When did she say that Jamielee?

She and Scott seem to be amateurs on air to me. Yesterday Scott threw down the remote for Vipir right in the middle of the forecast, and locked up the system. He seemed nervous.

I read on encdtv site on the chat box. and today at lunch my mom came out and told me she heard it on the news a few days ago.

I have not put this on my site since I haven't heard it with my own two ears, but when my Dad was in the hospital this week, he and my Mom, both, told me that they saw Nikki say this on air. She went on to say that folks would fill in for her from time to time. I am very sorry to see anybody go through this. Nikki has e-mailed me and she seems like a very nice lady. I wish her all the best!

Btw, if you look at Nikki's bio, she has quite a bit of experience behind her. She was kind of thrown into that situation, and dealing with what she is dealing with might have something to do with her on air presence. As for Scott, he is still new to the area and WNCT; I'm not sure what his background is, but perhaps he is new. It takes time for anyone to settle into a new position.

Btw, I'm watching Fox News at 10 and Kara Lusk looks really great. Looks like she is sporting a new 'do. Looks real good on her!

Had 12" of rain down here. No antenna problems thankfully, still have not installed new antenna, But right now I don't need to as I have not had a problem for about a week now.
I liked the poker show that was on UPN 48 tonight!

Its kinda of interesting that WITN NOON and 5pm anchor Amanda Ross is married to Randy Mazey Former Head baseball coach at ECU.
It appears that Amanda hasnt given WITN the true story (scoop) on why he was SUSPENDED (FIRED).
I wonder if she had to deliever this story on the noon or 5pm news?

If Randy Mazey moves to another school to coach, I guess Amanda will leave WITN!?!?!

Speaking of t he flooding rain, Saturday it was a wash out here in Washington, we had 11 3/4 " , alot of homes were flooded, You couldnt get anywhere in Washington, the entire city had 2-4 feet of water.
I went to Washingtons mall and there were cars with water up to there hoods.
Hghw 17 in front of McDonalds was flooded with atleast 3 ft of water.
Outside of town in Iron Creek the water was waste deep.
Ch 7 said on there news that coming from 17 s in Chocowinity that they could not make it to the north side of town.

That story on the news about the house on Doris Ave., is only a few blocks away from where I live. :eek:

Ken, Hows the set coming on 12?

Ken's a little busy right now working on... um... well... ya know... electronic stuff.. and some wood stuff.... ;) set? :o There's no set that might be shown next Sunday :rolleyes:

Saw Fox 14 on directv today during game. Color quality is terrible. But the sharpness is outstanding. Fox 26 has 100% better color, now if I could just get all the snow out of my reception. In the mornings and evenings it is perfectly clear.

Guys, I got a question for you... I finally treated myself to an HDTV yesterday! It's a Magnavox 30" Widescreen capable of 1080i maximum resolution. Here's my question, with my stb do I set the resolution out to 1080i, 720, or 480? This is really bugging me... The pq is phenomenal with all the different resolutions, but subs look distorted at 720 and 1080i. Granted, I'm going to watch the HD channel primarily, but this is strange to me... Any advice you guys can give would be appreciated! :)

Football on CBS and Fox is awesome! Totally cool!!!

Set the stb to match the tv or monitor. HD will spoil you and you won't want to watch std anymore. It has me anyway.

Thanx for the advice! E* satellite looks like crap now! Unbelievable... The only thing that makes it watchable is having it s-video to the tv...

I assume you meant sd in the 2nd sentence... *LOL* :)

Congrats Eastern!
I agree that all stations that are analog or through satellite look awful compared to local HD.

Thanx jsp! Here's crossing my fingers for 12 News in HD soon! *LOL* That would make my purchase even better if that happened, but I'm stoked to finally have my TV! I still can't wait to see the new 12 News on my baby! *LOL* Now, I finally see what you guys have been raving about!

Watch HD programs in 1080, watch sd shows in 420.

I miss Griffs posts, hope he is OK?!

Ken or Viking,

How is the set coming along??

No PSIP on WCTI 12.1 or 12.3.

Be looking for the new graphics and set at 6 today. I'm sure there will be some changes and probably a few bugs.

Ken

A couple of rough patches but so far the new set, graphics, and other stuff is awesome! I like it a lot!

The only bug I saw was the old 12 logo was on, then the new logo. Overall I think you guys at 12 have hit a home run! Outstanding job! And the desk and background are even better than 9's.
I am like Eastern and like this a lot! I will be hooked I know... LOL! :D

Finally after 3 weeks we have a little breather. I didn't get to watch the entire newscast busy still making adjustments. I'm sure there will be some camera shots that will be adjusted and it will definitely improve as people get use to the changes.

Ken

It looks nice overall, Ken! I think the red brick may be a little overdone, but it's still very new to my eyes right now. I love the use of the monitors and the reporter w/monitor, plus the walk Jonathan did. Also like the blue main monitor behind Britny. Love the new graphics as well; just wish we had seen a talent bumper! :( Also, liked the variation on the music. All in all well done!

Yea not to crazy about the brick myself, have not seen any live news yet, just encdtv.

All WlTN signals and 93.3 radio are off line.

I thought it was my antenna.

ANyone know what happened to Y&R on 9.1 today? I went to watch it when I got home tonight and it was frozen on one scene throughout the whole show.

Bertie sent me an e-mail saying a new receiver they received from CBS died; they put the old one in until a new one is sent to them. I sent him an e-mail about the problem! *LOL* :)

Thanks Eastern,
At first I thought it was my equipment. I recorded the show while I was at work, and it started good but froze up within the first minute of play. :( So I missed whatever went on today.

An update on WNCT; I received new information tonight that they had another equipment failure. Tonight's programming wasn't in HD and won't be at least for the day tomorrow. Their tech people will work on getting it resolved by tomorrow night if possible.

This morning GMA was in HD supposedly, but not on WWAY or WCTI. Last night UPN 48 news was a mess.
So almost every channel has had troubles this week...

GMA in HD starts next Wednesday

Ken

great info guys.

I just wanted to put out some info in case anyone is looking for it.

I found that cox is broadcasting the regular over the air hd channels on channel 86 on several subchannels.

They are not however, broadcasting the subchannels of channel 7 and 9 it seems.

also, channel 9 is remapped to channel 709.

I have a hd set with a built in tuner and cable card slot, but I've not called cox for cablecard service, basically because of the install fee of 25 dollars (crazy imo).

its nice that cox is putting something out there tho for people without having to get the card, i was really impressed to see channel 5 (wral) on channel 86 because no matter what i tried with my indoor antenna, I couldnt seem to pull it in (its not amplified).

cheers :)

EDIT: BTW, I spoke with a cox csr today, and he told me they are waiting on some sort of agreement from channel 9 and channel 7 to begin broadcasting the subchannels (24/7 weather and/or radar).

I'm not sure if this is really the case, but I just wanted to let you guys know that's what I was told.

Cool info, jmel! Thanks for the head's up and welcome to the forum...

Ken12, thanks for the good news about GMA! Glad to see that ABC is pushing forward with HD programming. Now that I finally have an HDTV instead of just stb hooked up to analog tv, I see what all the fuss is about! HD pq is awesome!

Eastern, did you ever learn anything about FOX 26 digital? Right now the bug on screen they use all day in the corner of my screen says
FOX 2
W S F
Not sure what that is about! LOL!

On Monday WECT debuted new graphics on their channel also, And weather id is branded as FIRST ALERT----- Doppler is named FIRST ALERT DIGITAL DOPPLER-- the power of 4

No, I haven't, jsp... I have not been able to get in touch with my cousin that works there. So, I'm completely in the dark on their status. Sorry, but I'll keep trying...

OK, Option 1
I am seriously thinking before I install my new antenna. Should I go ahead and get a high band 7-13 antenna and aim it to the east for FOX 8 below the UHF 4 bay? Should I get a Pre-amp or just join them with a backwards splitter? Analog reception here for FOX 8 is noisy, and FOX 26 is a little snowy. I am planning to get a rotator and use it for UHF 4 bay so I can get Wilmington and hopefully Raleigh sometimes. I want to do this right, and only 1 time so any input from Ken or Foxeng is appreciated.
Another question, if I join the 2 antennas together by splitter, will they interfere with each other even though they are for different bands?

Option 2
Point 4 bay UHF toward Raleigh on bottom section of mast, and have Combo VHF/UHF on top attached to rotator for all directions and more power toward Raleigh. I will get a new combo antenna, mine is sorry.

I sent out a couple of emails to channel 7 and channel 9 about what cox told me in regards to subchannel carriage.

Whatever I hear back I will post here.


BTW, is anyone able to pick up fox 50 in greenville with an indoor antenna?

Here is the latest from WITN:

+++

Our station is in the middle of negotiating the next 3-year carriage agreement with Cox Cable in eastern North Carolina.

Carriage of WITN-DT 7.2 (24/7 Weather) on Cox cable is a part of that negotiation.
In the meantime, you may be able to receive our channel with a digital antenna attached to your OTA input.

Michael Riddle
program/operations manager
WITN-TV

+++

:)

I thought Cox was selling out to Warner?

I thought Cox was selling out to Warner?

I suppose its possible, but a business salesperson I talked to, a senior technician, and other people I know haven't heard anything more concrete except they were for sale.

I sent out a couple of emails to channel 7 and channel 9 about what cox told me in regards to subchannel carriage.

Whatever I hear back I will post here.


BTW, is anyone able to pick up fox 50 in greenville with an indoor antenna?


I don't know if this will help but I pick up 50 crystal clear day and night with an amplified rabbit ear in my attic. I live just north of Farmville about 8 miles west of Greenville.

I don't know if this will help but I pick up 50 crystal clear day and night with an amplified rabbit ear in my attic. I live just north of Farmville about 8 miles west of Greenville.

Same here... I live in Augusta Trails out near PCC. I have an amplified antenna in my living room and pick up Fox 50 at about 80-90% signal strength. On the rarest of ocassions their signal will drop out, but usually I have them rock solid.

shame, i've tried 3 antennas, 2 were amplified, and I still cant manage to pull in 50.

cox isnt carrying it either, so I guess I'm out of luck for the time being.

I life just north of the airport, but I pick up 12.1 and 12.3 with no problems, along with 7.1, 7.2, 9.1, 9.2 and 25.-.5

I settled on this terk antenna I got from circuit city. It actually performed better than the 2 amplified antennas.

The antenna I'm using is a Phillips amplified antenna from Wal Mart; cost about twenty bucks. The UHF element is square instead of round and it's silver/greyish.

I've thought of trying out a Channel Master 4228 in my attic. Is anyone using one with success for the Raleigh Stations? I'm only about seven miles from the 7/9 tower and 4 from the fox tower. Should I still be able to pick up these with it pointed towards Raleigh?

If so, does anyone know where I might find a 4228 locally?

Wow, thats weird, I bought the 50db model walmart sells (that was one of the amplified ones I mentioned), and still I was unable to pull in fox 50. It was a phillips model. VHF amplified to 50 db, and uhf to 35 db.

This morning I had WRAL 5.1 and 5.2 working good! I have not applied the new antenna yet, but when I do I hope this will happen all the time. I am 88 miles away from the Cluster of WTVD, WRAL, WNCN and WRAZ down here in Jacksonville. I am going to get a CM 7777 amp and really power things up!
The best thing to do is take back those inside antennas and get outside as high as you can. You'll be amazed at how much better the stations will come in.

Wow, thats weird, I bought the 50db model walmart sells (that was one of the amplified ones I mentioned), and still I was unable to pull in fox 50. It was a phillips model. VHF amplified to 50 db, and uhf to 35 db.

Strange... I think that's the one I'm using.

Payoff time again at TV 7....

They seem to be doing this for every sweep now. I think it is low. They must feel really nervous now that 12 has updated the set. But 9 is striking back a bit with prize giveaways and
an HD 55" set. Has anyone gotten the mailer yet?

I haven't gotten my mailer yet, but I think this is an ok way to fight back against Seven Feet of Cash. At least WNCT isn't giving cash hand over fist to get people to watch their news like WITN is doing. It's more like icing on the cake for watching. But all of this is just my opinion anyways... And we all know what they say about opinions! *LOL*

Btw, I'm hoping that WYDO will go live this week... The GM had said they were shooting for the end of October for sign on. Earlier this week, I got a blip on digital channel 21 during the middle of the day. I don't know how that could have been an out of market signal; at night, yeah I could believe that, but not during the day. Haven't seen anything since. Hopefully, WYDO was playing around with things. I'm crossing my fingers!

I wouldn't hold my breath on 14.1..... lol

I think what I meant to say was that I cant pull in 50.1. Sorry about that.

50 will come in with the amped antenna, and only occasionally with the non amped one.

honestly though, all stations come in better with the non amped antenna.

I just wanted a digital fox channel. I am also hoping for chan 21. antennaweb.org says 11-5 for the live date on it.

I wouldnt even be worrying with the antenna if cox actually carried all the subchannels. cox is currently the only way for me to get wral digitals.

I wouldn't hold my breath on 14.1..... lol

Yeah, I don't want to turn blue either, but you never know... :D

Has anyone else had any problem getting WRAZ on 50.1 50.2 50.3?

Ive been gone to the mountains the last week and before leaving I noticed FOX on 50 was not coming in. Last night I checked again and still nothing, I finally rescaned and got it to show up on 49.

I just checked out encdtv and got my answer.

George you on top of it as usual.

hi guys..I've bee reading your posts for a few months now..i have a couple of questions...first my equipment
Sony KDF55 HD
i have cox HDTV package and direct TV HDTV package for football...
Am i missing anything not trying and antenna like you guys and if so is there any way to pick up FOX ? I 'm getting ready for Superbowl. by the way my HD is great with both packages and I live in Bedford close to firetower road in G'vlle

thks for you answers

You should beable to pick up all the Ral-Durham locals including FOX 50 WRAZ 50.1 -50.2- 50.3.

I believe George uses a indoor amplified antenna and gets them all.
Here in Washington I can only get WRAL, WTVD, WNCN, WRAY, WRAZ at night around 5pm till about 8/9am the next day.
With antenna youll get more sub channels that COX does not have like...

WITN 7.2 24/7 WEATHER CHANNEL
WNCT 9.2 LIVE VIPIR 9 RADAR
WTVD 11.2 NEWS/WEATHER
WTVD 11.3 SD TV
WNCN 17.2 RADAR
WNCN 17.3 NBC WEATHER PLUS
WLFL 22.1 WB HD
WRDC 28.1 UPN HD
WRAY 30.1 SHOP AT HOME
WRAZ 50.2 FOX SD/SPORTS(DURHAM BULLS)
WRAZ 50.3 WRAL WEATHER CHANNEL
WRPX 47.1 PAX
WRPX 47.3 WEST
WRPX 47.3WORHSHIP
WRPX 47.4 FAITH

I think a lot of this depends on the HD receiver you are using too. Some are much better tuners than others. But for sure you should get WRAL/WTVD. Those 2 are the strongest from Raleigh towers.

WOW!!!
I took off the 3-way splitter I had in back of the TV for the stereo, analog TV and DTV and as a result I am getting ALL channels! EVEN FOX 50!!!!! King of the HILL DIGITAL LOL
Cant wait till I get the amp hooked in!

i'm going to hook up an antenna to my uhf and vhf to the back of my Tv this weekend...by the way my Sony has HDTV built in... my cox box is HD 8300 and my direct tv box is the basic HD model
thks for your help

Another night with Ducting. Wouldnt be fun without it


WRAL 5.1
WB 22.1
WRAZ 50.1
NBC 17.1
ABC 11.1

All from wilmington, nc


Sorry had to post it here, cause the wilmington OTA thread is a ghost town.


Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW!!!
I took off the 3-way splitter I had in back of the TV for the stereo, analog TV and DTV and as a result I am getting ALL channels! EVEN FOX 50!!!!! King of the HILL DIGITAL LOL
Cant wait till I get the amp hooked in!

Remember that EACH passive 2-way splitter drops your signal strength in HALF. 3-way passive splitters drop your signal strength 75%.

Whats been going on on WCTI 12.1 and 12.3?
Last night it went out and even the upn on Directv was out, this morning it was still out antenna and DTV, then notice static on Analog 12, finally all came bag online.

Our problems last night and this morning were caused by microwave fade. The ducting that everyone likes to get distant stations causes problems locally such as microwave fade or distant stations interfering with the local stations. Around here it is worse in the spring and the fall.

Ken

Guys, what is the best way to overcome that 75% loss from the splitter? I still need analog TV for FOX, but I could do away with the stereo and get a different antenna for that.

Guys, what is the best way to overcome that 75% loss from the splitter? I still need analog TV for FOX, but I could do away with the stereo and get a different antenna for that.

Either do an amplified splitter like the one Radio Shack sells or you can order off the net a passive tap. What it does is allow the signal go through with very little signal loss on one port and depending on the number of other ports about half signal loss. This is what cable companies use to distribute their signals. Aim makes one I use that I bought from the local electronics dealer here. Radio Shack doesn't sell taps.

Thanks Foxeng, the splitter I use says 8dbs on two of the ports and the other says 4db. It is a high quality splitter, or so it says-- but i might get the radio shcak one.

This may sound like a dumb question, but I thought Good Morning America was supposed to be HD today? Was it moved back to tomorrow since it's the show's anniversary?

Btw, has anybody heard anything else about WYDO DT signing on? The GM e-mailed me back in September saying that they were shooting for a late October low power sign on... I'm getting nadda so far.

Btw, has anybody heard anything else about WYDO DT signing on? The GM e-mailed me back in September saying that they were shooting for a late October low power sign on... I'm getting nadda so far.A CP for 50kW and with ~675ft up for their antenna, should have pretty good coverage...

This may sound like a dumb question, but I thought Good Morning America was supposed to be HD today? Was it moved back to tomorrow since it's the show's anniversary?

Btw, has anybody heard anything else about WYDO DT signing on? The GM e-mailed me back in September saying that they were shooting for a late October low power sign on... I'm getting nadda so far.

I think antennaweb says 11-5 for WYDO.

Thanks for your replies guys!

It is tomorrow for GMA

Ken

I have to be to work early, so I wont see HD ABC GMA... :(

You guys are talking FULL pwr for WYDO at 50 KW. The GM said LOW pwr when they first come on, so it won't cover a whole lot at probably 500 Watts instead of a full 50,000. I wonder if WFXI dt is still working OK? Only Griff can receive them as far as I know. They are 500 watts low pwr.

GMA looks great in HD!

Cox Communications buyer finally revealed, Cebridge Connections Inc. This wil make CCI the 8 largest cable company.
Should tae effect in the 2nd qtr of 2006

ick... I hope that things don't go downhill from the aquisition...

Ive tried to find other local areas that have CCI and try to check out there services and prices, I found one and the prices were high and limited channels, I get 4 MBPS now from Cox for $39.95 month I think the price I saw 1mbps for $34.95

I cant believe Time Warner or Comcast or Charter Didnt pick up NC.
Im sure being that CCI is a smaller company with fewer subs that prices will be higher, glad I have Directv, only thing I have Cox for is HSI.

man, that sucks...

Personally, I always liked cox communications, it was definately a step up from the other junk company that used to be here.

I use them for HSI as well, but because stuff is not filtered, and I have the limited package, I still manage to get a ton of channels :D

I had hoped they would get picked up by Time Warner myself, it really does seem weird that they didnt.

When I first heard of Cebridge, I was like who... It is odd that Time Warner didn't acquire the Cox holdings here in ENC.

I saw a news cast at 12 noon on channel 9 that one of the reporters interviewed the VP of this company and he specifically said that "nothing will change " ..we'll see it would be BS if they charge more for high speed internet and give fewer channels

Cox just recently added INHD and INHD2 in Greenville. According to INHD's website, they are funded by Charter, Time Warner, and Cox. I did not see anything about Cebridge. So, I wonder if this transfer will include dropping INHD. Personaly I like INHD's offerings.

Rumor has it that Cebridge is coming in with a lot money backing them and is planning upgrades. I was told that they want to start offering digital phone service in the Greenville area by 3rd or 4th quarter 2006.

I've seen pic quality from COX and it is much better than TW here in Jack.... Analog locals here are full of noise and ghosts, also they are mono on i 35, WITN WFXI and UPN. Only about 4 or 5 analog cable channels are actually 2 channel stereo, the rest mono. Now most of the digital channels are as good as directv, and some better, but you pay BIG like $90 just for a digital teir. Not worth it to me. I hope this CCI won't ruin COX's quality for you guys.

I think antennaweb says 11-5 for WYDO.

Has anyone heard anything direct from WYDO?

I haven't... I think either me or jamielee e-mailed or called them last... TAG! Someone else's turn... *LOL*

**If** there's a signal, I should be able to pick it up from a distance of only four miles, even if it's weak.

The signal will have to cover the city of license, and that's about it. :( As long as you are not in a valley, then yes 4 miles should be OK

Well signals have been awesome as of late, every night I get WTVD WRAZ WRAL WECT digitals! Also WCSC dt from Charleston. I cannot wait to get time to install the amp, rotor and new antenna. No telling what might come in if proper orientation is acheived!

I called today and left a message for Don Fisher, I guess he is the general manager for WYDO. I was told he was in Georgia or something and that he would be checking his voicemail throughout the day.

The number to contact WYDO is: 252-240-0888

If I hear something specific, I'll post it as soon as I get it.

Here is a direct link to Morehead and the VP.

I wouldn't count on a signal from WYDO this year... lol

Remember what Griff said, about they had law suits to iron out? I wonder if they have been resolved yet?

Don Fisher
VP, General Manager
WFXI FOX8/14
800.849.3699

I got my CM 4228 with CM 7777 pre-amp installed in my attic a couple weeks ago. What an improvement in reception (I live in Hwy 24 just west of Morehead City which is a goodways from the towers). I had a small amplified indoor antenna in front of a window before but couldn't stand the coax strung across the room. Needless to say my wife wasn't happy with that arrangement either.

I was going to say that Fox 8-1 is broadcasting. My HD receiver will find the station, but I have only gotten a strong enough signal for veiwing a few times, because I don't have my antenna pointed in that direction. I think once they go full power I will get a signal strong enough for viewing without having to re-point my antenna.

Are the primetime shows such as "Lost" broadcast on WCTI in HD? The reason I ask is that checkhd-dot-com does not show any HD programming for WCTI.
Do Fox 8 and Fox 14 have the same programming?

WCTI as well as WITN and WNCT are broadcasting HD programming when that stuff runs; otherwise it's SD (local news, syndicated fare, etc).

Fox 8/14 runs the same programming. Fox 8 is currently only broadcasting a standard definition, low powered signal. Fox 14 was due to come online with a standard definition, low powered signal at the end of October.

Currently, as I understand it, Fox 14 is under review with FCC. Other rumblings I hear indicate they will probably come on the air this year. Btw, this is somewhat of speculation, but based on things I'm hearing as well as some stuff that has happened over the past couple of weeks. Fox 8/14 doesn't have any plans in the foreseeable future to broadcast in HD though... :(

Then again, I could always be proven wrong... *LOL* :)

what exactly are they under review with the fcc about?

Their application to broadcast a digital signal is under review.

Thanks eastern, I thought WCTI HD programs looked HD but when I saw that website it made me question and think that maybe it was some sort of enhanced definition.

According to what I see on the FCC database, WYDO already has a Construction permit
to broadcast 50,000 watts from the digital antenna. They already have the OK to act, so it is
just a matter of them doing something with the tower I think.?

The issue might be that they have permission to turn it up...they just haven't.

Not to beat a dead horse, but does anyone know of a local store that carries the Channel Master 4228? I have found it online, but the shipping cost would outweigh the discount easily.

Any more info on FOX8/14, finally putting out a digital signal?

Well today is the day I think where I can finally work on the antenna's! Will post again tonight how things go. I hope to see WECT dt all day and pick up WRAL/WTVD at night, all night. lol
And at this point I guess I would just be happy with a sharp analog FOX in the daytime.

By the way, I am really enjoying the XM radio channels on direct!

Got the amp on! Everything works fine except WITN, it keeps dropping out. I guess I am over amplifying the signal. Fox is clear now on 26. :D

How many antennas do you have? If you have 2, do you have the lead wires from each run directly to the preamp? If so try running one antenna lead wire to the other antenna, then run one wire to the pre amp. I use to have each wire run to the pre amp and 7 would freeze up, Ive since ran the UHF lead to my VHF/UHF antenna and then one wire to the preamp. It worked no more drop outs.

I tried a combiner but it dropped my signal and caused problem for 7.

I have 2. I have the antennas running into the pre- amp as you said. LOL So I guess I need to change and run the two antenna together first...

being a penn state alum i went to morrisville today to watch the psu/msu game along with members of the psu alumni association of the triangle and guess what? i sat next to greg fishel and he played the tuba!

http://www.kevin-yen.net/photos/gregfishel.jpg

I miss LIVE VIPIR 9! All they have had up on 9.2 for the last several weeks is the old flat doppler.....

I have put together a map of the TV towers and the direction that I am aiming my 2 antenna. Last night I got the Raleigh stations after 8pm and they lasted all evening rock solid. I am going to see this week how it works and may take back the rotor, if all signals stay good the way I have things now. I am surprised that being so far off from our stations I am getting such good reception. Although I do not get the PBS from Trenton, only the one from Delco.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v220/jsp699/TV.png

I like the map, jsp! Do you have a bigger version of it?

I expanded it a bit! LOL
Hey eastern, I have been meaning to ask what happened to your shout box?

Someone said something crappy about someone so I removed it; no biggie! I've been having trouble maintaining the site anyway. I feel like I'm limping to the one year anniversary. *LOL* Hopefully, I can make it that long...

The general manager from fox 14 never called me back :S

I keep checking the FCC records for both Fox channels, and they are still sealed. Nothing has been updated on them either...

bleh, that kinda stinks... I've resorted to downloading the tv episodes I want to watch on fox because I can't see them in hidef otherwise.

No matter what I do, I cannot get 7 to stop breaking up. They are just too strong! LOL

In case anyone missed it, Brian on channel 9 is going to be doing the weather Friday at 6~!

Ken12, No PSIP tonight.

Man this site it dead! [:D]
I have not changed anything with the antennas since I last posted, but once that storm
blew through last night, I have had no problem with 7. Maybe the wind turned the top UHF antenna so that it is not causing interference. That is all I can come up with.

I'm not overly optimistic on the Fox digital signal. If it were working, I should know at only four miles away. I doubt there will be any good news on that front for a while to come.

Man this site it dead! [:D]


I was thinking the same. We all dont chat like we have in the past.

I miss Ken12, Griff, Foxeng, NC88keys and others too.

I was gonna ask if Ken or Foxeng had talked to the Fox engineer about digital lately? Or if they
had heard anything else about their record?

I also have a question about complaints. Say if someone complains about programming or
lack of programming on a particular station, does that station have to turn over those complaints to the FCC?

Well its a shame we dont have more followers. I guess it just proves the affiliates point. No one cares about HDTV in eastern, coastal carolina.

They dont care.

I still dont get cbs after almost falling off a roof trying to mount a 10 cut vhf antenna for greenville. Its not any better or any worse. I had high hopes too. The signal for CBS feeds in wilmington over everything but TWC are pathetic.

You will get FOX HD when they and only they want you to. No influence will help. Maybe there are some affiliates that care, but I think its pretty safe to leave all of wilmingtons market out of those.

I do immensily enjoy WSET, WWAY, and occasionally even PBS, however some of my most watched shows are on CBS and FOX> Go figure.

I might consider a teloscopic mast to see if i can get the 10 cut higher but right now its 7ft above the roof line on a two story house. I have tried multiple ATSC tuners to get greenville. Not happening.

The only one that has lent a hand is Matt Branon from WRAL, he looked at the plots and they sent me a 10cut for free to try and lock in greenville.

It hasnt been successful as of yet. I have a better chance of MPG4 coming to wilmington after spaceway 4 on directv than getting a decent cbs feed.

I guess there isnt that much to talk about. However if anyone wants a new toy, valueelctronics is giving away the H20 for free after rebate for a great 5th gen LG ATSC tuner and directv mpg4 combo box.

Ill talk as long as all of you do the same. Like I said I hang out here anyways, cause the ILM OTA thread is a ghostown

BTW: Im still trying to get an XBOx 360 for a new HD source. Anyone have a premium bundle they want to be nice and offer up for cost to a local. I will ending up just waiting just like I did on the HDTIVO to get a fair price.

I paid $99 for my HD tivo after rebate and got a DVR70 standard tivo as well, I guess i will go ahead and get a H20 since circuit city and best, buy and walmart are all trying to unload H10s.

Remember I want an Xbox 360 :)

I'm still here. I am pretty busy right now getting ready to install a new Analog transmitter. This transmitter will be converted to digital when analog is cutof.

Ken

I'm still here. I am pretty busy right now getting ready to install a new Analog transmitter. This transmitter will be converted to digital when analog is cutof.

Ken

Whatcu' you puttin' in? Harris? Larcan? Thales? Something else?

I miss Ken12, Griff, Foxeng, NC88keys and others too.

I am still here. Just busy building a new transmitter facility, that's all.

I was gonna ask if Ken or Foxeng had talked to the Fox engineer about digital lately? Or if they
had heard anything else about their record?

I have no connection to WFXI. Sorry.

I also have a question about complaints. Say if someone complains about programming or
lack of programming on a particular station, does that station have to turn over those complaints to the FCC?

If you send a complaint to the station, they have to keep it on file until the next license renewal.

I have just picked up the d10 direct tv unit. I have my 4 bay bowtie up about 50ft
with a 10db preamp and rg11 cable. I live in winterville and can get raleigh 5, 50
@100%. 11, 17,30 @80%, 22 most of the time and 28 sometimes. The local stuff is no problem also. I have done a lot UHF antenna installs in my day and enjoy reading this board.

I'm still here too... Just working nights and nothing really new to report. Hope everyone has happy holidays! :)

I just installed my new Samsung 409D and am trying to figure it out along with DTV and HDTV. The TV has an auto set up function and it found 12 analog, but not digital. I am getting digital on 9 and 7 just fine. I live in New Bern so 12.1 should be easy. I may not be doing a manual search properly with this new TV, but I am wondering if they are really broadcasting in digital right now? Thanks
Larry

WCTI's digital frequency is 48.1 and 48.3... They should remap to 12.1 and 12.3.

This is a part of my confusion. I know the DTV is on 48, but shouldn't I be trying to select 12.1 on my TV? That is certainly the way the other channels are coming in. Do I take it that your reception on 12 digital(48 real) is OK?
Larry

Yes, my tuner picks up 48.1 and 48.3 and re-maps the channel to 12.1 and 12.3. Same thing for 7 and 9; my tuner picks them up on 32 and 10 and remaps to the channel(s). Try punching in 48 and see if that picks up 12.1 and 12.3.

On my set top box, I'm receiving no PSIP information from WCTI right now. This may be why you're not picking them up.

Anybody else not seeing PSIP data on WCTI?

Nope, like I said, I punch in the channel number 7 or 9 to get them, but I tried 12 and 48, no DTV. Must be off.
Larry

NC 88, if I lived down your way, I would be glad to give you a hand with the 10 antenna, I know it is frustrating, and a person helping out can make all the difference. Maybe try taking the receiver up on the roof and plug it up while you adjust. Mine has a red light that burns on the display until the signal is locked, then it goes out. That is helpful for me, but I know all receivers are different.

Good luck with the transmitter Ken! Will you be off-air at some point?

Thanks for the info Foxeng. It is just frustrating with FOX around here.

I'm not aware of any problems with my digital I watched GMA this morning.

I'm installing a Harris Platinum 45KW transmitter.

Ken

Well, I am not getting 12 DTV although I am getting 19 just fine and my chart says they are the same azimuth and distance. I'll try a different antenna.

Thats strange larry, I get WCTl dt just fine, but I can hardly ever get WUNM dt.

Ken, so when you change over to 12 for dt, you will deliver 45,000 watts of power on VHF? That is better than WNCT puts out, so you will have more coverage probably like 5 miles further away from the tower. :)

I caught a glimmer tonight

What I saw was nice, 5.1 and great pic. I was getting between 31-48% signal strength, It was bouncing. According to my rotor it was at about 309 degrees. Not sure how accurate that is , although optimim wilmington reception is around 250 on that same rotor display.

Probally just a fluke, I think I need to get the antenna higher is the issue.

Again its about 7 ft above peak roofline on two story house. Im guessing about 28 feet maybe.

OK gents, I have reached my boiling point and need some suggestions. I live in New Bern, 14-25 miles from the local towers. D* installed a Winegard MS2VRD, amplified omni antenna for OTA, on my chimney, 2 story house. It does a fine job for 9.x, spotty for 7.x, good for 19.x, and nothing for 12.x. 19 and 12 are supposedly on the same tower! I have a little Zenith antenna indoors that does a better job on UHF than the Winegard on the chimney, except on 9.x which is broadcasting on a VHF freq. D* does not guarantee OTA but my logic says an antenna on the chimney should be better than the little Zenith on top of the TV. I would willingly pay for a good antenna mounted to the OTA mount up on the dish, if I knew of a local installer who could get me the right antenna and get up there to install it for me. Anyone know of a savvy local OTA antenna installer, in New Bern? I don't want to play this game more than once more. Thanks
Larry

I like the DB4 and DB8 antennas from AntennasDirect.com They are UHF antennas but have enough gain on High VHF for channel 10. As far as a installer goes I know Mills installs antennas don't know who else. I would try to find some one that will not charge if they are not sucessful in getting you what you want. If you need any more info just call WCTI and ask for Ken. I should be around for another hour then I'm off to the transmitter this afternoon

Ken

NC88, glad you got a signal! Isn't WNCT's Dolby 5.1 awesome! LOL ----- WNCT and WWAY have the best sound systems in the coastal Carolinas. :D I wish I could get WECT.... WITN picture quality is so dim compared to 6.1

Larry, if you want a good antenna at a nice price I suggest the Channel Master 4221. It is
very similar to the ones Ken suggested, but has just a slightly lower gain I think. But you are so close to the towers that it will work fine I believe.

Ken did you work outside today? I did all day and it was COLD! LOL

A good high-powered roof mount antenna is great....... but if you don't have
good cabling between the antenna and the receiver it is all for naught.

For digital it is much smarter to use RG6 Coax for your feed......... getting the connectors on the end of this cable is a bitch at times.... but bad cable or bad connections just kill digital!

I had a guy complaining about a satellite installation....... end result after having the techs back and forth several times was that they cables were bad.

FYI........ station complaints (mailed or e-mailed) must be kept in the station's public file for three years. The FCC has a very good consumer guide on their website in PDF format.

This morning around 9AM I had WTVD and WRAL coming in strong! The signals lasted a couple of hours before disappearing again. WECT came in around 8:30 last night and stayed on until 9:30 this AM.

Guess nobody else caught this yet, but WCTI is on 48-3 and 48-5 on my reception device.
Ken must be working at his transmition site. :p

I live about 80 miles due east of Greenville, but this was the closest thread I could find. I recently bought a DLP television that decodes HDTV content. Upon receiving it, I've allowed the set to auto-discover stations it can see through my OTA antenna. It found many stations including the DTV broadcasts for WITN and WNCT and a slew of the UNC-TV channels. I received the standard definition broadcasts for WFXI and WCTI, but no DTV content for those stations. I have a channel master antenna mounted on the roof, and have never had any trouble with reception. Should I be able to find the DTV content for WFXI and WCTI? Also, what channels should I be attempting to view these on and is there a list of the DTV content available in eastern NC? It has been rather overcast this week so another auto-discovery may turn up more, but I would like to know exactly what I'm looking for.

Thanks

You must be in the Pamlico sound
What kind of channel master antenna do you have, how high and do you have a preamp.
I would think that you should be able to get 12 digital.

Guess nobody else caught this yet, but WCTI is on 48-3 and 48-5 on my reception device.
Ken must be working at his transmition site. :p

Yeah, mine is reading WCTI as 48-1 and 48-3 today and late last night.

You must be in the Pamlico sound
What kind of channel master antenna do you have, how high and do you have a preamp.
I would think that you should be able to get 12 digital.

I'll double check the model number but it's the big one from Lowe's. :p I have no preamp and the antenna is 8+ feet above a large 2 story house. (About 40 feet off the ground.)

Forgive my round figures on the distance from Greenville. I'm 55 miles as the crow flies, but it's about 80 miles driving.

sounds like a preamp would help with 12

also if you north of the pamlico river you may be able to get the norfolk stations.

Hey. I'm new to the forum and have some questions before I buy an antenna or two for my new hdtv. Is there anyone in Greenville that can pick up the WB (WLFL) from Raleigh all day? I know that some people can get it only at night. I'm considering buying an extra antenna just to pick up that station...but I'm not sure if I want to fork out 100 bucks for a station I can only get at night. If you can, what type of antenna do you have and whats your setup like? One last question...I'm considering buying the DB4 from AntennasDirect to pick up my local channels. The website says it has a 15-50 mile range. However, some of the stations are closer than 15 miles (7 and 11 miles to be exact). Will the DB4 be able to pick those stations up? I'm assuming it would be able to but want some reassurance. Oh, one more thing...HD is awesome! Thanks in advance

22 is a tough one to get. I can get it sometimes when things are right. I am thinking about trying a 8bay and may be able to get it better. a 4 bay bowtie would work fine for local stuff. If it is up high and in the clear which is the case with any antenna.

I'll double check the model number but it's the big one from Lowe's. :p I have no preamp and the antenna is 8+ feet above a large 2 story house. (About 40 feet off the ground.)

Forgive my round figures on the distance from Greenville. I'm 55 miles as the crow flies, but it's about 80 miles driving.



If its from Lowes its a channel master 3020.

Thats a good antenna should do very good for all channels with a preamp

Hey guys,
I am new to this HDTV thing, am getting ready to purchase my first HD set for log cabin on Blount's Creek - Chocowinity, NC. Here is my situation: This log cabin is only used on weekends, til I can figure out how to retire. Currently take my Dishnetwork receiver from Raleigh and connect it to dish I installed at cabin. They tell me this is not really illegal. Currently dont pay for HD channels, cause dont yet have HD set at Raleigh. So want to try picking up OTA HD signals until such time as I am willing to fork out the $10-12 monthly. What HD signals should I probably be able to get on the south side of the river? What antenna would you guys suggest?

7.1 WITN NBC
7.2 WITN 24/7 WX CHANNEL
9.1 WNCT CBS
9.2 WNCT LIVE VIPIR RADAR
12.1 WCTI ABC
12.3 WCTI UPN SD
19.1 UNC TV
19.2 UNC HD
19.3 UNC KIDS
19.4 UNC EDUCATION
19.5 UNC NEWS CHANNEL
25.1-25.5 UNC

POSSIBLE
WRAL, WTVD, WNCN, WRAZ
with a good antenna , I get them 5 miles north east of WASHINGTON after 5 pm till 9am

its also not illegal to carry your sat reciever on vacation with you. You are not supposed to leave it at the other residence full time but heck, how will they know.

Should I be able to find the DTV content for WFXI and WCTI?

WCTI yes, but you are on the fringe. WFXI- NO, they are weaker than some light bulbs put out. You are lucky you can get the analog channel 8. :rolleyes: LOL

South of monkey junction about 2 miles.

36% at around 300degrees.


This is also where i got a glimmer of CBS that night


I think i need to just get a little higher and maybe an 8 bay for xmas.

Cool!
I am getting WECT tonight also. :D
WCTI should come in just a little to the east of where WNCT comes in. But overall these stations are North- North east of Wilmington.

Thanks for all the replies. I've tried manually tuning the stations that are in the list but no luck on the DTV for WCTI or WFXI yet. (And jspENC is correct, WFXI is by far the worst signal I squint at.) I confirmed the model number on the Channel Master as well, (and my wife thought I was crazy for keeping all the manuals that come with such things.)

Anyway, I'm gonna try the preamp, but any suggestions on a strength? 20 dB or maybe 28 dB? I'm still learning about HD, but a friend mentioned Winegard makes good products for this purpose.

Also, the set I've bought is the 5668W from Samsung. They have a thread on this site if you'd like more information, so I won't go into how wonderful it is here. But there is an option in the OTA menu to enable 'LNA'. This is some sort of signal amplifier, but I'm assuming it can't be doing very much to the signal if it has to travel all the way to the set before being manipulated.

I'll try to post as I figure more out. Living in the 'boonies is driving me quite mad.

easternncnewswat,
Great selections on your Web-site! I saw a few of those on-air, and thought, I bet we see those on ENC dtv and sure enough...... :D

On 9.2 by the way, all they have been showing again for the last week is Neighborhood Radar 9. I would like to see the Vipir with the radar beams and the temps.

If any of you guys watch Monday night Football.. let we know if you get it in 5.1..i have Cox as my provider and my receiver ( yamaha 5890 ) doen'y indicate it is..it lokks great and sounds good but does't show as 5.i..thought matbe it's channel 12....

thks for your input :)

I am not able to relay 5.1 audio from network at this time. That will change in the future.

Ken

Thks ken..i'm guessing you work for channel 12 ? i'm kind of new to site .. I enjoy MNF picture and sound are still great...

thsk

I do work for 12 I'm the Chief Engineer been here almost 20 years now

Ken

I get the 5.1 feed off of WWAY Wilmington. 2020, since you are in Greenville you can get WTVD in DD 5.1 when available. They pass the feed. Not sure if they are on cable, but with an antenna it should be no issue. They also have a Dolby 3 system (I think it is called) that allows all shows and commercials to be in Dolby surround.

Ken, I talked with Howard at Mills and he doesn't like climbing, nor do I or I would get up on my chimney myself. His answer to all of the strangeness is that below the tree line, all bets are off with UHF. In Trent Woods, no one could put up a tower high enough to get above the tree line, I suspect. In any event, I bought a little preamp at Lowe's for my Zenith Silver Sensor and it now picks up all of the local digitals except 9.x, which is on VHF 10. However, my rooftop omni gets those just fine so I am switching back and forth between satellite and TV when I want to watch HD locals, except CBS. The indoor antenna with preamp does a far better job than the rooftop omin on UHF. Seems like I will be stuck with this workaround until the great day in the future when I can get HD locals over sat.

There has to be some good installers around here somewhere. I know If you are getting a signal with a silver sensor that a outside antenna would work for all stations. Getting above the treeline is not always necessay. In my case at home when I first mounted my antenna I had it about 35 above ground I recieved all the locals but lots of breakups lowered it to less than 15' and no more problems. Maybe we can get a list going of local installers

Ken

A list of local installers would be a great help. Howard did not have any recommendations along those lines. Seems like cable and "free" satellite installation have put plain old installer out of business.

This cold weather is causing my signal on 7 to go crazy again. Ever since I put the pre-amp on it goes out when it rains or if it is windy. Funny this is the only channel that does this to me.

easternncnewswat,
Great selections on your Web-site! I saw a few of those on-air, and thought, I bet we see those on ENC dtv and sure enough...... :D

On 9.2 by the way, all they have been showing again for the last week is Neighborhood Radar 9. I would like to see the Vipir with the radar beams and the temps.

Thanks jsp!

I hear Carley Wegner will be doing a story on plasmas, dlp, and lcd's during her show tonight at 6. Might be interesting to see how her report shakes down. I'll let you guys know how I think it is once I see it.

I think my problem might be my antenna are out of phase? I saw on a site that if you are not getting a good signal that you should reverse the 75 ohm matching transformer for one of the antenna. I think I will try that before I buy twin lead.

WNCT is airing a show Friday at 7p called The big picture (HDTV), all about HDTV.

Ken, Whats wrong with 12-1 12-3, Im getting it on 48-3 48-5 today on my Directv HD Tivo?

Went over to Circuit City last night. They get their UNC channels off of the 39x's too! I cant understand why 19 is so hard to get around here?

Check out this link, neat stuff.
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Check out this link, neat stuff.
=Greenville-N.Bern-Washngtn&dma_name[]=Wilmington]MAP (http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/programming/broadcast-market.php?dma_name[)Cool map...
Check out the map for the Norfolk VA DMA... Makes things easier... :-)
http://www.hdtvmagazine.com/programming/broadcast-market.php?dma_name[&dma_name[]=Norfolk-Portsmth-Newpt%20Nws

Ken, hows the transmitter going?
Are you installing any new sound equipment yet? I know WTVD installed something called Octimax, and their sound seems over processed now.

OK, sent in some questions on FOX, and here is the response.... lol

Good morning, ------ We have a low power digital signal up out of Morehead now on 24.1. Because this is low power, you may not be able to be able to receive this signal over the air. We are working on our HD plans now and when that project is completed, we will be sending it out via Time Warner as well as over the air. Our full power digital signal will not be up for some time. Have you tried receiving the 24.1 signal? Is Time Warner an option for you? Best,

Don Fisher
VP, General Manager
WFXI FOX8/14

OK, sent in some questions on FOX, and here is the response.... lol

Good morning, ------ We have a low power digital signal up out of Morehead now on 24.1. Because this is low power, you may not be able to be able to receive this signal over the air. We are working on our HD plans now and when that project is completed, we will be sending it out via Time Warner as well as over the air. Our full power digital signal will not be up for some time. Have you tried receiving the 24.1 signal? Is Time Warner an option for you? Best,

Don Fisher
VP, General Manager
WFXI FOX8/14

That's almost the same response I got about WYDO six months ago; except it was due to be on the air 3 months ago... Pitiful... Boo... Hiss! :(

I just wanted to check, and that is about what I expected to hear anyway....

This is funny, I sent in the e-mail last night, and in it I said I could not get 8 or 14 clearly. Just now I turn on 8 and it is a LOT clearer than it was before. Not sure if that is due to the weather, or my e-mail! But I do not have my antenna pointed toward Morehead, so 8 probably would be sharp if I did. I also commented on TW blocking out the Stereo signal on 8 around here. I think that it is wrong for a cable company to manipulate the original signal that is sent out.

Is it true that when the calls WNCT where selected that they stood for North Carolina Tobacco?

Wheres everybody at? The thread has been slow lately.
Anybody get any new toys for Christmas?

I got a new Directv Plus DVR R15, I replaced a D10 reciever.
Also got my wife a GPS for her lap top, its really neat. Its amazing how it can tell you how fast you are going, and it also tells you anything you need to know while traveling.

I got a 360 and just learned my first 360 hack. How to place a WMVHD file on a dvr and have it boot up in the xbox without using MS media center 2005 extender functionality.

Why microsoft isnt supporting wmv-hd playback out of the box is beyond me....Seems backwards. Guess they dont want to market as a media player just yet. I can only imagine when they crack er wide open with XBMC 360....Look what they did with 64mb memory...imagine 3 3ghz cores and 512mb sys memory. Amazing 360 :)

I bought a Panasonic DMRES20S DVD recorder at CC. It is an awesome addition, and I removed the regular DVD and the VCR is history. :D
If someone can tell me how to run DVD's on this PC I can post some screen pics.
I think I am missing a plug-in or something? I don't have much patiance when things don't cooperate. LOL

The new technology at our house this Christmas would be XM radio. I got one for each of the cars and love them so far.

The new technology at our house this Christmas would be XM radio. I got one for each of the cars and love them so far.XM Radio came with our new vehicle free for three months. After two weeks of listening, I signed up for three more YEARS... :D

Don't feel like you are alone encdtv, I had a problem with my PC also. Norton shut down and I had a registry problem.

Don't feel like you are alone encdtv, I had a problem with my PC also. Norton shut down and I had a registry problem.

Thanx... I finally have my desktop back up and running. My laptop is shot though and that's where all my encdtv files are. A friend is going to let me download via high speed since I'm on dial-up... Gotta love the holidays! :rolleyes:

I gave my in laws my old samsung hd set top box for there bed room, my father in law could not believe how clear the antenna signals were. The tv we hooked it to was only a 19", but its still clear.

My folks were blown away too when I hooked a bow tie to my HD box and plugged it up to their 32" 13 year old Sony Trinitron. It was like brand new to them again!

Hi all,

I am brand spanking new here as well as a brand new HDTV owner.....

I live in the Rocky Mount area of NC and have Cox Digital Cable. I have a Samsung 61" DLP HDTV.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of how to get started with OTA HD reception?

Also, are the HD channels (network) that Cox provides all the same format? WRAL (701) has extremely good picture, but the other "HD" channels are not as good. I also have to deal with sidebars (my wife doesn't like them)...

Thanks,
NCC (scott)

Does your tv have a HD tuner built in? Im sure a it does. Just hook a outdoor antenna to it and adjust it, go to www.antennaweb.org
and put in your address, it will show the direction to point your antenna.
All my HD channels 5.1-7.1-9.1-11.1-12.1-17.1-19.2-25.2-50.1 look great!

Cox may be pushing a lower quality signal.
Plus with ota digital tv youll get more channels.
5.2 WRAL NEWS
7.2 WITN 24/7 WX CHANNEL
9.2 LIVE VIPIR 9 RADAR
11.2 WTVD SD2
11.3 WTVD SD3
17.2 WNCN SD
17.3 WNCN NBC WX PLUS
.1 UNC TV
.3 UNC KIDS
.4 UNC ED
.5 UNC NC
30.1 WRAY SHOP AT HOME
47.1 PAX
47.2 PAX WEST
47.3 FAITH
47.4 WORHSHIP
50.2 WRAZ SD
50.3 WRAL WX CHANNEL
PLUS A FEW MORE IN THE RDU AREA

Cheif, since you live in Rocky Mount, you can get a lot more than the rest of us too. Being in between several Markets is nice. I would bet you can get some Virginia stations also! I have not been to Rocky Mount in a while, but have cruised down Sunset a few times... LOL :D
WLFL and WRDC should work for you too by the way.

Hi all,

I am brand spanking new here as well as a brand new HDTV owner.....

I live in the Rocky Mount area of NC and have Cox Digital Cable. I have a Samsung 61" DLP HDTV.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of how to get started with OTA HD reception?

Also, are the HD channels (network) that Cox provides all the same format? WRAL (701) has extremely good picture, but the other "HD" channels are not as good. I also have to deal with sidebars (my wife doesn't like them)...

Thanks,
NCC (scott)

You should aim for the antenna farm for Raleigh. You most likely will get NBC from Goldsboro from that location also. I use the Raleigh antenna farm for all my HD locals and I live in Farmville about ten miles west of Greenville. There is no HD Fox from the Greenville antenna farm in Grifton so Raleigh does it all. I don't get my local Greenville news but that is not why I bought an HDtV anyway. :rolleyes:

As far as bars go, you will just have to live with them when they show up. Last season's Survivor was seen in HD but has side bars anyway. It was a remote location show and was not filmed in widescreen. The rest of the CBS line up that night has HD with no bars at all. Some commercials are not in HD and do have side bars and some may have top and bottom bars. Films shot in 1:78 format mostly don't have bars while films shot in 2:35 format do have bottom and top bars on HD 16:9 tv's.

Hope that helps some.

....Paul

I would just take a medium directional combo antenna and aim for Grifton with that, and 5 ft above that antenna put a UHF only aimed at Raleigh. Make your two RG-6 cables the exact same lenght from each antenna ( say 6 ft each) to a high quality splitter turned upside down, and from there run RG-6 into the home and if you need to split use only one splitter, or an amplified splitter. This will work until WTVD goes back to 11, then you may have to adjust things in a few years from now. But also WCTI will go back to 12 I think, so you will get them too. I think their signal reaches to RM?

Last season's Survivor was seen in HD but has side bars anyway.

Survivior has never been shown in HD. If it had, it would have been in 16:9.

Survivior has never been shown in HD. If it had, it would have been in 16:9.

Sorry, but I believe you are slightly wrong on that. I have spent a few hours going through posts on AVS to explain why I get such HD like pictures on a show that is not in HD. :rolleyes:

Survivor is not shot in HD. It is shot 4:3 SD digital. That part is correct, however, back in 2001, the NY City market recieved an upconverted to 1080i version of the program but it was kept at 4:3 format so as not to degrade the quality by doing a 16:9 stretch.

Survivor is now fed through the CBS HD system and IS broadcast in HD (upconverted most likely to 1080i) with a 4:3 format. That is probably why I get such a beautiful HD like picture from 5.1 WRAL-DT. I think I may only be getting the 520P re-scale on the projector but it really does sparkle like HD.

I know I can't tell the difference, so that is why I thought it was an HD shot program. I suppose I could call the station to verify this but what is the point. It looks like HD and that is all that really matters.

An upconverted 480i to 1080i is not HD. It is a 480i picture that has had the lines doubled and if it is 16:9 it is a stretched 480i lined doubled picture. It isn't HD even though your receiver may say it is. Very few reality shows have been shot in HD, Survivor not being one of them. Several on FOX have been shot in SD widescreen and only one on FOX in HD that I remember, the short lived Casino. The Branson one was shot in SD widescreen and was confused as being in HD. Mark Cuban's reality show on ABC was shot in HD, shown in SD on ABC and then was shown on HDNet in HD. You really need a score card to keep up sometimes. ;)

And if my CBS friends are to be believed (I have no reason not too, it is there network) all CBS network programming HD or not is fed down the HD link. Even a SD program through a HD link will look better than on analog because you do not have the NTSC bandwidth limiting artifacts to screw the picture up. I too prefer SD through a digital link. It is much improved over the analog NTSC.

Anyone know when 9 WNCT will be upping their power....reception stinks in MHC!

Anyone know when 9 WNCT will be upping their power....reception stinks in MHC!

Where's MHC??? I get WNCT fine on the north side of Raleigh.

Where's MHC??? I get WNCT fine on the north side of Raleigh.


Sorry! MoreHead City.....little area across from Atlantic Beach.....NW of Jacksonville...South of Greenville

I think they (wnct)are going to stay at 35,OOO watts.

Anyone know when 9 WNCT will be upping their power....reception stinks in MHC!

They are at full power now.

Hi all,

I am brand spanking new here as well as a brand new HDTV owner.....

I live in the Rocky Mount area of NC and have Cox Digital Cable. I have a Samsung 61" DLP HDTV.

Can anyone point me in the right direction of how to get started with OTA HD reception?

Also, are the HD channels (network) that Cox provides all the same format? WRAL (701) has extremely good picture, but the other "HD" channels are not as good. I also have to deal with sidebars (my wife doesn't like them)...

Thanks,
NCC (scott)
Hello everyone,
I'm also new this HDTV thing.

I live in Wilson and I enjoy OTA digital signals from both the Raleigh and Greenville areas with an attic mounted UHF antenna. With the antenna aimed at NEW BERN, I'm able to get very stable digital signals from 5,7,9,11,12,17,22,25,28,30,36,47 and 50.

At first I tried two antennas, one aimed at Raleigh, the other aimed east. I never could get all the channels that I wanted with that configuration. Just for kicks I hooked up one antenna and aimed it for WCTI and results floored me. Not only do I get WCTI, but I also get WNCT with a UHF only antenna and the Raleigh antenna farm from back of the antenna. I guess I found a sweet spot.

The antenna is a Radio Shack U-120, now discontinued, and the amp is 25db Radio Shack indoor amp.

I hope you have the same kind of luck in Rocky Mt.

Thanks for all the suggestions!! I am going to get an antenna this weekend and try a few things out...will let everyone know how it goes!!

Thanks,
NCC

WOW Retspin, I wish I could have that kind of luck. I live in kind of a lower area, so I am lucky I get as much as I do.

They are at full power now.

Thanks for the reply but I hope you are wrong or that they make some changes!

WNCT is at full power….on DT???? Why would WNCT they only push out 35Kw on their DT when their analogue is running at 316Kw?

WITN is pushing out 795Kw on their DT and only 316 on their analogue!

Both stations are on the same tower. WITN is running 700Kw hotter than WNCT. Their antenna is also higher than WNCT’s antenna.

WNCT needs to increase their power! 35Kw? Can't cook a marshmallow with that!

the reason why they are running only 35k is because at vhf you don't need as much power vs uhf. Also what i understand digital does not need as much as analog for the same coverage area.

the reason why they are running only 35k is because at vhf you don't need as much power vs uhf. Also what i understand digital does not need as much as analog for the same coverage area.

You are correct. That is why the max analog on channel 9 is 316,000 watts and the analog max on UHF is 5 million watts.

From the FCC website:

WNCT-DT coverage on channel 10 at 35kw

http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/fm_tv_service_areas/maps/DS1007524.gif

WITN-DT coverage on channel 32 at 398kw

http://www.fcc.gov/ftp/Bureaus/MB/Databases/fm_tv_service_areas/maps/DS666910.gif

Does make sense....just wish they would have gone the UHF route that everone else did! Now I have a huge antenna to get one VHF channel and a $2.50 loop UHF for everything else....and what a pain mounting the antenna in the attic and drilling out the rivits so I could open up the elements! Just shows what some crazy people will do!

Actually those maps are a little conservative. Most times people can get a signal about 5 miles further out than that map contour.

Does make sense....just wish they would have gone the UHF route that everone else did! Now I have a huge antenna to get one VHF channel and a $2.50 loop UHF for everything else....and what a pain mounting the antenna in the attic and drilling out the rivits so I could open up the elements! Just shows what some crazy people will do!

WNCT did not ask for channel 10. The FCC assigned it to them in 1997 when the assignments came out. WITN asked to go back to channel 7 post transition and was denied. WFXI has been granted to go back to channel 8 post transition, and WCTI will also be going back to channel 12 post transition. In the end, WITN will be the only major station on UHF.

WNCT did not ask for channel 10. The FCC assigned it to them in 1997 when the assignments came out. WITN asked to go back to channel 7 post transition and was denied. WFXI has been granted to go back to channel 8 post transition, and WCTI will also be going back to channel 12 post transition. In the end, WITN will be the only major station on UHF.

Bummer...glad to know that before I wasted any money on a better UHF antenna....just wish the cable co would get these HD locals on cable so I would not have to mess with an antenna! Although the only way I can record is via OTA. :mad:

I think I may of posted this some time ago, but just for any new fols who may not have seen it, go to www.witntv.com
and there is a video showing the transitionto HD for WITN and WNCT, its a 5 minute video showing the removal of the old antenna and placing of the new digital antenna. and shows the transmitters.

Click STATION INFO
CLICK THEN HDTV UPDATE ON RIGHT
CLICK CAMERA ICON-TRANS. TO HD VIDEO

Foxeng,
Why was WITN denied ch 7 by the FCC? Wouldn't reverting back to 7 have been the logical thing to do?

interference was unexceptable from a neighboring market. I think WTVD is in the same boat?

Foxeng,
Why was WITN denied ch 7 by the FCC? Wouldn't reverting back to 7 have been the logical thing to do?

Interference issue with another station. Many VHF stations thought they could go back to their analog channels only to find out the FCC wouldn't let them. VHF in NC will be fairly sparse post transition.

WSKY-4
WGHP-8
WFXI-8
WNCT-10
WTVD-11
WTVI-11
WCTI-12
WLOS-13

(I think I remembered all of them off the top of my head ;) )

interference was unexceptable from a neighboring market. I think WTVD is in the same boat?

In some cases where the interference was not bad, the FCC allowed stations to enter into agreements to accept interference from each other. Some stations agreed to it and some didn't. That also played into who could go back to VHF and who couldn't.

Then you had cases where new stations that had come on as digitals blocked out long standing analogs. WDBJ in Roanoke, VA was in that boat. A UHF station in WV had their digital channel as 8. In the digital to analog interference world, it was acceptable, but in the digital to digital world, the interference tolerance would not allow it so WDBJ had no choice but remain on their digital channel 18. This happened a lot.

If I remember reading the FCC webpage correctly, WCTI was in a situation where they needed an interference agreement for them to go back to 12. I guess they got it. ;)

... the FCC allowed stations to enter into agreements to accept interference from each other. Some stations agreed to it and some didn't...WWBT 12/NBC Richmond and WVEC 13/ABC Hampton/Norfolk had a similiar agreement... reported on VARTV...

:// DTV's settle
| Monday, July 18, 2005

Regarding VARTV's post "Virginia DTVs face channel deadline" dated 6/29/05, Belo Broadcasting's WVEC (13/ABC) and Jefferson Pilot WWBT (12/NBC) have agreed to accept the "impermissible interference" to each other's stations, following the cessation of analog services, when both stations will move their digital operations to their former analog channels. The formal documentation has been drafted and forwarded to both stations and both stations are hopeful that this will satisfy the FCC and the issue of post-transition channel allotments. Right now, WWBT-DT is broadcasting on UHF channel 54 and WVEC-DT on UHF 41.....

For what it's worth, the WNCT-10/WTVD-11/WCTI-12 allocations were at the concessions of those partys being willing to accept non conforming adjacent assignments.

I wish that WCTI would move it's transmitter location closer to WITN/WNCT so we could get them in Raleigh after the BIG SWITCH. They won't have to protect WXII anymore. There may be other technical reasons why they couldn't, and quite frankly, I doubt that it would make financial sense.

I am just getting frustrated with WTVD's lackadazical attitude about remembering to "throw" the HDTV switch. Last night, the much bally-hooed premiere of "Crumbs" was presented in glorious standard definition. Seems to happen all the time. And then there's the "Lost" episodes with only the surround audio tracks.

FWIW - I emailed TWC in Newport and asked them what high def channels they planned to add in 2006. Here is their responce:

Thank you for your inquiry. We are currently in negotiations with the local CBS affiliate (Greenville) for rights to carry their HD signal. We expect conclusion to the contract at any time now. As soon as we have those rights, we will begin offering CBS HD in the Jacksonville, Morehead City area.

We also have plans to add Universal HD in time for the Winter Olympics coverage. We have plans to add additional new HD channels as they are available and as negotiations are complete.

Please let me know if there is anything I can help you with in the future. Thank you for being a Time Warner Cable customer. We truly appreciate your business.

I was hoping to get some info on ESPN2 in HD...

I wish that WCTI would move it's transmitter location closer to WITN/WNCT so we could get them in Raleigh after the BIG SWITCH. They won't have to protect WXII anymore. There may be other technical reasons why they couldn't

Yep. It's called WWBT in Richmond.

- Trip

Is 12 and UPN 48 dt off air? I cant get a signal as of 5:04 pm Monday

lowered my mast for the High wind, I think the wind is what messed up WCTI dt also.

Eastern when will your site get updated again? Lots of folks have asked me about it! LOL

Eastern when will your site get updated again? Lots of folks have asked me about it! LOL


To be honest, I'm not sure the site will ever be updated again. I do want to do a final update that would cover up to Christmas Day. Unfortunately, with personal and professional obligations, I just don't really have the time or the inclination to update the site like I used to.

Not sure, but maybe I'll sell the site. I dunno exactly just yet. :(

Ken, if your still around, I can't get any sound on UPN during the game at the half.

Guys at 12, Just wanted to say how much I have enjoyed the basketball games! Thanks for bringing us the ACC! THE GAME IS ON NEWSCHANNEL 12! :D
Seems no other station in this market cares about delivering them. Except for the occasional coverage by CBS.
Now if Raycom would just deliver the games in HD.

I assume Nikki Preede is gone from WNCT 9. I have not seen her on this past week.
Also her bio has been removed from wnct.com
This week Carley Wegner has been on.

Anyone have any insight on this?

I don't get to watch much anymore, but did tune in a couple of times before work and saw Carley. I wonder what happened with Nikki? And I don't see Kara on much at night either.

Great site, great info... I just ordered a Humax HFA100 Tuner and I am anxiously awaiting it's arrival. Now comes antenna time. I'm located on the NW side of Greenville and like many of this forum I'm hoping to get FOX coverage.

In my neighborhood I don't think it'll be feasible to mount a very large antenna on the roof, too many uptight people that would complain. At radio shack I've seen a slightly more discrete amplified antenna such as:
Radio Shack #15-2185 - High-Definition Amplified Outdoor TV Antenna

Also, I've seen the amplified indoor antennas such as the following:
Radio Shack #15-1880 - VHF, UHF and HDTV Indoor TV Antenna

One question is where is the antenna farm in Raleigh located? I'm guessing I'll need a long-range antenna to get those signals (and FOX), is there anything like the above that may work? Also, I've been reading here on attic mounting... not sure if that means you just install the antenna in the attic? Otherwise, what is the minimum that I'll need to look for to get up and going. Please send me any links to read up on, as I said, I'm just getting started.

Thanks for the help, too bad it's so tough to get this going in Eastern NC.
(Sorry I couldn't post links, this is my first post)

:D

Wow! Did anybody else read today that the WB and UPN will cease operations this fall and merge to become the CW broadcast network? Here's the link to the story;

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060124/nytu143.html?.v=43

Probably way to early in the game to ask this, but will UPN 48 just rebrand to CW 48?

Fish Guy,
You will need to get the antenna up as high as possible and have a clear line of sight to the sw. You should be able to get it. if not you may need to get a preamp. I would not worry about what the neighbors think just put it up and see what happens. The radio antenna may work ok. I would look at the channel master 4221 or winegard pr4400.
kept your antenna cable run as short as possible unless you are going to use a preamp.

Wow! Did anybody else read today that the WB and UPN will cease operations this fall and merge to become the CW broadcast network? Here's the link to the story;

http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060124/nytu143.html?.v=43

Probably way to early in the game to ask this, but will UPN 48 just rebrand to CW 48?Are there any Independents in the area? Is there a WB affiliate? If no, then UPN48 would have a good shot signing up with The CW, if they wanted to...

No independents here in this market... Seems logical that UPN 48 would rebrand unless CBS wants to keep the network "in the family." However, with no independents in the area, don't see how that is possible unless multicasting plays into it. UPN 48 is multicasted off of ABC 12 here.

No independents here in this market... Seems logical that UPN 48 would rebrand unless CBS wants to keep the network "in the family." However, with no independents in the area, don't see how that is possible unless multicasting plays into it. UPN 48 is multicasted off of ABC 12 here.Hmmm... The CW should be a strong 5th network. They could (or would want to) seek a full-power, full-time affiliation. Is there a full-power "i" affliated station around? If so, The CW might try them IF it's possible...

Very facinating! Now there might be some changes for the good around here.

Yes we do have an "i" station. They are filled to bandwidth though I think.

I'll keep reviewing, how high is high enough from the ground? What is everyone's thoughts? NW side of Greenville...

As far as the neighbors go, probably a better chance making diamonds in their tight asses then fighting the homeowners association.

Thanks for the help, I'll let all know how I come out. Anyone have thoughts about the Humax HFA100 I ordered?

At least 25 to 30 feet would be a good start. It also depends on what kind of path you have to raleigh. They cannot kept you from putting up a tv antenna. The FCC has info on this do some research.

http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html

I emailed Vickie Jones at WNCT and asked about Nikki Preede and got the following response.
"Nikki Preede is no longer with WNCT."
Vicie Jones

I wonder if see quit or got fired or had to do with conditions with her illness?

I've done a farewell update for ENCDTV.com; it mainly features Eyewitness News Now, ABC 11's 24/7 news/weather channel. With personal and professional commitments, I just don't have time to do the site anymore. Hope you guys enjoyed it over the past year! Thanks for the word of mouth and nice things you said about the site.

She was fired... Saying F*** on air doesn't help.

She said that on the air, when??? I saw a few months back a time where she couldnt stop laughing, that was funny!!!

She was not all that good.

She said that on the air, when??? I saw a few months back a time where she couldnt stop laughing, that was funny!!!

She was not all that good.






ALSO just got a emal from Michael Riddle at 7, he said NBC will Air the presidents State of the Union in HDTV.

Another question for you all - I'm ordering my second antenna from Antennas Direct. I plan on connecting the two of them. They are at a 90 degree angle from each other. Is it okay for me to buy a combiner and tie them together...it won't cause any interference will it? And if I do decide to get a PreAmp in the future, would i have to connect it between the antenna and combiner or could i connect it b/t the combiner and cable leading to the tv so that it can amplify both antennas signal's? Please help! This is a life or death situation here...not really, but you get the point. Oh, and did she REALLY say that on air?! Thanks - Brad

Any idea of when Fox 8 and 14 are going to finally go HD in Greenville?

They won't be; they're supposed to start out as an SD channel. That is, if they ever come on the air to begin with. Long story...

Actually, Cox cable viewers ought to petition Cox to get WRAZ Fox 50 on the HD suite. Cox already provides WRAL HD and the Newschannel.

DAMN! If Nikki did say that on air, good going Vicki for passing her the pink slip! This wont effect my WNCT viewing, that is not the bosses or companies fault at all.

A update to all... I purchased a Radio Shack VU-90, mounted it in my attic on the NW side of Greenville. It works perfectly, watching Fox 50 right now, 80% signal with a Humax HFA-100 tuner.

cool fishguy! Who needs FXI/YDO anyway. LOL