Posts by lost_mesa

Quote:Originally Posted by N5XZS  Lastly any idea on what happen to KQDF-LP, ch. 25 analog it's been off the air for few years now? 1-25-13 The FCC database used to list a construction permit for them to switch to digital on...

Thanks for the heads up on K43HW. They are putting a good, if uninteresting signal into Los Alamos. I was never able to get even a hint of their analog signal from the West Mesa transmitter site.

Quote: Originally Posted by Calaveras The ducting situation is much different here in the west than it is in most of the east. We have lots of high mountain ranges and those break up ducts. Those multi hundred mile ducts are mostly...

From Oakland I have received KSBY 6 San Luis Obispo, KCOY 12 Santa Maria, and possibly KEYT 3 Santa Barbara, but I didn't get an ID on that one. This was before the digital transition. As was pointed out, co-channel issues would make...

Quote: Originally Posted by Calaveras According to Wikipedia it was KSAN from 1954-1958, and then off the air until 1968 when it relaunched as KNEW. Chuck KSAN 32 returned to the air in the 1960's. They were rebroadcasting KICU 43...

Thanks for the heads up. The signal is at about 75% here in the Jemez Mtns. Much better than their very snowy analog (about P2) signal on channel 30. Not that I need the new channel, living just 4 miles from the KCHF-DT channel 10 tower....

I saw some Es for just a few minutes last night around 5 pm on ch 2. A bit of a puzzle as the heading was SSE, but the programing was all in English. A cartoon and some PSAs. I've seen stations from Mexico on channels 2 and 3 quite a...

While I agree that the FCC coverage maps are a joke, I have received KNMD in both Santa Fe and the White Rock area with just a simple dipole. The key was that the antenna was outdoors, literally line of sight to the Crest, and I used a...

No luck with KFAC-LD here in the Jemez Mountains, about 4 miles west of the KCHF transmitter site. They do tickle the signal strength meter on my Zenith DTT901 box, but it can't get a lock. Time to get a bigger antenna! Their antenna...