OK Kob we get it... schools etc are closed or delayed... put the HD crawl up instead of feeding the Today show in SD... those of us in the unaffected areas of the state could care less about the closings...(one reason the current DMA setup is just wrong ;))

Maybe they can put all the school closings on the weather channel. Are there any regulations for stations to broadcast the school closings on the main channel? or could they move them to the sub channel and free the main from school closings?

.(one reason the current DMA setup is just wrong ;))

I think the one DMA setup is just fine - take out Albuquerque/Rio Rancho/Santa Fe and the rest of the DMA is maybe 5 viewers. ;) I do feel sorry for Roswell and Farmington as they go from good local news coverage to not much local news coverage since all the Albuquerque locals seem to have just about gone to a statewide newscast setup, inserting Farmington and Roswell stories into the newscast only occasionally.

If KOB could do the HD crawl during election night, it does make sense that they should put out the effort to do it for closings during the mornings when TODAY's first 3 hours air (the 4th hour is a waste of electricity and NYC 30 rock behind-the-scene staffer talent to put that crud on the air).

Maybe the 575 area code needs to secede from the 505 code... then lets see 505 flounder with out the oil, gas and mining revenues... ;) seriously El Paso is more regionally correct for us down here... (and much closer usually temp wise)

KSWS (now KOBR) used to be a satellite of KCBD out of Lubbock, and if memory serves me correctly, at one time they were satellited out of Midland/Odessa too.

KAVE (now KOCT) has also been satellited out of both El Paso and Midland/Odessa.

Geographically the Texas stations are a better fit (that's where our weather radar comes from).

KJTV (FOX) out of Lubbock has a satellite station in Hobbs, its digital and I believe they do HD also (not positive about the HD).

KOAT has abandoned their satellite in Farmington and would like to abandon KOCT also. They have applied for a reduction in transmitter power. Albuquerque is too parochial to maintain a statewide "network", too much big city attitude.

Here we are 2 months from the digital changeover and nobody in SE new Mexico can get digital HDTV OTA from the Albuquerque Poobahs.

Better to get good service out of Texas than crappy service out of Albuturkey.

I liked the mix when we had KAVE as a satellite station of KVIA El Paso (Abc) KSWS (KCBD) Lubbock and KBIM (before it sold) ... right now Dish is the only provider giving the Albuquerque Locals in HD as we are out of the Directv spotbeam... Hobb's is probably out of the mix for us because of the Caprock and weak signal...

Based on recent info, it looks like DISH Network reception of Albuquerque HD locals should be better in January. Ciel-2 has successfully launched, headed to 129 deg W. Ciel-2 should be in-service by mid-January and reception shouldn't be as tough as it is with the current Echostar-5 (IIRC, some of you are using larger dishes to get Echo-5 more reliably).

dish network has a problem with some SD channels this evening. Five of the channels are out (with slates saying there is no need to call, they know the channel has problems and they are working to restore the channel).

From my count, KASA, KOB, KASY, KWBQ and one of the religious stations are out.

I will be watching to see how long it takes to restore service (meanwhile, I can watch my news with my antenna so DISH isn't critical to seeing those local channels).

I believe the problem tonight is local. I watch kasa (Digital) and others OTA. tonight however, the digital signals for 2.1, 19.1, 50.1 are non-existent. the analog for those channels is fine, not the digital. I am recieving other digital channels fine as well. anyone else seeing this (or not seeing as the case may be)?

Makes you wonder what the stations are going to do in a couple weeks when they wont have analog signals to fall back on.

Digital RF channel 43 (14.1, 22.1 and 46.1) in Lubbock was also down last nIght (OTA).

I believe the stations are working on hardware and software on Saturday nights.

I believe the problem tonight is local. I watch kasa (Digital) and others OTA. tonight however, the digital signals for 2.1, 19.1, 50.1 are non-existent. the analog for those channels is fine, not the digital. I am recieving other digital channels fine as well. anyone else seeing this (or not seeing as the case may be)?

I haven't checked the others, but I just came here to see if anyone else was having problems with 2.1. So I guess thats confirmed. At least I'm planning on watching the Cowboys at a friends who has comcrap.

Hey speaking of Comcrap, what do they have in clear QAM? Do they still offer all the locals or are they coming up with some excuse not to? Im considering ditching dish to save some cash. They won't let existing customers switch to one of the TurboHD packages, and Im tired of paying for SD channels I won't watch.

I am wondering if you can still tune the local HDs in with QAM with just basic cable? I know I know, but comcrap does finally offer ALL the local HDs.

I haven't checked the others, but I just came here to see if anyone else was having problems with 2.1. So I guess thats confirmed. At least I'm planning on watching the Cowboys at a friends who has comcrap.

Anyone with Comcast can tell us if they're getting KASA at all?

On Dish, it won't come in OTA or through Sat.

(OTA with the tuners in the VIP722.)

Both the SD and HD versions are down for me as well with dish, do not get the Alb. stations with Directv as I'm grandfathered in for the SD Distants...no OTA SD feed either...

kasa hd this morning was in sd mode for chris wallace show at 8am. now at 11:42am the football game is in sd so i guess they are having hd problems.

No KASA up here north of Farmington, it went out this morning when KASA was selling real estate in Albuquerque and has not returned. Think anyone from KASA watches this thread? No cowboys this pm, but that might be a good thing from what I see the score is on KREZ.........(:

Hey Fellas, I've got a couple of questions. Is there anyone around Albuquerque with a dedicated theater space? Looks like we'll be sticking around Abq for some time to come and I'm closing on a house in a few weeks. It would be nice to have somebody local with experience to throw ideas off of.

The house has a 3 car garage with two different stalls and I want to convert the two car portion to a dedicated theater space. It'll be soundproofed using staggered stud walls and dd w/ gg. I already have a general idea of how it'll look and I'm fortunate to already have most of the equipment I'll need/want outside of a new screen, masking system and a new sub(s).

I'll be doing most of the work myself with some help from a friend and I'm wondering about local building codes if anyone can help. More than likely I'll be hiring out for the electrical so I'd like to get my ducks in a row ahead of time.

Will I need a building permit to convert the space? Second, will a garage conversion be permitted by local codes? When I did a google search it has temporary movie theater/stages under exceptions, but I don't really know what I'm looking at or for.

A little late posting this but... Directv is showing the Cowboy game in HD on Channel 88 in the clear for us...

Yep, but it's a shame they cut off the WYNW-DT feed since KASA-TV and DT is still off the air......

Dumb copyright censorship IMHO.:(

But at least I can bypass by using FTA motorized dish to get out of town TV markets but in SD only.

Plan on upgrading to new HD FTA reciever sometime in early 2009.

Funny it's looks like being in past analog shutdown date!:eek:

Anyway back to TV DXing...:D

12-28-08

I liked the mix when we had KAVE as a satellite station of KVIA El Paso (Abc) KSWS (KCBD) Lubbock and KBIM (before it sold) ... right now Dish is the only provider giving the Albuquerque Locals in HD as we are out of the Directv spotbeam... Hobb's is probably out of the mix for us because of the Caprock and weak signal...

Yes, and we've got Steve Divine.

Makes you wonder what the stations are going to do in a couple weeks when they wont have analog signals to fall back on.

The saturday evening DISH local channel outage (and the KASA outage today) are great reasons the stations should use the retransmission consent money they are receiving from DISH Network to setup and pay for infrastructure to get their signal to the LIL facility by fiber instead of the LIL facility receiving signals off-air.

The saturday evening DISH local channel outage (and the KASA outage today) are great reasons the stations should use the retransmission consent money they are receiving from DISH Network to setup and pay for infrastructure to get their signal to the LIL facility by fiber instead of the LIL facility receiving signals off-air.

Since I get all the locals OTA, I would prefer if KASA actually hooked up a UPS to their transmitters so this didn't happen everytime they loose power up there.

I assume they can only afford one UPS, and they currently have it on their analog broadcast. Hopefuly they will move it to the digital broadcast in February.

John

Since I get all the locals OTA, I would prefer if KASA actually hooked up a UPS to their transmitters so this didn't happen everytime they loose power up there.

I assume they can only afford one UPS, and they currently have it on their analog broadcast. Hopefuly they will move it to the digital broadcast in February.

John

Has it been confirmed that this was the cause of the outage?

Mostly snow and ice are causing the transmitters, to lose power and it's pretty hard to get up to Sandia crest to fix this problems.

This mountain, is about 10,600 feet above sea level.:eek: So that's why it's hard to gut up there, even with a snow cat vehicle have trouble getting up here too.:p

I bet the TV Engineerings hate going up there too as well too.

12-30-08

Awww, pity the poor souls...:eek:

Of course hundreds of skiers go up there everyday, but, never mind that.:rolleyes:

Since I get all the locals OTA, I would prefer if KASA actually hooked up a UPS to their transmitters so this didn't happen everytime they loose power up there.


Wouldn't it be funny if the outage was caused by KASA being behind in their electricity payments and PNM decided to shut off the juice on the day the cowboys/iggles played? With the outage, I bet the Jets/Fish was the most watched game in the state of NM on Sunday since very few were able to watch the ugly Cowboys game.

N5XZS - if getting to the crest is so hard, they should do what KNME did in their early days - an engineer stays at at the transmitter site. If there are issues, the engineer is right there to look at things.

My Mom has directv. If you tried to tune KASA in on Sunday, you got a screen saying they where having "Technical Difficulties", and to please try channel 88. Channel 88 is the Fox station off of the east coast. Normally, channel 88 is blocked out, but they lit it up for Albuquerque customers while KASA was down.

So, Directv customers did get to watch that game in HD, as long as they were doing it live, so they could see that message and switch to the national feed.

I am suprised Dish did not do the same thing.

John

Latest news.....

Directv, is dumping KRPV-TV channel 27 "REL" out of Roswell on 1-1-09 and I am hoping they will restore KENW-TV channel 3 "PBS" from Portales back on Directv.:)

12-31-08

Have a safe Happy New Year everyones!!!!:)

Latest news.....

Directv, is dumping KRPV-TV channel 27 "REL" out of Roswell on 1-1-09 and I am hoping they will restore KENW-TV channel 3 "PBS" from Portales back on Directv.:)


for those that care, DISH still has KRPV as I type this (1:32 am 1/1/09).

as for KNEW, I don't get the point of maybe bringing it back. We already have a PBS affiliate in the package (KNME). Maybe the only benefit is getting Great Performances from the Met during the week of release (I don't see it in KNME's Dec or Jan program guides - only found it on the 9-1/9-2 non-HD channels for Doctor Atomic the other night). KNEW probably had it in HD the other day as most of the PBS world seemed to have.

I am suprised Dish did not do the same thing.

all DISH did, as far as I can tell, was a slate like "There is no need to call us. We know there are technical difficulties with this channel and we are working to restore the channel."

I suppose I should have checked for curiosity and see if the FOX white-area network was not scrambled.

I just found out that gave me a hint, KTEL-LP will flash cut to digital sooner than I thnk thanks to a website http://www.rtnville.com/ with a new subchannel!!:)

This may looks like this channel 47.1 Telemundo, 47.2 RTN.

RTN show classic TV shows.

Can't wait for that to happen!!

1-1-09

I am suprised Dish did not do the same thing.

Dish cannot do that, they lost their ability to offer ANY/ALL out of DMA channels in a legal battle in 2007.

This may looks like this channel 47.1 Telemundo, 47.2 RTN.
Can't wait for that to happen!!


I can't wait either! I can watch some RTN when I'm bored with a punch of my remote instead of having to access the Ku-band dish to do so.

Anyone having Kob problems from Dish the last week? The HD channel has been pixalating and occasional drop outs, I checked the SD channel once and it had the same so it wasn't because of the current 129 satellite (or at least that time)...

Anyone having Kob problems from Dish the last week? .

I think KOB terrestrial is back to problems. 2-3 times in the last couple days, KOB-DT has gone out "NO SIGNAL" terrestrially for 2-3 seconds each incident before coming back. I don't know yet if it'll ever get as bad as it's been with them before with the dropout about once every half hour.

Maybe KOB's new transmission problem is causing ripple effects with DISH Network (although it wouldn't explain the pixelation issue but would explain the dropout issue).

I checked once and both the SD and HD feed looked the same... Thanks!

I had problems during Law and Order last week. Bad pixelation for most of the show and audio issues too.

Has KRQE officially announced exactly when they are going to switch from channel 16 to 13?

Has KOAT officially announced exactly when they are going to switch from channel 21 to 7?

BTW: http://tvdecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/08/obama-recommends-delay-in-digital-tv-switch/?hp

I was pleased to see that KRQE's warning about the cutover was actually *in* HD. Now if KOB would get their act together.

Has KOAT officially announced exactly when they are going to switch from channel 21 to 7?

DCF had a link to a story on KOAT's website saying Feb 10 would be the analog cut date for KOAT.

I hope there is no delay because the complainers are never going to be ready (and "that guy" should be concentrating on breaking campaign promises and focusing on the economy and not waste time with the complainers who think he can offer nickel a gallon gas, make cows quit expelling greenhouse gases, and delay DTV forever).

There have been digital signals on our airwaves for several years now and the coupon program has been there at least a year, it's time for the cutoff to occur!

According to FCC filings, KOAT will kill analog 7 on 02/10/09, and are doing that in order to convert the VHF transmitting equipment to digital. So the flash-cut over to channel 7 will not occur on that day, that's just the day analog will end so they can start their work on converting.

They've told the FCC they plan to do the flash-cut to channel 7 on 02/17/09 like everyone else.

- Trip

At what time KOAT-DT will shut down analog signal on the 2-10-09?

11:59 PM or what time?:D

So that way I can record the historic analog transmission shutdown!!:)

1-9-09

DCF had a link to a story on KOAT's website saying Feb 10 would be the analog cut date for KOAT.

Thanks.

I hope there is no delay because the complainers are never going to be ready (and "that guy" should be concentrating on breaking campaign promises and focusing on the economy and not waste time with the complainers who think he can offer nickel a gallon gas, make cows quit expelling greenhouse gases, and delay DTV forever).

Completely agree.

There have been digital signals on our airwaves for several years now and the coupon program has been there at least a year, it's time for the cutoff to occur!
Agreed.

John

According to FCC filings, KOAT will kill analog 7 on 02/10/09, and are doing that in order to convert the VHF transmitting equipment to digital. So the flash-cut over to channel 7 will not occur on that day, that's just the day analog will end so they can start their work on converting.

They've told the FCC they plan to do the flash-cut to channel 7 on 02/17/09 like everyone else.

- Trip

Thanks.

John

DCF had a link to a story on KOAT's website saying Feb 10 would be the analog cut date for KOAT.

I hope there is no delay because the complainers are never going to be ready (and "that guy" should be concentrating on breaking campaign promises and focusing on the economy and not waste time with the complainers who think he can offer nickel a gallon gas, make cows quit expelling greenhouse gases, and delay DTV forever).

There have been digital signals on our airwaves for several years now and the coupon program has been there at least a year, it's time for the cutoff to occur!


It may actually be a good thing if some of the morons in this country are deprived of their brainwashing for a few weeks. :D

I am really disappointed with KOAT in that they can't invest in their own equipment so we can watch the syndicated shows like (Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, Ellen, Regis and Kelly, etc.) in HD as they are presented and available. Other cities in the country have but we are left in the dust. I recently contacted them and got some lame excuse about differing HD formats they cannot handle. The technology is out there and is used my many other stations that have to record and play back the programs in the time slot they want to play them back at.

I request all of you to voice your opinions and contact KOAT about this. The more people that write/phone them the sooner they will take action. We deserve this for our city.

I am really disappointed with KOAT in that they can't invest in their own equipment so we can watch the syndicated shows like (Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, Ellen, Regis and Kelly, etc.) in HD as they are presented and available. Other cities in the country have but we are left in the dust. I recently contacted them and got some lame excuse about differing HD formats they cannot handle. The technology is out there and is used my many other stations that have to record and play back the programs in the time slot they want to play them back at.

I request all of you to voice your opinions and contact KOAT about this. The more people that write/phone them the sooner they will take action. We deserve this for our city.

I agree with you but KOAT is telling us that the company that distributes these shows are sending the HD in 1080i which KOAT can't handle because they output in 720p. They told me that the company (King World or something like that) needs to send it to them in 720p in order to let us view it in HD. Of course, it's the old "it's someone elses fault" that we customers hear so much from our service providers. Maybe we should contact "King World"?

E-Mail: dtvwebmaster@cbsparamount.com

CBS Television Distribution2401 Colorado Avenue, Suite 110
Santa Monica, CA 90404
Phone 310-264-3300

Don't those shows mainly appear on ABC, and doesn't ABC do only 720P?

Well, WABC in New York is 720p and they manage to air it just fine. Plenty of stations manage to cross-convert 1080i to/from 720p without issue. KMBC in Kansas City is co-owned with KOAT and manages to pull it off. It's just another excuse.

- Trip

Don't those shows mainly appear on ABC, and doesn't ABC do only 720P?

Yes, but they're produced by Sony and King World for syndication, and are thus produced in 1080i. For me, it airs on my local CBS station. At school, on the local NBC station.

- Trip

Interesting.. Thanks, Trip

Anyone else not have audio for quite a while on DirecTV - FOX - Albq? For the Giants / Eagles game?

Anyone else not have audio for quite a while on DirecTV - FOX - Albq? For the Giants / Eagles game?

Yes. I have it to.

I am really disappointed with KOAT in that they can't invest in their own equipment so we can watch the syndicated shows like (Oprah, Entertainment Tonight, Ellen, Regis and Kelly, etc.) in HD as they are presented and available.

thankfully they are not the important syndication shows out there. :D

Yes, I concur I don't know why they don't have a scaler to make things 720p for their use. There certainly is no way in heck CBS TDG or WB DTD is going to send them in 720p when they all are produced in 1080i.

Anyone have any idea what Satellite DirecTV uses for local channels? Im getting quite a bit of pixelation lately. It started when i turned on Dolby Digital on my HR21. Im guessing because it takes more strength to get the full HD video and 5.1 surround sound.

Most all Sats are in the upper 90's signal strength wise. Some are high 80s. 103 (c) has some low 80's low 70's...

Anyone have any idea what Satellite DirecTV uses for local channels?

SD should be coming from 119; HD is probably from 99 or 103. It's been awhile since I researched that, I guess it's time to renew my memory bank on that.

SD should be coming from 119; HD is probably from 99 or 103. It's been awhile since I researched that, I guess it's time to renew my memory bank on that.

Any idea what 103 Sat? Maybe that is my problem, as I am getting low 70's and 80's on 103 (c).

Any idea what 103 Sat? Maybe that is my problem, as I am getting low 70's and 80's on 103 (c).

I don't know which one, but it shouldn't matter as your dish can't tell the difference between two DIRECTV sats near 103 that close together.

If signal levels have never been right, then your dish probably hasn't been installed correctly (j-mast might not have been installed on a absolutely solid surface, the load-bearing support arm - I forget what they are called - might not, but should have been used because the 5LNB dish is pretty front-loaded heavy (IMHO), or a 5LNB dish install is too complicated for a DIRECTV installer to do and your Ka is messed up because Ka-band is so unforgiving of dish pointing inaccuracy. I hope your installer was better than my neighbor's one - he looked like a hillbilly, acted like he'd only been on the job a few weeks, and used channel 3/4 modulator to hook up the directv receiver to the tv. I fixed that foulup with S-VIDEO connection so the picture would have a chance of looking decent on that TV.

I got around to watching the KNME DTV transition special today and found out some stuff that some of you might not know yet.

January 21 or so, 5.1 will be KNME-DT (HD when available, SD the rest of the time), 5.2 will be V-me, and it looks like 5.3 will be no more so we may gain average bandwidth increase on 5-1.

About January 28, 9.1 is changing to PBS WORLD during some hours, and what I seem to recall GM/CEO Polly Anderson state "the best of PBS" in the evenings -- I hope PBS-HD E or W schedule, offset from KNME-DT, for evenings -- and 9.2 is going to be (yea!!!) Create TV, PBS' multicast channel of all stuff DIY.

Supposedly the Ventana program guide starting in February will have schedules for all channels and we'll have to see if they go to mice type to keep the booklet size small or if it will be noticably thicker. ;)

I sent this letter today to the company that owns KOAT. I suggest you all do the same if you have time and request a response from them. Thanks, Fred Jerina.

14 January 2009

President David J. Barrett
Hearst-Argyle Television, Inc.
300 West 57th Street
New York, NY 10019

Dear Mr. Barrett:

I am writing to you in regards to your Albuquerque television station KOAT. They are currently presenting many syndicated shows (e.g. Entertainment Tonight, Ellen, Oprah, Regis and Kelly Live) in standard definition over their digital channel. These shows are available in high definition and could be presented to the Albuquerque viewers if you only invested in the necessary equipment to do so.

Other television stations that you also own, such as KMBC in Kansas City, have the equipment to do so and they are presenting these syndicated shows in high definition to their viewers.

Are we considered such a small market that you rather not spend the money for your Albuquerque viewers? Teri Hernandez, Operations Manager for KOAT, indicated to me that they “want to purchase only one HD server/playback machines that will take care of all or most of the shows”. So how long will it take for you to spend the money for your Albuquerque station to bring it into the 21st century?

With the digital transition happening next month I am surprised that you are not equipping your stations with what the viewers deserve when they switch over.

I would appreciate a response to my letter.

Yours truly,

Fred Jerina

Go get em Fred. Are you going to the meeting tonight?
JR

I, for one, am planning on sending a similar letter out. Thanks for the address!

Anyone know if KNMD changed their channel suddenly? Im now finally picking up their channel with my UHF antenna which I never received prior to tonight.

I am wondering, if that KAZQ-TV may be the first analog tv station in Albuquerque TV market already shut down for past two days now?:D

Their digital channel 17 is still up and running.

Bigglare,

Only things, I noted that KNMD-DT was changing their PISP on 9.2 calling it PBS Create, and as for power upgrade there is no changes at it all still running at 200 watts ERP.:)

1-15-09

...any news on when this might be happening?

Only things, I noted that KNMD-DT was changing their PISP on 9.2 calling it PBS Create, and as for power upgrade there is no changes at it all still running at 200 watts ERP.:)

1-15-09

I doubt KNMD-DT can increase power as long as KCHF-DT is on channel 10. If they returned to 11, or remained on 10 and moved to co-locate the transmitters, KNMD-DT could boost power to match the other stations up there.

- Trip

Thanks N5, like I said, in 2 years with dish, and the same antenna, channel 9 always showed as no signal with the yellow screen. Today Im getting a picture but with a 65% signal strength. Just found it interesting that Im finally getting something.

It looks like the Morons at KWBQ didn't get the memo that Smallville was new tonight and they needed to get the HD equipment ready. Another disappointing SD crapisode of smallville thanks to kwbq. maybe 2.99 an episode from itunes it worth it now for decent hd.

It looks like the Morons at KWBQ didn't get the memo that Smallville was new tonight and they needed to get the HD equipment ready. Another disappointing SD crapisode of smallville thanks to kwbq. maybe 2.99 an episode from itunes it worth it now for decent hd.

And they blew Supernatural as well. I sent Anthony an email. It will be interesting to see what he says about it.

John

I also sent an email to Larry Oliver and the station manager asking for the network phone and address. This has been going on for over a year and a half and they still can't get it right.

CW Network info that I could find from various sources that seemed current:

Dawn Ostroff, President
CW Network
4000 Warner Boulevard
Burbank, CA 91522
United States

Phone: 818-977-5000

-or- a possibly better address, taken from the online Dex white pages just a minute ago and seems reasonable based on an April 2006 Variety article that CW is leasing office space in the Pinnacle Office Building on Olive Avenue:

The CW Television Network
3300 W Olive Ave
Burbank, CA 91505-4640
(818) 977-2500

cwtv.com only has a feedback form, no address/phone number contact info.

I guess it's a good thing I don't watch those CW shows that KWBQ has frequent issues with. ;)

Thanks, I guess I have a lot of letter writing to do today.

Just wait until Lost starts again, which KOAT has frequent problems with.

Well, it's going to be intresting to see and guess which 2 low power analog stations will flash cut first to digital!:D

As of right now, KTVS-LP channel 36 "REL" is off the air and KFAC-LP "Soon to be RTN?" is showing black video carrer.

Or is just a tech problem at this time?

Or just maybe wait few more weeks till 2-17-09?

Now back to TV DXing, on KU band news feeds.....:cool:

1-19-09

Hey KNME 5.1 is back to HD/5.1!!!!

I also sent an email to Larry Oliver and the station manager asking for the network phone and address. This has been going on for over a year and a half and they still can't get it right.

My email to Anthony Liparato bounced. Did you get a reply?

Their stuff is still in low-definition tonight.

John

Hey KNME 5.1 is back to HD/5.1!!!!

Nova, tonight, is in low-definition.

John

My email to Anthony Liparato bounced. Did you get a reply?

Their stuff is still in low-definition tonight.

John

I emailed Stan Gill and Larry Oliver on Friday of last week and never got a response. I just mailed a letter to the President of The CW in Burbank telling her about this station to see if anything can be done. I'm not holding much hope but thought it was worth a try.

I wonder if KNME was in HD yesterday because it was just passing the network hd feed right on through.

comcast knme-hd is in sd

Does Comcrap even have PBS-HD

comcast carries "PBS" on channel 5 and knmhd on channel 220. they appear to be mirror programs. neither one is in hd now. i heard they could get it done in hd by 2-17-09????

Another wonderfull SD screwup over at kwbq. I wonder if Stan Gil's phone number is still the same as it was last year when he was at KASY. It would be nice to call him and find out where the HD is.

I wonder if KNME was in HD yesterday because it was just passing the network hd feed right on through.

There is no live network HD feed that I know of - both live HD feeds KNME can take are out of sync with how they program things, unless KNME wants to shift their primetime programming schedule around to match one of the two satellite HD feeds, similar to what they did before on 5-1 when it would air nova, roadshow, etc. out of sync with what was 5-2 KNME "SD".

I bet this 2 months or so without KNME HD programming was so they could install a HD playout server - or maybe they are a test site for the new file-based satellite delivery system PBS is rolling out and they needed a couple of months to install the equipment and test out things before they went to air with programs captured on their server.

Another wonderfull SD screwup over at kwbq. I wonder if Stan Gil's phone number is still the same as it was last year when he was at KASY. It would be nice to call him and find out where the HD is.

Why don't you do that (797-1919)? I'm sure he's tired of hearing from me. Let us know what he says...

I am wondering, if KOAT-DT and KRQE-DT, will be doing a digital tests on VHF channels in the late night hours?:)

I plan on E-mailing them, to see what time they will be testing in the wee hour in the night....

If I do get the answer, then I will let know what time it will be.

Any ideas whats up with KFAC-LP analog channel 39, still transmitting in the black video?

BTW,

Last night, I noted that the E-skips on analog channel 2 was coming in for the first time but did not go up to channel 3 for a TV DXing!!:D

I am hoping it will pop up again in the late afternoon and early evening and hoping the E-skips will go high as channel 6.:)

1-26-09

I got a response from Larry Oliver at KWBQ this afternoon.

I apologize for the disruption, we’re working to get this issue resolved as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience and thank you for watching.



V/R

Larry


Lets hope they manage sooner than its taking to get 5.1 surround sound back. But in the mean time I will be getting shows off itunes.

I found out that KOAT-DT may be adding a new sub channel called This TV Network.:)

This TV Network is a 24/7 Movie channel.

Hearst Argyle broadcast company is a owner of KOAT-DT.

Here's the link.....

http://www.tvnewsday.com/articles/2009/01/26/daily.9/

1-26-09

I got a E-mail from KOAT-DT, saying they will test their digital signal on VHF hi channel 7 on Febuary 9th to 17th, mostly in the after the midnight hours.

They will not send out PSIP in order not to confuse the digtal receivers while leaving digital channel 21's transmitter on.

Might want to get a band scope out and check it out how strong the signal will be and please report the results here on this thread. Thanks!:)

No news from KRQE-DT, on their digital signal test on VHF Hi channel 13.

Now back to TV DXing....

1-26-09

Our elected officials at work...

http://www.freep.com/article/20090124/BLOG01/90124024

Word is that the Senate today voted to delay. What a bunch of idiots.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/162780-Senate_Agrees_To_Move_DTV_Transition_Date.php

Folks that have been clueless for the last several years about this are not going to get a clue in the next several months. What in the world is so hard about this?

I have a former neighbor who is in her mid 80's call me to ask me to help connect her converter box to a portable TV she had in her bedroom. She went out and got the box herself. The only reason she needed help was that the TV (and old 15" Sony) had an oddball antenna input (it was actually and 1/8th inch mini-jack). Other than that, and she probably could have done it all herself.

And if she can do it, why can't anyone?

So, I wonder what our local stations will do? All the majors have been digital for years. I really hope they just pull the analog plug on 2/17, and move on.

Brian

Congress is why I'm moving to Mexico. Did I mention that I'm moving to Mexico? Screw Congress.

Boy, I think we are becoming a nation of Indocracy, "Meaning we are bunch of idiots" I blame on clueless congress critters, for delaying the analog shutoff date!!:p

Screw the new analog date, and just get over with it on 2-17-09 the REAL analog shutdown date!!:D Hell, with the new so called analog shutdown date IMHO.....:p

Nuff said.......

2-26-09

Congress is why I'm moving to Mexico. Did I mention that I'm moving to Mexico? Screw Congress.

I for one am just happy that our newly elected officials are dealing with the truly important matters affecting this country, rather than waste time on trivial matters like the financial meltdown, two wars, the impending bankruptcy of social security, affordable heath care, the state of the schools in this country.....all that crap can wait, since right now, the most important thing is that grandma does not miss an episode of "Wheel of Fortune".

Brian

Think of the benefits of all those morons without their daily brainwashing for a few weeks.

Turn it off EARLY!!! :D

Our elected officials at work...


I'm disappointed. But it is just another reminder they are called CONgress instead of PROgress. Unfortunately our unRepresentatives will be reelected next election cycle - once in office, they seem to stay despite their incompetence.

The only thing I hoped for is more funding for coupons and extend the coupon program to June and keep Feb 17 the analog cutoff date for most stations. People who were too lazy to get coupons before December would just have to do with religious and home shopping analog until their coupons arrive.

TV isn't life or death, feb 17 should have been a hard cut and let's get on with life. I can't wait for 100% digital signals off-air and I'm sure financially-suffering TV stations can't wait to get back to one transmitter electric bill.

I think KOAT and KRQE digital tests will be delayed until may with today's disappointing news.

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on another note, I did a spectrum check this past weekend. I don't see any new digital channels active, just the ones we've been getting and the channel 55 one that I tried to lock and when I got no lock, I remembered it was mediaflo.

Congress is why I'm moving to Mexico. Did I mention that I'm moving to Mexico? Screw Congress.

Maybe you'll be more pleasant with your customers in Mexico?:rolleyes:

I wonder which senators voted for the delay.

From ABCnews.com

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12 -- setting the stage for Congress to pass the proposal as early as Tuesday.

I wonder which senators voted for the delay.

From ABCnews.com

WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Monday voted unanimously to postpone the upcoming transition from analog to digital television broadcasting by four months to June 12 -- setting the stage for Congress to pass the proposal as early as Tuesday.

It does not appear to have been posted yet:

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm

Brian

Maybe you'll be more pleasant with your customers in Mexico?:rolleyes:

Pleasant is a 'give to get' kind of thing, though I am renowned for my patience.

It does not appear to have been posted yet:

http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/legislative/a_three_sections_with_teasers/votes.htm

Brian

This reminds me of the whole switch to the metric system.........

Pleasant is a 'give to get' kind of thing, though I am renowned for my patience.

You must be renowned for your modesty as well.:D

Request for a House Vote Delay on the June 12th DTV transition bill:

http://www.multichannel.com/article/162844-Barton_Stearns_Ask_Pelosi_To_Delay_DTV_Vote.php?rssid=20059

Just wondering. If they postpone the deadline for the digital changeover, does anything prevent stations from going ahead and switching Feb 17. and not waiting?

slashdot is saying the House did not pass the bill:

http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F28%2F1930250&from=rss

More confirmation that the House rejected the delay:

http://www.multichannel.com/article/162901-TV_Delay_Bill_Fails_To_Pass_In_House.php

I'm not sure it is over. The house can come back with a floor vote (this was an attachment) and then all that is required is a simple majority for passage.

Finally I got a E-mail from KRQE-DT about testing digital signal on VHF Hi channel 13.

They will test it in late night hours, but did not say what time and date that will be.

Minor update on KOAT-DT.... They will be testing anytime, on February 9th all the way till the 17th mostly in the daytime hours, since the analog is already gone afters the 9th of the month.:)

1-28-09

Anyone else notice major problems with KOAT's sound tonight?? Lost was hard to watch with the pitch of the music changing all the time. Are they compressing it to add an extra minute of commercials are something? Very very annoying.

Was that OTA, or Sat, or Cable?

Anyone else notice major problems with KOAT's sound tonight?? Lost was hard to watch with the pitch of the music changing all the time. Are they compressing it to add an extra minute of commercials are something? Very very annoying.

I did notice some sound issues on KOAT over the weekend while channel surfing. There was an NBA game on, and the audio kept dropping out. My AVR would show that it was losing the Dolby signal, and then getting it back again.

I did not watch long, and it could well have been a head-end issue.

Brian

More confirmation that the House rejected the delay:

http://www.multichannel.com/article/162901-TV_Delay_Bill_Fails_To_Pass_In_House.php

This can't be right.

If true, it means that more than 1/3 of the elected members of the House actually voted against something that was not in the best interest of The Public. I would never have given them that much credit. :D

Hopefully, they let this thing die and don't figure out some legal weasel way to resurrect it. Come on 2/17.....get here already.

I did read in today's paper that the Senate version had a provision to allow the broadcasters to shut down early (prior to the proposed June extension). That would have been a lot more palatable, as I can't imagine any broadcaster that is truly prepared to switch over would want to delay.

Brian

Was that OTA, or Sat, or Cable?

OTA. If no one else noticed it during Lost maybe its my equipment at fault, it was really pretty obvious. Also the beginning of Scrubs (the 8PM episode) on Tuesday had no center channel audio for a while on Tuesday.

OTA. If no one else noticed it during Lost maybe its my equipment at fault, it was really pretty obvious. Also the beginning of Scrubs (the 8PM episode) on Tuesday had no center channel audio for a while on Tuesday.

I recorded "Lost" on the OTA station but haven't had a chance to view it yet. I'll let you know.

Hey its KOAT! It's not a matter of did anyone notice any problems, it's did anyone NOT notice any problems. Late Commercial HD switches, audio problems are all the norm for KOAT.

I thought the audio was fine cept at points the music sounded like it was a cassette and someone was slowing it down with a finger, or a record player for that matter. I thought it added to the erieness of lost. But it was probably just more of Channel 7s incompetence. They should run for political office.

KWBQ was at least in HD last night. Lets hope it is again for Smallville. Some 5.1 audio would be nice now.

I thought the audio was fine cept at points the music sounded like it was a cassette and someone was slowing it down with a finger, or a record player for that matter. I thought it added to the erieness of lost. But it was probably just more of Channel 7s incompetence. They should run for political office.


Yeah thats exactly what I meant. Maybe I'm just more sensitive to it, but it made the whole show almost unwatchable. I've noticed the same problem here and there on different programs (especially Grey's Anatomy... don't judge me) but its never been as bad as last night.

Its a shame that KOAT has these problems because they have IMO the best looking picture in our market. Maybe the digital switchover will help solve some of KOAT's (and the other stations as well) problems. I hope to god the house doesn't re-vote. Cross your fingers.

I heard Pelosi wants to bring it back for another vote next week. Call our Reps!

Anyone else notice major problems with KOAT's sound tonight?? Lost was hard to watch with the pitch of the music changing all the time. Are they compressing it to add an extra minute of commercials are something? Very very annoying.

Yes, it was very obvious. Who knows what's going on with KOAT?

OTA. If no one else noticed it during Lost maybe its my equipment at fault, it was really pretty obvious. Also the beginning of Scrubs (the 8PM episode) on Tuesday had no center channel audio for a while on Tuesday.

I just watched Lost from last night--OTA recorded on Dish 722--all seemed fine to me.

FWIW

Looks like June 12th will likely be the DTV transition date afterall.:mad:

http://www.multichannel.com/article/162983-Senate_Unanimously_Passes_Second_DTV_Transition_Date_Bill.ph p?rssid=20059

That's why the senate is out of touch of reality, since we are moving from Democracy into Indocracy! "Meaning they are bunch of idiots":mad::p

I guess we are getting tired of endless delays in name of procrastinate......

Broadcaster owners, just get on the program and just shutdown the 1939 era outdated analog signals on 2-17-09 and screw the 6-12-09 shutdown mandate!!:D

1-30-09

Anyone know where in Albuquerque you can get those 3-D glasses for the Super Bowl Ads?

Anyone know where in Albuquerque you can get those 3-D glasses for the Super Bowl Ads?

Look for them in a cardboard display anywhere Sobe Life Water is sold. They come in a 4-pack cardstock sheet. I got mine at the Albertsons at Paseo & Ventura. The 3D Ad will be at the end of the 2nd quarter. You can also use the glasses to watch the all 3D episode of "Chuck" on Monday night. Never saw the program but will at least watch it for the 3D effects.

I actually found them in a stand in Smith's in the Mountain Run shopping center. By the fresh meat department. Thanks.

They were handing out 3d glasses at the SUB at UNM for Monsters vs Aliens clip during the big game. But these were brown/blue glasses. Are these the same as for Chuck?

apparently so as per the commecial during Saturday Night Dull.

I heard Pelosi wants to bring it back for another vote next week. Call our Reps!

I don't know what good that is going to do. All 3 NM Mis-representatives voted to delay the transition and there was a majority of all Mis-representatives that voted for the delay (enough votes to pass the delay when it comes up for a re-vote and doesn't need the 2/3 like the first vote needed).

I am hoping at this point that stations elect to shut off analog as planned rather than wait until June, considering a recent poll on Channel 13 had 35% wanting the delay, 65% ready for the analog shutoff to happen.

Did my PC screw up and record Chuck from analog or did KOB Frak up and not have chuck in HD?

Oh, it was definitely KOB. No HD 3D!!

Is anyone getting the DISH Network Albuquerque HD locals with stronger signal strength?

Supposedly Ciel-2 has gone into service for some things (or will in the next few days) and you should notice the signal strength on the Albuquerque HD locals transponder is stronger and you probably won't have as many glitches as you did with Echostar-5 at that same orbital slot.

now dish needs to add Comedy Central in HD.

It was nice waking up to Fox News in HD on Dish Ch. 205 this morning!

Cool. If Comedy goes HD, I'm completely out of NTSC! I admit to having a man crush on Glenn Beck :)

I was away, but saw the post about SD and ffwd'd and it was SD for about 25 minutes after a dtv crawl...(Super bowl they had the crawl in HD ruining the Star Trek trailer)... nice work KOB...

I was disappointed that KOB-DT, put that dumb ticker on a digital channel they shoud have left it on analog channel....:p

They ruined it, as I was trying to see the Star Trek's trailer movie release date!!

Good to know that you Dfergie, is also a Star Trek fan here too!!:)

2-3-09

It was nice waking up to Fox News in HD on Dish Ch. 205 this morning!

Cool--I hadn't noticed that! Had to add it to favorites, and delete the SD.--Thanks. :)

Any other new channels?

Did my PC screw up and record Chuck from analog or did KOB Frak up and not have chuck in HD?

I sent Sean an email with the subject "Chuck was supposed to be in 3D not SD". It will be interesting to see what the excuse is this time.

It just amazes me that with two weeks to go until "the cutoff", that KOB still can't handle HD right.

Sean has always replied to me, and been very courteous. My email, this time, probably could not be called courteous.

John

My new daughter looks at the DTV transition like this -

http://www.adnm.com/skeptical.jpg

My new daughter looks at the DTV transition like this -

http://www.adnm.com/skeptical.jpg

"C'mon Dad, you don't really think a democrat controlled congress is going to let the DTV Transition happen without getting their fingers in the way? Their plan for a delay stinks like the contents of my diaper."

or

"Oh gawd, keep that analog television away from me!"

Yes I am Tim... :)

Btw... the 3D glasses did not make it to our part of the state... rumor down here is, they stayed in the 505 area ;)

Btw... the 3D glasses did not make it to our part of the state... rumor down here is, they stayed in the 505 area ;)

Send me a SASE, I'll send you a glass if you have something you want to watch with them like a recorded SB or Chuck (I have just one unused glass left over from the 4 pack sheet I grabbed at Smiths).

I may extend the offer if Smith's still has glasses in their display when I go shopping there again in a few days and pick more up to give away if people need them.

you can also buy them online (3dglassesonline.com, I think).

Rumor is Congress is going to vote again today whether to delay the digital transition. Let's hope it fails but I have a suspicion that it will pass.

I watched the 3d commercials with the flaky glasses and was completely underwhelmed, just like the last time they tried it. It will take better technology than this to make an impact, imo.
JR

Is anyone complaining to KOAT about the terrible sound on the background music for their evening programming. I find it hard to enjoy programs on that channel anymore.

Send me a SASE, I'll send you a glass if you have something you want to watch with them like a recorded SB or Chuck (I have just one unused glass left over from the 4 pack sheet I grabbed at Smiths).

I may extend the offer if Smith's still has glasses in their display when I go shopping there again in a few days and pick more up to give away if people need them.

you can also buy them online (3dglassesonline.com, I think).Thanks for the offer :), but I went ahead and watched it last night (tried "Hannah Montana" glasses (sort of worked) & some from CES that didn't) so will likely delete...

try www.3dglassesonline.com for some also.

The only thing I watch on ABC thankfully is Lost. I just think the screwed up audio adds to the erieness of the episodes.

FWIW, Jim Gale's new favorite antenna is the Terk HDTVo Antenna Pro, if anyone asks. It actually works through the bars in our store. Nothing has ever done that before.

Finally comcast has knme in hd on channel 220. Knme did not have hd on for some time now so it really looks great in hd.

We are surrounded by frickin' idiots...

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2340416,00.asp

June it is, assuming Obama signs the delay into the law.

Love the quote from Maxine Waters, fretting that millions would lose there TV signal on 2/17 and not know why.

Puhhhlease! That may be the stupidest comment I have read on the subject. Anyone that dumb should not only not be allowed to vote, but should be barred from congress before they have to vote on something really important..

Anyone that currently owns a TV has been getting inundated with messages about this for weeks if not years. If they don't know about it now, they will never know.

I was happy to read though that stations can go ahead with the switchover on 2/17. I hope they all do.

Brian

Did any of OUR morons vote for it? Has KOAT announced plans to not turn off on the 10th now?

I'd bet they all did. Do we have any common sense representation from New Mexico in Washington? I can't think of anyone.

The stupid thing about this is that the very same people that aren't ready now are going to be the exact same people that aren't ready in 4 or 5 months. These are the people that are waiting purposely til the last minute or are so tuned out they have no idea or understanding of what is going on. It's like giving someone who hasn't paid their electricity bill another 4 months before shutting them off.

FWIW, Jim Gale's new favorite antenna is the Terk HDTVo Antenna Pro, if anyone asks. It actually works through the bars in our store. Nothing has ever done that before.

Hey John, where is your store?

2113 san mateo ne

Watching KOB via Dish Network, the top half of the picture is offset to the right (and sometimes to the left) by a few steps whenever there is movement in the picture. It happens during commercials and also during the program.

Other HD channels via Dish do not exhibit this problem...

2113 san mateo ne

Thanks!

Did any of OUR morons vote for it? Has KOAT announced plans to not turn off on the 10th now?

yep, all five of our donkey's asses (dems) voted for the delay - 2 sens, 3 misrepresentatives.

I don't watch KOAT so I don't know what they are doing. KOB appears to be sticking it out until June according to their story, and KRQE didn't mention what they are doing on the only newscast of theirs I watched tonight.

I would like to see some stations have balls and turn off analog soon (or all get together and turn off analog for a night to try to get procrastinators to get going)

Puhhhlease! That may be the stupidest comment I have read on the subject.

one of the stupidest comments I saw today came from a report about the delay. It was stated the poor would be most affected by the digital television switch, and there was a soundbite from a woman who claims that several jobs are worked to make ends meet. She said she can't afford a $40 converter box. She is the first one I've seen that can't afford a free converter box, because there are some free boxes with coupons now - they all don't have to be $40 if one was on the ball and got things taken care of.

Watching KOB via Dish Network, the top half of the picture is offset to the right (and sometimes to the left) by a few steps whenever there is movement in the picture. It happens during commercials and also during the program.

Other HD channels via Dish do not exhibit this problem...

KOB's pic still offset this morning on the Today Show... looks like the refresh rate of the top half of the picture lags behind that of the bottom half. When there is a cut from one shot to another, the top half briefly displays black, while the bottom half looks normal.

Anyone else seeing this? I assume this is KOB's problem since I'm not seeing it on any other Dish Network HD channels...

KOB's pic still offset this morning on the Today Show... looks like the refresh rate of the top half of the picture lags behind that of the bottom half. When there is a cut from one shot to another, the top half briefly displays black, while the bottom half looks normal.

Anyone else seeing this? I assume this is KOB's problem since I'm not seeing it on any other Dish Network HD channels...

I noticed it also when I played my Dish DVR copy of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno today. I am constantly annoyed at how lazy our local stations are about monitoring their digital signal.

I discovered that the problem I was having with KOB digital was a Dish network problem--the OTA signal doesn't have the problem. So I called Dish to explain the problem to them. In the meantime, if you have Dish and watch KOB digital, tune to the OTA channel, not the satellite signal to avoid this problem.

I hope that our local stations are still going to switch on Feb 17. Based on this:

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?p=1987429#post1987429

they can still switch on the 17th, as long as they say they are going to by the 9th.


John

I hope that our local stations are still going to switch on Feb 17. Based on this:

http://www.dbstalk.com/showthread.php?p=1987429#post1987429

they can still switch on the 17th, as long as they say they are going to by the 9th.


John

IIRC, the morning paper said KOB and KNME were staying analog through June. I don't think other stations stated a position.

I think one of the stations quoted (13 maybe) said that they were actually getting complaints about the continuous PSA's and crawls.

Brian

KOB's pic still offset this morning on the Today Show... looks like the refresh rate of the top half of the picture lags behind that of the bottom half. When there is a cut from one shot to another, the top half briefly displays black, while the bottom half looks normal.

Anyone else seeing this? I assume this is KOB's problem since I'm not seeing it on any other Dish Network HD channels...Its still doing it... send complaints to dishquality@echostar.com

You know, all they'd have to do is stop broadcasting TV and put up an advisory for one week that explains why there is no TV and what to do about it. Problem solved.

I sent Sean an email with the subject "Chuck was supposed to be in 3D not SD". It will be interesting to see what the excuse is this time.

It just amazes me that with two weeks to go until "the cutoff", that KOB still can't handle HD right.

Sean has always replied to me, and been very courteous. My email, this time, probably could not be called courteous.

John
Sean got back with me. He said they will have all of their message in HD soon, which will eliminate the need for them to switch from HD->SD->HD.

John

Sean got back with me. He said they will have all of their message in HD soon, which will eliminate the need for them to switch from HD->SD->HD.

John

That's great news but I wonder how soon is "soon"?

hey! New to avs, well been lurking for a while, but thought I'd join in.

Anyways, anyone with comcast here know if they'll let you use third party boxes?

Seems to me like every station that can broadcast digital and analog ought to run infomercials about the digital transition on their analog broadcast and carry the regular programming on digital. Anyone who is living in a cave and doesn't know would figure it out right quick. Do that for a few weeks or whatever and then shut down the analog. Probably makes too much sense though. :)

IIRC, the morning paper said KOB and KNME were staying analog through June. I don't think other stations stated a position.



Saturday's Journal had another update. It appears KOBF is going to be the history maker in New Mexico to shut off the analog. According to the quick brief, transmitter problems are behind KOBF going digital on Feb 17.

The story confirmed KOB's network of stations (except for Farmington area) will stay analog until June -- and a good thing since the digital transmitter glitches on KOB-DT have returned. I'm getting about 5 seconds or so of "no signal" about once every 2-3 hours over the last few days, including during the sports segment on the Saturday 6pm news about A-Fraud that I missed because the story was being delivered during the outage. Time to hit the AP wires to find out what's up with A-Fraud off the field.

KOAT will remain in analog until June, too.

btw, friday's story was funny. Makes you wonder who is working in the newspaper newsroom to not get a name right. Sean Anker was "Sean Anchor" in the article. There were also two "anderson"s referenced (Bill at KRQE and Polly at KNME) and if you aren't paying attention or know better, there is a Anderson reference that might not know which one is being referred to. First names should have been repeated, IMHO, for a properly written article because of the two Andersons.

Seems to me like every station that can broadcast digital and analog ought to run infomercials about the digital transition on their analog broadcast and carry the regular programming on digital.

a few pages of this thread back, it was stated the crawl on both analog and digital is a requirement.

Yes, I concur the crawl should be analog only, because if you are watching the digital, you are already good to go.

You know, all they'd have to do is stop broadcasting TV and put up an advisory for one week that explains why there is no TV and what to do about it. Problem solved.

I'd like to see KRQE shut off their analog transmitter in prime time on Feb 8th, so it can truly be "the night the music died" for those who are unprepared.

@lujan, kob and crawls in HD - "soon" probably means June. :D

Is anyone complaining to KOAT about the terrible sound on the background music for their evening programming. I find it hard to enjoy programs on that channel anymore.

I think this is a case of needing patience. ABC is changing their satellite distribution system from using older digital sat receivers to newer state of the art sat receivers and the audio problem could be related to the change. The audio channel config and levels from pre-change might not match those post-change and KOAT has yet to get it fixed in their plant).

So, WTF happened on KASA with the NASCAR SHoot-out last nigh?

About 6 laps to go, and the picture started pixelating. It got progressively worse and become completely unwatchable, then KASA put up a "Technical Difficulties" screen. After that, they went to some sort of SD paid programming.

I don't think they actually showed the end of the race.

The transition is years in the making, has ten days to go....... and its not just Grandma that is not ready.

Brian

EDIT: Per the main AVS HDTV Programming forum, it looks like other cities had some issues as well, which would suggest something on the Fox and of things.

I think this is a case of needing patience. ABC is changing their satellite distribution system from using older digital sat receivers to newer state of the art sat receivers and the audio problem could be related to the change. The audio channel config and levels from pre-change might not match those post-change and KOAT has yet to get it fixed in their plant).

I didn't notice any audio problems with "Lost" this week. They must have been corrected.

So, WTF happened on KASA with the NASCAR SHoot-out last nigh?

About 6 laps to go, and the picture started pixelating. It got progressively worse and become completely unwatchable, then KASA put up a "Technical Difficulties" screen. After that, they went to some sort of SD paid programming.

I don't think they actually showed the end of the race.

I was watching from Dish when this happened checked SD and it was gone also... I knew Jr was out so didn't go to the livingroom to check my SD Directv distants...

I am wondering, that KASA-DT and KRQE-DT's website might stick to analog shutdown date on 2-17-09 or they haven't update the website?

They kept showing the countdown clock to 2-17-09.:D

Also I just watched KWBQ-TV and still showing 2-17-09 ticker scrolling across the screen, and may be the same thing for KASY-TV as well too....

Any other reports that you heard please post it here..... Thanks!!

2-08-09

http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/dtv_delay_act/

Obama's finally fulfilling his promise of transparency and is asking for Public Comments before he signs the DTV delay bill. Let them know we don't want this delayed.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing_room/dtv_delay_act/

Obama's finally fulfilling his promise of transparency and is asking for Public Comments before he signs the DTV delay bill. Let them know we don't want this delayed.

Done, but as in the porkulus bill, I think he's just going to ignore public comment and do whatever he wants.

Done, but as in the porkulus bill, I think he's just going to ignore public comment and do whatever he wants.


My response:

"Please do not postpone the digital transition date.
The less people you can brainwash, the better."

So far, that's I know that our local stations, will stay analog till June 12th listed here are...... But you never know they might change their mind!:D

KASA-TV, KOB-TV, KNME-TV, KOAT-TV, KCHF-TV?, KRQE-TV, KTFQ-TV, KWBQ-TV, KNAT-TV will go off the air on 2-17-09, KAZQ-TV?, KLUZ-TV, KTEL-LP and KASY-TV.

Just remember this is NOT a final report!!

There will be more news update as time goes on....:)

2-09-09

Does anyone know what may be the problem? I helped my brother install an antenna for my Mom a couple of months ago. It's a WINEGARD HD7210 PLATINUM antenna and the converter box gets all of the stations except My50 every time I do a channel scan. My Mom likes to watch 50 so she isn't too happy and is using some rabbit ears on the analog station to get 50. Anyone know why it's so difficult to get this station living in Albuquerque and using a good outdoor antenna?

Lujan -

I ran your situation by our engineers and received the following reply...

Ch 50.1 ( UHF Ch 45) is transmitting from an antenna elevation of 4400 ft. above average surface elevation and has a 41 dBuV contour of 120 miles. This is a mountain top facility and the potential for very strong signal reflections is high within the near-field of the broadcast antenna. I would consider this near-field in this case. So, there is a good possibility that the received DTV signal level may be beyond the input allowed by the DTV converter or reflected DTV that is beyond the decoding range of the customer's DTV converter.

It would advisable to try a 6 dB signal attenuator and different antenna positions to lock in the signal. If these fail, before attempting other antenna adjustments, perhaps the customer can borrow a DTV converter from someone that is successfully receiving Ch 50.1 and test it with the HD7210 antenna.

Lujan -

I ran your situation by our engineers and received the following reply...

Ch 50.1 ( UHF Ch 45) is transmitting from an antenna elevation of 4400 ft. above average surface elevation and has a 41 dBuV contour of 120 miles. This is a mountain top facility and the potential for very strong signal reflections is high within the near-field of the broadcast antenna. I would consider this near-field in this case. So, there is a good possibility that the received DTV signal level may be beyond the input allowed by the DTV converter or reflected DTV that is beyond the decoding range of the customer's DTV converter.

It would advisable to try a 6 dB signal attenuator and different antenna positions to lock in the signal. If these fail, before attempting other antenna adjustments, perhaps the customer can borrow a DTV converter from someone that is successfully receiving Ch 50.1 and test it with the HD7210 antenna.

Thanks Andy, we have tried using rabbit ears as well and 50 won't come in either so I might try the 6 dB attenuator.

Well boys and girls,

According to FCC's database website, showing in the Albuquerque metro areas 100% of our full power analog TV stations will stay analog till June 12 2009!!:mad:

What a waste of time and money by just foot dragging......:p

And we still haven't heard the our new president has passed a bill or not?

So we don't know which way we are going, go figure huh?:(

2-10-09

John H. has updated the uplink report showing our DMA on Ciel 2.... Here (http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-uplink-center/164572-2-11-2009-am-uplink-stand-report-67-changes.html)

John H. has updated the uplink report showing our DMA on Ciel 2.... Here (http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-uplink-center/164572-2-11-2009-am-uplink-stand-report-67-changes.html)

Is that why I noticed pixalation on "Heroes" for the first time? I recorded it on 6326.

Actually the change was early this morning so now hopefully Ciel2 will me much better for us...

Well boys and girls,

According to FCC's database website, showing in the Albuquerque metro areas 100% of our full power analog TV stations will stay analog till June 12 2009!!:mad:

What a waste of time and money by just foot dragging......:p

It's signed... thus insuring 4 more months of annoying crawls...

John H. has updated the uplink report showing our DMA on Ciel 2.... Here (http://www.satelliteguys.us/dish-network-uplink-center/164572-2-11-2009-am-uplink-stand-report-67-changes.html)

Anyone notice the signal has increased significantly with the new satellite. I'm now getting a 85 signal on 129.

Still getting yellow screens on Kob...

I just found out, the KNAT-TV channel 23 "REL" has a analog transmitter's problem and running about 20% of power.:eek:

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101290008&formid=911&fac_num=993

So there's a good chances, that's they will shut down on 2-17-09 after all....:)

Other than that not much else is going on.

Now back to TV DXing.....:D

2-16-09

lol. better to scrap it than fix it at this point.

I just found out, the KNAT-TV channel 23 "REL" has a analog transmitter's problem and running about 20% of power.:eek:



saves money on the PNM bills. ;)

analog is still going, albeit a little weakish, even up here in the far NE heights.

how's the KOBF transition going? I haven't heard about a lot of outrage in Farmington, but it could be that KOB is not reporting on their news what the sentiment is, whether there was a lot of prepared people or if there truly is a lot of anger and outrage that KOBF pulled the plug as soon as they could.

Anyone have current contact info for KOB? Is sanker@kobtv.com still a good address? I want to contact them to make sure they don't do what they did last Friday, and show Conan in SD tonight. Since it is his last show I would really like to watch it in HD. If anyone else is worried about it I would encourage you to contact KOB as well today.

I just noted that KAZQ-DT's PSIP has gone screwy, or they are trying to add 3rd new subchannel.

It goes like this.......

17.3, "Little error on my part it's should be 17.3 not 17.1" get past KNAT-DT's, signal 23.1 till you get to KAZQ-DT' remapped channels 32.1 and 32.2, so anyway I will keep eye on this weird PSIP issue for time being.....:D

If you happen to see any new changes, please posted here!!:)

That's the news!!

2-22-09

Has anyone been having problems with KOB? Watching heroes and other shows lately theyve been having problems with audio. Last night during Heroes there was no audio during the commercials, and occasionally a big yellow screen during the show.

I think it would be best at this point for our stations to concentrate on their digital channels and surrender their analog stations now while they have a chance.

Didn't notice anything on Heroes, but it was on my Tivo so I zapped the commercials. Recording was OTA.
JR

Has anyone been having problems with KOB? Watching heroes and other shows lately theyve been having problems with audio. Last night during Heroes there was no audio during the commercials, and occasionally a big yellow screen during the show.

I think it would be best at this point for our stations to concentrate on their digital channels and surrender their analog stations now while they have a chance.

Yes, even though my signal strength is over 90, my 622 still gets pixilation on KOB OTA. Don't know why? It's just been happening lately.

[QUOTE=bigglare;15899769]Has anyone been having problems with KOB? Watching heroes and other shows lately theyve been having problems with audio. Last night during Heroes there was no audio during the commercials, and occasionally a big yellow screen during the show.

I have routinely seen this with my 622 and KOB also. I have been trying to find out if it was from OTA or the SAT locals. Looks to be the Sat Locals and not ota at this point.

Glad to know it's not just me

Spawnman

I'm getting it too, with a 722 on KOB, satellite locals, not sure about OTA.

I was OTA with my 622 during the biggest looser (which I felt like watching it with the Mrs.) when KOB lost all audio altogether.

Is anyone else having problems with KRQE's OTA digital signal? I've been getting a 0 signal since last night.

I just tried both the OTA station (013.01) and the satellite station (6325) and they're both coming in fine. The OTA station is coming in at 76% signal.

No problems with KOB-DT OTA, here too..... The signal strenth is in the 90 % percent.:)

2-26-09

No problems with KOB-DT OTA, here too..... The signal strenth is in the 90 % percent.:)

2-26-09

KOB is fine except for the dump their transmitter takes at least once an hour if not more.

It's really annoying trying to watch the Office and it dumps 3 times (last week) or at least twice this week. I'm to the point I'll probably quit wasting my time giving KOB my eyeballs for that show and go watch it on NBC.COM with no issues.

It's annoying to watch the noon news and a story about some children's show host on CBeeBies missing part of one of her arms due to a birth defect and the transmitter takes a dump and you miss some of the story.

Thank goodness the digital deadline was extended to June 12th because KOB Albuquerque is not ready. Just imagine if digital was the only option - does KOB realize they might lose viewers because their channel is annoying to watch with all the dumps?

KRQE is mostly fine, just odd. I'm sitting there like on a Monday with the comedy block and it'll be fine for Big Bang Theory and HIMYM, but then starts to pixelate and break up for 2 1/2 Men and Worst Week for no good apparent reason. I don't know what the heck goes on unless Frank quits feeding the hamsters in the 8 o'clock hour and the power goes down (or if there is some weird atmospherics that affect the signal - I'm 5 miles as the crow flies from the transmitter so it's not like I"m that far away from it).

KRQE has been fine the rare time I've watched in the last two days, so I'm not getting a 0 signal strength on it.

Monday Night was another screw up with KKOB's audio during commercials. I missed that great Watchmen trailer too.

letterman started in HD for about 5 seconds and then jumped to SD and jumped ahead about 2 minutes right into the monologue. What is the deal KRQE?!!!

KRQE was also annoying last night with the Dtv Crawl,(Thanks Congress) then the crawl where they went SD about the Swat team surrounding a residence(turned out the guy wasn't even there)... no offense to the Albuquerque folks but other parts of the state could care less... we need "clean" feeds to satellite and for those receiving the Albuquerque channels in other parts of the state via translator stations... (or a national feed ;))

no offense to the Albuquerque folks but other parts of the state could care less... we need "clean" feeds to satellite and for those receiving the Albuquerque channels in other parts of the state via translator stations... (or a national feed ;))

Well no offense to the rest of the state, but we here in Albuquerque could care less about all the weather warnings we get for some county in the middle of nowhere.... it goes two ways. But in all honesty, the local affiliate system is out-dated, and is being protected for the simple reason that if they weren't they would lose money.

I don't see how they serve any meaningful purpose anymore. They have virtually no locally originated content except a news segment that essentially repeats itself several times a day. The emergency, or breaking news stories that flash across the screen now do no good for a large percentage of people, because they are often not watching the local channels or if they are, then with a time delay.

Well no offense to the rest of the state, but we here in Albuquerque could care less about all the weather warnings we get for some county in the middle of nowhere.... it goes two ways. But in all honesty, the local affiliate system is out-dated, and is being protected for the simple reason that if they weren't they would lose money.

I don't see how they serve any meaningful purpose anymore. They have virtually no locally originated content except a news segment that essentially repeats itself several times a day. The emergency, or breaking news stories that flash across the screen now do no good for a large percentage of people, because they are often not watching the local channels or if they are, then with a time delay.Agreed, the affiliate and DMA system is way out of date/whack... our locals here should be El Paso 150 miles away, Lubbock or Odessa/Midland 180 miles away, we have much more in common with them climate wise and that's where we shop or go for advanced medical treatment...

anyone having problems with KOB feed and frequent audio drop outs? I have noticed on my last two recordings of Late Night. Not sure if it is happening live or only on my recordings on my dish 622. The audio drop outs are sometimes accompanied by some pixelation.

anyone having problems with KOB feed and frequent audio drop outs?

wednesday night's fallon was the only show I had issues with frequent audio dropouts. It was so annoying I was thinking censors were trying to cut out of a lot of stuff that shouldn't go out over the air. I watch KOB off-air, btw.

the rest of the fallon shows have been fairly normal. My biggest thing still is the KOB transmitter going off the air for a few seconds at a time, but that has decreased in frequency lately. the Office was actually watchable this week - only one dump that I noticed.

Ive been having problems with KOB for a couple weeks now with my 622. I think theres a problem on DISH's end now. There was no audio during commercials during heroes the last two weeks. Biggest loser had no audio at all. Seems whether Im watching 4 through the 622's sat feed or OTA module the problem persists. But if I switch the the TVs tuner 4 comes in fine ota.

I guess its time to call DISH to bitch some more. I have a VIP211 that doesnt have any problems with kob. It seems to be just the 622 so far.

But Hey I saw that FSN Rocky Mountain is going full time HD! http://www.engadgethd.com/2009/03/06/fsn-northwest-pittsburgh-and-rocky-mountain-networks-switch-to-fu/

I watch Heroes on Dish VIP 722--via the Sat feed. Audio was fine on commercials. I think there was one yellow screen dropout last week, though I can't remember for sure.

But no audio dropouts on commercials. I guess I could have missed some, since I FF through most of them.

But Hey I saw that FSN Rocky Mountain is going full time HD!

FSN NW and PITT, too. The wonders of Liberty Sports taking over those channels and getting 'r done. :D

The rest of the major FSN's are ssssllllooowwwllllyyyy rolling out to 24/7 HD format with a supposed promise to be full time HD by the end of the year.

getting cable and satellite to carry those HD channels (other than just evenings/weekends for live sports) is the big hurdle.

Yeah, and how 'bout some flippin' Lobos on something other than the Mountain, which you can't even get if you live in, ironically, "The mountains."

Speaking of which, will the Mt West tournament be on TV?

Yeah, and how 'bout some flippin' Lobos on something other than the Mountain, which you can't even get if you live in, ironically, "The mountains."

Speaking of which, will the Mt West tournament be on TV?

Yeah... on the Mountain. Championship game will be on Versus.

I really wish they'd make an effort to get some road games back on KRQE or KASY. Also, maybe invest a few bucks in some new cameras/equipment. I've seen video from cell phones that looks almost as good as the Mountain.

Is Versus on Dish? What channel?

Thanks.

Is Versus on Dish? What channel?

Thanks.
151 or 9466...

VS is on Classic Gold 250 and Gold HD channel 151. Also on HD Absolute same channel.

Thanks, guys.

Mountain HD on Comcast ch.247! Just in time for the tourney!

But will the game actually BE in HD?

I will have to look up, to see Mountain HD will broadcast the Lobos game in HD or not here on Directv........:cool:

3-10-09

Well here's the informations, from the Mountian west channel's website!!:)

http://www.themtn.tv/mtn/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=325&Itemid=342

Still no news on Directv on carry a HD feed.

Hopes that helps out for you Lobos fans out there!!:D

3-10-09

More news update.....

KTFQ-TV channel 14, has asked the FCC for reducing the transmit analog power to 2.5 MW by using STA mode.

http://fjallfoss.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/cdbsmenu.hts?context=25&appn=101298792&formid=911&fac_num=57220

That's about it!!:)

3-10-09

But will the game actually BE in HD?

the whole men's Mountain West tournament rounds will be in HD on the Mountain and on VS or CBS CCN, depending on who is partnering on the telecast with the Mtn.

I'd expect DIRECTV to have the HD channel - they did for the single day Mountain HD was used in November.

@lobosrul - Mountain SD doesn't look too bad in its most purest form - from the network to the cable headends (your provider must be really putting the squeeze on bandwidth if it's as bad as cell phone video). As for KRQE or KASY having more Lobo road games, don't bet on it. The Mtn. would rather have you watching non-Lobo games from them or Versus or CBS CCN than watching the Lobos
here on off-air TV - as witnessed by all the denying of local broadcast rights requests of Lobo games not carried by any of those three networks. We're lucky to get as few non-conference games as we got on KASY this past season.

Dish shows all games in HD according to their schedule, on 152.

Go Lobos!

Great news on the games being in HD. Anyone know what channel it will be on Comcast?

uh...Mountain HD on Comcast ch.247! Just in time for the tourney!

Glad to see Directv is now carrying the Mountian HD channel!! Now I am ready for a good Lobos games!!!:)

Minor news......

KAZQ-DT has fixed their PSIP, and the 3rd new sub channel now carrying KTVS-LP analog channel 36 on ch. 32.3.

That's the news!!

3-12-09

Dish shows all games in HD according to their schedule, on 152.

Go Lobos!

and for those that are DISH SD only, ch 152 (CBS CCN) is in free preview until April - so you can watch the mountain west tournament games that simulcast on the mtn. and on CBS CCN.

BTW, what's up with mtn. master control? the games are in HD, the highlights on the postgame show were in 4:3. I wonder why they can't create highlights in 16:9 HD from the inbound feed they take to air.

mtn. hd was pretty sweet today with the four games, too bad the lobo men weren't. NIT for them.

Well here's the latest news on analog shutdown date.....:)

KASA-TV, Will shut off analog signal on 6-12-09 at 12 AM to 6 AM

KOB-TV, Will shut off programmings on 6-12-09 at 6 PM to 11:59 PM and will go night light and then shut off analog on 6-30-09.

KNME-TV, Will shut off analog on 6-12-09 at 12 PM to 6 PM.

KOAT-TV, Will shut off analog on 6-12-09 at 6 PM to 11:59 PM.

KCHF-TV, Will shut of analog on 6-12-09 at 6:01 PM to 11:59 PM.

KRQE-TV, Will shut off analog on 6-12-09 at 12 AM to 6 AM.

KTFQ-TV, Will shut off analog on 6-12-09 at 6 to 11:59 PM.

KWBQ-TV, Will shut off analog on 6-12-09 at 6:01 AM to 12 PM.

KNAT-TV, Will shut of analog on 4-15-09 at 6:01 PM to 11:59 PM.

KAZQ-TV, Have not seen any reports to the FCC yet....

KLUZ-TV, Will shut off analog on 6-12-09 at 6:01 PM to 11:59 PM.

KASY-TV, Will shut off programmings on 6-12-09 at 6:01 AM to 11:59PM and will run a night light till it's shut off analog on 6-26-09.

It's look like KAZQ-TV might get trouble with the FCC for not sending it's report on time, since it's past 5 PM deadline EST today!!:eek:

As for the low power stations they can stay analog till 2010 or sooner.

That's the news!!:D

3-17-09

Is there anything going on with KRQE's signal the last few days? I'm getting near perfect signal strength for all the other stations, but KRQE is dropping in and out on a regular basis for about a week now.

Is there anything going on with KRQE's signal the last few days? I'm getting near perfect signal strength for all the other stations, but KRQE is dropping in and out on a regular basis for about a week now.

I'd say it's always been screwy with KRQE's digital signal. I'm 5-6 miles from the transmitter as the crow flies and KRQE has always been my worst digital signal. It's fine sometimes, it's breaking up or gone other times and it makes no rhyme or reason why. Even for the Monday comedy block, the first hour will be fine and then it starts breaking up in the 8 o'clock hour and it makes no sense to me unless Frank is adjusting the transmitter levels occasionally or if there is some weird atmospherics (or the wind) going on that affects strength/coverage.

I hope the signal is much more stable and good when they go to VHF 13 in June.

As I type this, KRQE's digital signal is gone or my tv reports "no signal" after having break ups for a few minutes before that. Thank goodness there is analog or the big backyard dish to fall back on for the tournament coverage.

I've seen no problems with KRQE's signal up here in La Mesilla (60 miles north of the peak) so it may be a local atmospheric thing.

.....G

KAZQ-TV has finally filed their report, to the FCC and they will shut down analog signal on 6-12-09 at 12:01 PM to 6:00 PM.

I wonder will the FCC accept the late report?:p:eek:

3-20-09

New Comcast HD channels: (for what it's worth)

169 Lifetime Movies HD
171 Biography HD
174 Planet Green HD
226 Spike HD
244 Nickelodeon HD
247 Lifetime HD
265 MLB HD

3 hours later...Now I am at work and am hearing that those channels disappeared from the line up. Must have been a test...oh well.

they were just giving you a free preview of what they may end up charging you extra for sometime into the future.

I'd say it's always been screwy with KRQE's digital signal. I'm 5-6 miles from the transmitter as the crow flies and KRQE has always been my worst digital signal. It's fine sometimes, it's breaking up or gone other times and it makes no rhyme or reason why. Even for the Monday comedy block, the first hour will be fine and then it starts breaking up in the 8 o'clock hour and it makes no sense to me unless Frank is adjusting the transmitter levels occasionally or if there is some weird atmospherics (or the wind) going on that affects strength/coverage.

I hope the signal is much more stable and good when they go to VHF 13 in June.

As I type this, KRQE's digital signal is gone or my tv reports "no signal" after having break ups for a few minutes before that. Thank goodness there is analog or the big backyard dish to fall back on for the tournament coverage.

I have been having problems receiving some of the basketball games lately. I am not sure if the problem is mine or not. Does anyone know if a different antenna would work better?

There one that I think it's maybe causing the problem, it's the winds that we been getting for a fews days now.

The winds on the crest, might cause the TV towers to sway and causing the KRQE-DT's picture to break up.

Or it might be your tree waving around thanks to the winds?;)

I am sure that winds will go away sooner the better......:)

3-30-09

Interesting that KRQE has been fine up here in Espanola. Must be just local ABQ problem. My antenna is pointed at the crest.

.....G

I have been having problems receiving some of the basketball games lately. I am not sure if the problem is mine or not. Does anyone know if a different antenna would work better?

What are you using now? Outdoor is always better.
JR

It appears those HD channels Comcast teased me with last week are back. Now I guess I'll wait and see on next months bill... Though it never surprises me when the rates go up.

Anyone else having audio problems with KOB and KNME? They seem to lose their 5.1 audio off and on. KOB seems to be without any audio at all during Biggest Loser again. I thought it was just through my Dish-622 but I put the TV tuner on and I had audio from the TV speakers but not from the Digital audio.

What are you using now? Outdoor is always better.
JR
I am using an outdoor antenna mounted on the roof pointed at the crest. However, I do have a tree in the vinicity that may be causing some of the issues due to wind, but I seem to notice it when the clouds and rain come more.

Has anyone had issues with KRQE OTA and solved it?

Has anyone had issues with KRQE OTA and solved it?

Indoor/outdoor antennas, and I still have occasional problems with KRQE-DT. I'm just putting notches on my HDTV set, counting down the days to when KRQE shuts off analog and goes to 13 and hopefully things will work out down on 13 rather than up on 16. If not, tough ____ for KRQE since there won't be analog for me to tune in when DT starts goes screwy with video breakups.

...

Has anyone had issues with KRQE OTA and solved it?

I have issues with KRQE when there is a lot of snow on the crest. I think it's because the signal is pretty low in comparison to the other local stations. There's no way for me to solve it and will only be solved when/if they increase their signal strength.

Anyone else having audio problems with KOB and KNME? They seem to lose their 5.1 audio off and on. KOB seems to be without any audio at all during Biggest Loser again. I thought it was just through my Dish-622 but I put the TV tuner on and I had audio from the TV speakers but not from the Digital audio.

Just put in a new rooftop antenna 4 days ago..5 miles from the antennas. All stations come in great 95-100%, except KOB... usually 45-55%...today dropping out complelely.. Anyone elst??

Problem with KOBs audio still around this week for biggest loser. No audio through the entire show. Yet all the other channels seemed fine. Anyone else with similar issues at all?