

Getting WITN/7, WFXI/8, WNCT/9, WCTI/12 this morning in Virginia Beach...

Getting WITN/7, WFXI/8, WNCT/9, WCTI/12 this morning in Virginia Beach...

That's strange. I'm only a few miles from WYDO and all I'm getting is dead air... AGAIN.

I'm not getting WYDO either, but I am getting WGHP.

Last night I got WSAV/Savannah, WPDE and WBTW Florence, WFXB and CW Myrtle Beach (can't remember the calls), some religious LP in Lumberton, WWAY, WECT, and WSFX Wilmington, several UNC-TV stations, and probably a few more I'm not remembering. All this with the antenna pointed west!

That's strange. I'm only a few miles from WYDO and all I'm getting is dead air... AGAIN.

WYDO was off the air? :confused:

WYDO was off the air? :confused:Unless a station from another market is wiping it out, it seems to be right now. I'm not having problems with any other stations.

I'm not getting WYDO either, but I am getting WGHP.

Last night I got WSAV/Savannah, WPDE and WBTW Florence, WFXB and CW Myrtle Beach (can't remember the calls), some religious LP in Lumberton, WWAY, WECT, and WSFX Wilmington, several UNC-TV stations, and probably a few more I'm not remembering. All this with the antenna pointed west!

Cool! I am still getting Triangle stations at 90% this morning.

Also getting WYDO like usual.

Hey FOXENG, have you decided if you are going back to 8, or are you staying with 35 now? I just tried 35, but no signal. One morning I am going to remember to check it, and I know I'm going to see WGHP. :)

Something from another area must be wiping out WYDO then. I wonder what though?

The WGHP I am getting is from 35.

some religious LP in Lumberton

You got WLPS-LD? You don't happen to remember what subchannels it had, do you?

- Trip

Unless a station from another market is wiping it out, it seems to be right now. I'm not having problems with any other stations.

In conditions like this, it is really important to have the antenna pointed directly at the tower. Last night I had mine pointing basically toward the town of Burgaw, (which is normally where I aim for Wilmington TV) and normally I can get WYDO off the back side just fine, but it didn't come in that way last night. I had to turn it back toward the north some before it would show up. WCSC from Charleston (also 47) kills WYDO at times for me.

You got WLPS-LD? You don't happen to remember what subchannels it had, do you?

- Trip14-1 was preaching and singing labeled "WLPS-LD", 14-2 was more preaching and singing labeled "DTV14-2" I think, and 14-3 (labeled "Radio") was a simulcast of their WLPS-FM 89.5 with a slide showing their request line, address, and a legal ID. Actually, they had a "WLPS-LD Lumberton" overlay text showing continuously on all three channels.

In conditions like this, it is really important to have the antenna pointed directly at the tower. Last night I had mine pointing basically toward the town of Burgaw, (which is normally where I aim for Wilmington TV) and normally I can get WYDO off the back side just fine, but it didn't come in that way last night. I had to turn it back toward the north some before it would show up. WCSC from Charleston (also 47) kills WYDO at times for me.To turn the antenna I have to go in the attic and crawl over an air handler. Ain't happening. I do have a set of rabbit ears with a UHF loop in the middle that aims south, but my UHF yagi is aimed west for the Raleigh stations. The rabbit ears are connected to the VHF input on my CM7777 and are mainly for 9 and 12.

I need to get a picture of my setup sometime and post it. At times I'm shocked with what it actually manages to pick up.

14-1 was preaching and singing labeled "WLPS-LD", 14-2 was more preaching and singing labeled "DTV14-2" I think, and 14-3 (labeled "Radio") was a simulcast of their WLPS-FM 89.5 with a slide showing their request line, address, and a legal ID. Actually, they had a "WLPS-LD Lumberton" overlay text showing continuously on all three channels.

You are amazing! Thank you! :D

- Trip

To turn the antenna I have to go in the attic and crawl over an air handler. Ain't happening. I do have a set of rabbit ears with a UHF loop in the middle that aims south, but my UHF yagi is aimed west for the Raleigh stations. The rabbit ears are connected to the VHF input on my CM7777 and are mainly for 9 and 12.

I need to get a picture of my setup sometime and post it. At times I'm shocked with what it actually manages to pick up.

I don't blame you! If it gets what you want, then it's not worth it to keep turning it. Also just because it looks pretty, doesn't guarantee perfect reception. I have seen LOTS of new antenna installs across hwy 24 west of here, and one persons DB-4 is turned horizontally instead of vertically pointing at WCTI/WYDO

Also over at Warsaw, I saw two antennacraft UHF's. One is an 8 bay pointing to Wilmington, and also the 4 bay just below it aimed for the Triangle. It looks ugly and like they are mounted too close together, but apparently it works...:eek:

WYDO is coming in fine now.

I actually used to have my antenna mounted outside on a pole and rotor. I took it down for a couple of reasons, but after doing so I noticed my reception actually got better! It wasn't tall enough to clear the roofline so putting it in the attic didn't matter much, and now it isn't getting beat up by the elements.

Only bad part is I don't have enough room to mount a full size VHF/UHF combo. I wish I could so that I could try for WTVD-11, but it isn't worth it. That's the only Raleigh channel I don't get anymore.

Hey FOXENG, have you decided if you are going back to 8, or are you staying with 35 now? I just tried 35, but no signal. One morning I am going to remember to check it, and I know I'm going to see WGHP. :)

We are still broadcasting on both 8 and 35 at this time. Our 35 STA expires in December. Beyond that I am not at liberty to say anything else at this time.

Beyond that I am not at liberty to say anything else at this time.I won't tell if you post something here...

I won't tell if you post something here...

The Moon is full. Repeat. The Moon is full. :)

We are still broadcasting on both 8 and 35 at this time. Our 35 STA expires in December. Beyond that I am not at liberty to say anything else at this time.

It's got to be a complicated situation. WOLO is so close to you with 8 and with so much more power. Should be interesting to see how it plays out. I won't make any guesses, but if I get it right once it's all said and done, I'll let it be known. ;) lol

Directv added UNIVERSAL SPORTS today.

Directv added UNIVERSAL SPORTS today.

Universal Sports has been available on D* since Friday (Source: http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=17120445#post17120445 ).

604 is the Universal Sports channel which is SD...

604 is the Universal Sports channel which is SD...

Yeah, that's been the big complaint: not in HD. It isn't in HD on the NBC O&O Subs, so there's no advantage between providers that currently air it (OTA, Cable or Satellite).

WITN 7.2 now airing additional programs

Mon - Fri
Family Feud 8-9p
Wendy Williams Show 9-10p

The scroll on the bottom of the screen also shows this info.

Has anyone else noticed breakup of WCTI on Suddenlink? At first I thought it was just the program I had tivoed...but then I saw the same thing on their news. Looks like it's time to do some work at the headend.

I was thinking it was just me up until yesterday, but breakup was happening on Time Warner as well with WCTI. My antenna has had a slight audio hickup for many days now. Yesterday while watching THIS at my neighbors, it was doing the same thing and they have cable.

Ken any ideas?

WITN 7.2 now airing additional programs

Mon - Fri
Family Feud 8-9p
Wendy Williams Show 9-10p

The scroll on the bottom of the screen also shows this info.

I saw about five minutes of Wendy William, and that was five minutes too long. Good God!!!!!! What a waste of air.

Has anyone else noticed breakup of WCTI on Suddenlink? At first I thought it was just the program I had tivoed...but then I saw the same thing on their news. Looks like it's time to do some work at the headend.

It's awful, I can't even watch GMA anymore... I haven't been able to watch ABC or UNC-TV programming in a month or so. It's channels 712 and 715, CTI & PBS.

It appears that they are changing the name of the 24/7 weather channel.

Ive noticed that at the end of the weather on the 7s they are saying "Thats your WITN 7.2 weather"

Anyone pick up WSKY 9? (4.1) Electrico, Jamie? I see they are running at 85 kW. That is a LOT of power.

I can pick up UNC 2-1 (20) around 50% but nothing on 9 from WSKY - I can't even get WXFI so I guess I wouldn't get 9 without more VHF power.

As far as I know, WSKY is still on channel 4.

- Trip

Anyone pick up WSKY 9? (4.1) Electrico, Jamie? I see they are running at 85 kW. That is a LOT of power.

I can pick up UNC 2-1 (20) around 50% but nothing on 9 from WSKY - I can't even get WXFI so I guess I wouldn't get 9 without more VHF power.jspENC:
0225-great weather:
I tried 4-1 WSKY: NADA! SS=0. My antenna is pointing SW. I'd wished I had the positive results you're looking for. BTW don't feel bad I can't get 8-1, either.

As far as I know, WSKY is still on channel 4.

- Trip

Do u know when they may go to 9? I think some of us will see it if they do.

I think it's supposed to happen before February of next year, assuming they don't receive another FCC extension, but I don't know anything beyond that.

- Trip

I just placed an order for a Channelmaster 4228HD, I will report back once it is installed.

I have been living with rabbit ears but just can't tolerate the spotty reception anymore.

I have read all the good and bad reviews of the 4228HD so I think I know what I am getting into. I needed something that was reasonably priced and that I could install in my attic, therefore the 4228 seemed my best choice.

I saw about five minutes of Wendy William, and that was five minutes too long. Good God!!!!!! What a waste of air.

Ads running on witn 24/7 indicate it will be transitioning to my tv 7.2 eastern carolina this fall. saw ads for smackdown during that wendy williams program tonight.

Ads running on witn 24/7 indicate it will be transitioning to my tv 7.2 eastern carolina this fall. saw ads for smackdown during that wendy williams program tonight.

?

What will become of My 35/38? Will these be CW HD maybe?

They'll probably become ION 24/7.

- Trip

They'll probably become ION 24/7.

- Trip

More than likely. CW is remaining where it is so far as I know.

They'll probably become ION 24/7.

- Trip

I hope they keep M*A*S*H* going. That was one of the best things on there. I think that is part of ION anyway.

Now we have no weather radar again. :(

Ken and/or engineers at WCTI, I have not heard anymore audio blips. I guess someone fixed whatever it was. :)


WYDO has not been passing PSIP for many days for me. I kept waiting to see if someone else was having the same thing before posting. Anyone?

WYDO has not been passing PSIP for many days for me. I kept waiting to see if someone else was having the same thing before posting. Anyone?

I'm seeing PSIP guide data just fine on an off air TV on WYDO

Ken

I don't know what's wrong with my digital stream converter. The time is way off and I get no PSIP on WYDO, (only WYDO, WCTI is fine) however, when I use the tuner in my LCD in the living room, it works OK... (last I checked, which was yesterday)

This isn't the first channel the Dig. stream has rejected PSIP. WILM-LP will not show up as 10-1, even though other people are seeing it that way.

Im not getting any data on 14.1 here either on my Samsung LN-T4042H.
Other channels are getting data.

Im not getting any data on 14.1 here either on my Samsung LN-T4042H.
Other channels are getting data.

I just checked all my settings and can find no errors and the TV I have in the shop that is hooked up off air is showing good guide data and the correct time for all my stations not sure what else to try.

Ken

Ken,

14-1 is now giving good time and guide data on the Dig. Stream. Did you reset something?

Didn't change anything just looked at the settings

WFXI will be off the air tonight for about 3 hours starting around midnight

Ken

Im not getting any data on 14.1 here either on my Samsung LN-T4042H.
Other channels are getting data.

Check your TV again when you can and see if it works now.

When I'm in tonight I'll reset my fkexicoder on both WFXI and WYDO unable to do it during the day as it takes about 2 minutes to restart.

Ken

As far as I know, WSKY is still on channel 4.

- TripYep... prolly for the rest of the year...

I saw about five minutes of Wendy William, and that was five minutes too long. Good God!!!!!! What a waste of air.Amen... I watched maybe two minutes and couldn't believe how horrible it was. It really is shockingly... BAD. She actually quit radio in NYC to focus on her TV show... :eek::eek:

Got word that WITN MYNetwork TV will not be full time. They dont have the server capacity to go full time. Ken any insight about server capacity?

MyNetwork wasn't full time while on 35/38 either, so no loss really.

Amen... I watched maybe two minutes and couldn't believe how horrible it was. It really is shockingly... BAD. She actually quit radio in NYC to focus on her TV show... :eek::eek:

Yea, I'd rather watch Jerry Springer over this show, and I don't like that either.;)

I was talking about programming other than the current 24/7 weather.
I hope they add other shows.
They have added more shows today.
Judge Alex is now on and WITN News.

I saw the WITN news repeat. Now if I miss at 6, I can watch at 7, or I can watch WCTI at 6 and WITN at 7. WWAY and WECT have been doing that for a while at 7 PM also on their .2

The future of TV is moving right along. (just wish it was a little faster[stupid economy])

Foxengs FOX channel has gone 16:9 now on the news and some local programming.

I know some of you guys might be happy with the new programming on WITN 7.2 but I miss the weather channel. I'm a weather nut, so that might be why I'm so disappointed.. :(

I know some of you guys might be happy with the new programming on WITN 7.2 but I miss the weather channel. I'm a weather nut, so that might be why I'm so disappointed.. :(

To be honest, I am disappointed. I have lost several weather channels, and my favorite was the WWAY 24/7. All I want for Christmas is a Doppler radar image with watches and warnings!:D

I hate to see the WITN weather channel go too. I can still get WTVD and WNCN though. Maybe another station will start one up in the future.

I just placed an order for a Channelmaster 4228HD, I will report back once it is installed.



Wow, I cannot describe how disappointed I am in the 4228HD. Reception was absolutely pitiful.

With my pitiful rabbit ears (one ear is actually broken!) I can always pick up WITN, WYDO, UNCTV and ION/Pax. I can usually get WNCT, sometimes WCTI and when the moon is just right UHF stations from the Raleigh market.

With the 4228HD I was able to get WITN at 100%, UNCTV at 75% (95-100 with my rabbit ears) and Ion/pax at about 45-50% (75-90% with rabbit ears). That was it! -- zero on WYDO (which I get at 85-95% on rabbit ears), and zero on WNCT, WCTI.

I have already returned this piece of crap to Amazon and consider it a very hard lesson learned.

I will stick with my rabbit ears. If the economy ever improves I might splurge for cable or satellite but right now I prefer being able to buy groceries to having more channels to watch. I only watch about 5 hours of TV a week anyway.

Couple of new HD channels coming to Suddenlink, plus they're moving a bunch of the "Plus" channels down to the Basic tier. Not too bad:
http://i27.tinypic.com/1zdsuxg.jpg

Walter Raleigh,

Don't give up on trying another brand of antenna. If that 4228 was worse than rabbit ears, it is a piece of junk. Thanks for sharing your experience, because now others will know to avoid that antenna.

I did a lot of digging before I decided on a Winegard HD 8800, and asked Trip about his before I bought mine. Retspin had excellent luck with his also, and I believe you would as well.

SyFy HD has been available in Washington for a while now.
MGM HD is a pretty good channel. I have it on Directv.

Walter Raleigh,

Don't give up on trying another brand of antenna. If that 4228 was worse than rabbit ears, it is a piece of junk. Thanks for sharing your experience, because now others will know to avoid that antenna.

I did a lot of digging before I decided on a Winegard HD 8800, and asked Trip about his before I bought mine. Retspin had excellent luck with his also, and I believe you would as well.

JSPENC is right, the 8800 is an excellent antenna. I'm stuck with an attic mount and it still pulls in channels from all over. You can get one for a decent price if you do a little searching online.

Here is the story and line-up coming to WITN MyNetworkTV East Carolina 7.2

Looks good to me over all.

http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/59668847.html

Here is the story and line-up coming to WITN MyNetworkTV East Carolina 7.2

Looks good to me over all.

http://www.witn.com/home/headlines/59668847.html
The Unit is the only decent show on that list...

Yup, another garbage TV offering for Eastern Carolina.

If you guys think we have garbage TV, you should have seen the video of FOX 5 WNYW 10 PM news from Sept 16, and the comment the anchor made. I guess in New Yourk you can say whatever you want on the air.

Everyone makes an accidental slip of the tongue every now and then. That could happen to anyone in any market.

Notice I didn't say anything about the one word, I just think the whole joke was perverted. Maybe I just don't get it. :eek::confused:

Just remember the FCC doesn't care since it was said AFTER 10pm. :)

I have always thought that FOX O&O stations were known to be quite conservative, so I was kind of surprised that they just had the anchor apologize. I remember that one crazy anchor WNCT had got fired because she used the 'F' word, but maybe that was because it was early in the day...

I also remember one of the Wilmington veteran meteorologists apologized for something he had said on air one time, although I have no idea what it was he had said the previous day. He was known for making jokes anyway, and I guess something foul slipped there too. It was always interesting to watch just to see if he would say something crazy on a day to day basis. We even had a discussion about his humorous talk in an English class I had in college.

Just rescanned my qam channels on my tv and Versus is coming thru unscrambled here in Washington on Suddenlink ch 83-88.

I have always thought that FOX O&O stations were known to be quite conservative, so I was kind of surprised that they just had the anchor apologize. I remember that one crazy anchor WNCT had got fired because she used the 'F' word, but maybe that was because it was early in the day...


That happened at WNCT? I'm surprised the family down there didn't tell me about that.

Just rescanned my qam channels on my tv and Versus is coming thru unscrambled here in Washington on Suddenlink ch 83-88.

That is good news, i will try scanning my cable line for that channel since Directv can't come to an agreement with them. Thanks for the heads up.

Just rescanned my qam channels on my tv and Versus is coming thru unscrambled here in Washington on Suddenlink ch 83-88.

That'll be great with the upcoming hockey season. Only way to watch hockey anymore.

That'll be great with the upcoming hockey season. Only way to watch hockey anymore.

I know. I am disappointed with D* over this, although it is really Comcast Cables (comcrap);) who owns Versus fault. They put crazy price demands on D* for carriage of the channel. I am considering going Time Warner again. (Never thought I would say that)! I am waiting to see if this gets worked out over October before jumping ship.

That happened at WNCT? I'm surprised the family down there didn't tell me about that.

I didn't hear it, someone on this forum did and posted about it, because the person that said it had not been on air in a while. It was a morning anchor. I can't even remember her name, but she was a fruit loop from what I remember.

________________________________

WTVD signs interference agreement with WNCT and WCTI, plus a few others to get their power upped to over 40kW

Is 35/38 going to remain a My Network TV station? The program guide still shows them with MNTV programing along with WITN 2.

WITN has asked Directv to carry WITN 7.2 but I think Directv will not pick them up when most of the programming is WITN Weather.

Is 35/38 going to remain a My Network TV station? The program guide still shows them with MNTV programing along with WITN 2.

WITN has asked Directv to carry WITN 7.2 but I think Directv will not pick them up when most of the programming is WITN Weather.
With ALL due respect Mr. Jamie it doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out that WITN is going after the revenue from expanded advertising that D* would give them. D* like any other business are saying what is there for me? Particularly when most viewers can pick-up WITN 7.2 with rabbit ears.

35/38 must have given up MyTV to WITN. I think you will see it end on those channels. Also people down in Wilmington will lose MyTV, unless they try to receive WITN. (WPXU reaches them) I doubt they will be able to, because I get a weak signal here myself. I believe WMBF is cutting into WITN signal real good to the south. Someone in northern Pender county also says their signal is weak compared to WNCT.

Wilmington viewers could try to receive WBTW 13-2 or there was (if there isn't now) an analog My Network TV affiliate in the Wilmington area.

- Trip

Good reception out of the south tonight. When you start seeing a lot of anomalous propagation on the doppler, that is a sign of atmospherics going on.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/6201/wfxbdt002.jpg

http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/6585/wfxbdt003.jpg

Why are the pictures so fuzzy?

It looks like someone used a camera on a TV set. I have a bunch of pictures like that.

... Er, I mean, I have this friend, see... :D

- Trip

Why are the pictures so fuzzy?Hehe... a camera with no IS???