Montgomery, AL - HDTV - Page 51

Maps are up!

I say that I do perfer the WSFA weather map over the WAKA map. It seems the stations like to put their logo in the space where the Florida panhandle is. And, since the WSFA logo is not as tall as the WAKA logo, the map of AL doesn't protrude into the screen real estate as much. Plus, WSFA grounds their logo at the very bottom of the screen. WAKA gives up a bit of space at the bottom before starting the whole mess.

Of course, if we were voting, WNCF and WCOV win hands down. No maps!

Ch4 Dothan has NO maps up, Ch32 Has NO maps up, Only Ch12 and Ch 8 both Analog and Digital. Tonight Im watching Ch4 screw Ch12.
Meanwhile Im am Sitting at my Window WATCHING for the Tstorm. Isnt that what werew supposed to do? Its a Tstorm Watch. I can understand Tornado Warning, Hurrican Warning but a Thunderstorme WATCH? Since when is a Thunderstorm Watch important?

Sorry Ch 32 Just scrolled a banner and killed the Sound on the nEWS to tell us there is a Tstorme Watch. I guess we cant read and listen at the same time but at least no maps. The must not be able to afford the graphics generator.

C.S.I. in HD has no maps. Woo Hoo! I wonder if the HD with optional map technology costs a good deal of money. I'm sure if they could put maps on the HD, they would.

Shut your mouth. I have been watching Ch4.1 HD no maps their all night. I bet it doesnt even rain tonight. Maby thats why its a Tstorm watch. Watch and see if it rains. Wooppiiee

Yes..it costs an additional +$50k to do that. But don't fret, it's coming..once one station puts it on over the HD, the others will follow suit. Depsite what we engineers want or recommend. So enjoy it while you can.

But no plan anytime soon for WAKA..of course that may change if the weathergeek
ever gets HDTV..

Thanks! I thought money might be the reason.

Would you guys like to create a home theater club?

BUT not on the HD feed, which begins at 8:00. 4 would have had em up, but the
watch/warn counties were out of their coverage area. I spoke with the WAKA meteorologists and told them NOT to break in to the HD with a "special report"...
not to be confused with the graphics.... one of those "special reports" can go on and on and completely block out the program. BTW, did it even rain last night??????????????

Yes Mark, it did. Here in Charlotte, that is..

Wetumpka had a nice rain.

Hot off the Press Montgomery Alabama E* customers and potental DBS customers.

With the Deployment of Echo X comming in mid April all Montgomery SD locals will be moving from the 105 slot to the 110 slot.
This means all SD E* channels can be received with a Dish 500.

Since the Super Dish can be ellimnated this should mean all HD channels can be received with a Dish 1000.
Dish 1000 sees 110, 119, and 129. All 61.5 HD channels are also on 129 so A super dish, dish 300 and a DPP44 switch can be ellimnated and just a Dish 1000 installed cleaning up your satellite farms.

Is it just me or does the HD signal from WCOV FOX cut in and out about once every 20 seconds?

Must be you. Rock solid at my house.

Was not just you..same at my house..but watchable.

I thought so, I watched the signal level fluctuate the whole day. About once every 20 or 30 seconds it would dip down to the point where the picture would pixelate for about half a second. But, like you said, it was still watchable.

I wanted to check with everybody to make sure that, for some reason, my receiver started acting up. I'm sure it hadn't because all the other channels come in fine.

I'm over on Vaughn Rd between the E. BLVD and Bell Rd. The signal from WCOV is usually awesome. However, as luck would have it, it started to deteriorate as soon as NASCAR started! ha ha

Brings back memories of WSFA and their substandard broadcast of NASCAR all of last year!

Shon, try a rescan during FOX network programming the next time you see this, that may take care of it.
There is some information there at that time that isn't preset during local time which tends to affect some receivers.

The problem was also present on Knology's cable feed of the race.

Guess that gives Phil a starting place..

Any complaints on WAKA on Cable?

WAKA is A OK...Speaking of WAKA I wish they would broadcast different BB games on analog and HD during the NCAA March Madness.

I think we discussed that issue before during football season. The answer we got was that the stations are tied down contractually and cannot broadcast two different games, even though they do have the HD and SD feed. But, they can speak for themselves.

Appreciate the response and confirmation of the WCOV problem. Hopefully Phil can get the bug worked out for the next race! Gotta love HD sports! :-)

Yes..we are NOT free to pick and choose which games we carry where. It doesn't work that way.

I just tuned in to WCOV FOX's 20-1 (HD) and 20-2 (SD) over-the-air signal. Both are suffering from severe signal fluctuation resulting in even more dropouts and pixelation than this past Sunday during NASCAR. The broadcast was "watchable" on Sunday. Now it is nearing the "unwatchable" limits.

I took bdfox's advice and deleted all channels and rescanned. It didn't help. I am almost 100% certain the problem resides on the station's end. The other four HD stations come in fine with zero dropouts....currently. And, I have done nothing to disturb my setup, FOX was working fine about two weeks ago, now it is awful.

If anybody has any advice, I'd be happy to hear it!

P.S. Isn't it typical. We talked about WSFA's inability to broadcast a good consistent NASCAR race and couldn't wait for it to move to FOX. Now, FOX is screwed up. :-)

What sort of antenna setup do you have there? I was watching at the time of your post and it was fine here. I have the el-cheapo Radio Shack yagi at 20ft above ground, with about 40ft. of feedline. You know, we've had a lot of high winds lately. Have you checked the orientation of the antenna?

Phil, what version code is in splicer?

And Shon, what receiver are you using again?

I have an even more el-cheapo setup. I have the Samsung SIR-T451 receiver and an indoor TERK HDTVi Antenna Pro. Both have worked great for the 9 or 10 months that I have them. Like I said, FOX came in great till last Sunday when the cutting in and out started. I didn't watch anything from then till last night and the behavior was the same. It got really bad about 8:30 last night, I just switched over to the regular cable feed.

The other channels, WAKA, WSFA, and WNCF come in fine. I played around with the direction and placement, and got the same result.

thanks

2.0b12, of course.

Shon's problem is probably the trees beginning to leaf out. At this time it is not possible to get reliable reception on WCOV with an indoor antenna.

Plus a Samsung Receiver.. :<(

And yes, with an indoor antenna, all bets are off. Could be a change electrically in the house causing interference as well.

I have one of those Samsung receivers at work. It even gets Ch. 55!

Got rid of all of ours but one...

Help me understand this. Per antennaweb.org, the distance to the WCOV transmitter is about 4.5 miles. The distance to WAKA is about 36 miles. (I don't know if this data is reliable.) I can receive WAKA with the meter pegged to full strength, yet the closer station, WCOV, experiences signal fluctuation due to budding trees? This was not a problem last summer when the trees were in full-bloom.

I know an indoor antenna is not an optimum setup. The truth is that I bought the whole setup as an interim solution till the cable company started to carry all the HD signals. As of now, WCOV is the only one not carried on cable. So, I have to rely on the OTA signal.

Anyway, back to the issue. I guess I can see your point that trees and electrical interference could be causing the problem. But, I can not understand how this was not a problem before Sunday, specifically last summer. Plus, I can not understand how a station further away comes in stronger than the closer station.

Thanks again for y'all help! I'm learning!