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Can anyone in the Berkshires receive rf 19 at JP?

Sorry not in the berkshires.
Anyone else having issues with 45's signal fluctuating, causing drop outs?
Had no signal Monday night, it has steadly improved.
Now it is rock solid and then just starts drifting up and down maddly.
??

I have been out of town for a bit. I will check on it later tonight.

I still am unable to get more than 1 bar of signal (out of 10) from the Jiminy transmitter. I am line of sight 1 mile from transmitter. When it first went live i was getting 6 or 7 bars steady.

Unrelated to that, did anyone notice that the dialogue channel on Sunday's Giants - 49ers game on WXXA was very low relative to the broadcast? While watching the G-Men put a punding on San Fran I had to turn my sound system volume up much higher than I have it on most 5.1 TV programming. I don't recall having to do this with other games.

When I moved my antenna a couple of months ago 43 had started to come in steady. This weekend I had issues with it and turned to satellite to watch it instead od OTa because it was dropping out. So in my case, it may be a weather location issue. On sat it is not HD. Still no 19, I am probably 8 miles from it, more or less and in direct line of sight. I can not lock on it at all. I was able to before.

I'm still having issues with rf 43.
It's hit and miss.
I'd think it was something internal but both sets have the same issue so, I guess up on the roof I go.
I thought maybe it was something atmospheric but. it's been 10 days.

I sent a PM to WRGB EngDept about Jiminy transmitter but have not as yet received a reply.

I spoke with a friend on Wednesday who lives a few miles from me on Main St. in Hancock. He said that he is getting 45 and is watching channel 6 on 45-3. I would peg his location at just a few miles south west of me. The Jiminy transmitter would be directly between his house and Pittsfield. Of course there is always the chance he is getting it from the Albany tower, but I doubt it because his antenna is pointed directly at Jiminy. He is OTA only. I haven't had a chance to get up and play with my antenna yet, but it is very frustrating that I was getting 45 so well and not getting it now at all. Supposedly DISH Network will be adding CW, PBS and independents in HD to most of their eastern US local markets once Echostar 16 satellite gets up later this month and goes live sometime hopefully in early January.

There was a connector problem up near the antenna. The transmitter was on around 4pm when we left the site. Let us know if it goes away again.

I found a single strand of the twin lead had crossed and was touching the other side.
I think my daughter hit it while in the attic.
Cleaned up the connection and so far so good.
Now 51 is sketchy but I always had issues with RF13 in the winter, just need to move the aim on the anttenna a bit.

Thanks for the update, It is working now!

me too 19 is coming in strong, thanks. I know this is programing and engineering does not speak to programing, but any plans on replacing 45-2, now that I can get 45.

I should add that I am pointing my antenna at Albany 60 degree south of JP and my signal quality is 100% and 70% strength, so the signal is great. Pointing at JP, 100% strength.

Spoke too soon . It was fine yesterday , but it is iffy today. Right now it's fine, but an hour ago I couldn't get anything. It's gone agaIn.

I haven't been able to check it for a while but just now it seems A-OK.

It has been stable the last week and ION added a new subchannel ishop.

Does anyone know what the consolidation of WTEN and WXXA will mean. I know that Shield media (the new owners of WXXA and Young broadcasting now have a shared service agreement.

Maybe like WRGB and WCWN.
They through alittle business each others way.

Not sure if this is the right thread, but I'm looking for some help getting the right antenna setup. I'm in Becket MA, and it looks like my options come from Albany. My TVfool results are as follows:

http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3dcc49388c5bc902

I'm really only interested in getting the major networks (CBS, ABC, Fox, NBC) but anything else is a plus. What would you buy to get good reception? How do I know if I need a pre-amp?

thanks for any help!

I think your best bet would be a rotor with a deep fringe Vhf and a deep fringe uhf antenna combined through a preamp. Your channels are coming from all sorts of directions. You should be able to get channel 19 wcdc from greylock, channel 11 wwlp from springfield. Most likely wggb 40 from mt tom because I can get it. It might be possible to get Albany, but I think tvfool is overestimaing them. I would not be surprised if you got Ct channels. Tell us the antennas you are thing about. Also remember height is important, but finding a sweet spot may be even more important. You definitely need a roof or side of house setup. Hope this helps.

Attached is the tvfool plot for my house. Can anyone recommend the best antenna? I would like to mount it indoors in the attic. Typically I have trouble with WRGB channel 6. I made a similar post over two years ago and at that time the Winegard hd7015 was recommended. Since that was 2 years ago is this still a good model or is there something better?

Thanks,

Dan

You get better reception (according to your chart) than I do. I love my RCA ANT751R. However, I got it 2 years ago for $29. I just checked on Amazon and it's up to $56

Considering Amazon is selling the Winegard for the SAME price, I'd go with the Winegard. That's my 2¢

The ANT 751 might not work for WRGB since its a VHF hi/UHF antenna, and WRGB is VHF 6 which is Lo.

The Winegard would be good. Its actually selling for less here.
http://www.winegarddirect.com/viewitem.asp?p=HD-7015&d=Winegard-HD7015-VHFUHFFM-Prostar-1000-TV-Antenna-(HD7015)&post=

As is WXXA. I would think that Winegard would have no trouble from that location even in an attic mount. Need a lot of room in there though it's pretty big.

Well technically WXXA VHF7 is considered Hi VHF, so the ANT 751, as for any other Hi VHF/UHF antennas, would be ok.
Once you get into Ch 6 or lower, then you need a Lo VHF antenna.

I'm a bit closer to the tower than the OP, about 10 miles. My attic antenna system works well for everything from the hill and doesn't take up much space. It consists of a 4-bay bowtie (like the Channel Master 4221) for UHF and a twin lead antenna cut for channel 6 made from plans here. The ch. 6 antenna works well enough for the high VHF channels. The two antennas feed a UHF/VHF combiner.

Actually the bowtie worked well for everything including the high VHF channels until WRGB moved to ch. 6.

The twin lead antenna is mounted on a stick hanging on a wall that happens to face the right direction so it takes up hardly any space at all. The bowtie is on a dowel in a Christmas tree stand. It takes more room but not a lot.

Whatever you use, make sure the signal isn't blocked by aluminum siding, stucco (actually the chickenwire frame under the stucco), a metal roof or foil-faced insulation.

For anyone who might be interested, DISH Network has added WCWN and WMHT in HD.

I purchased and installed the hd7015 antenna and it works great. I have a quick follow up question, so I have attached my plot again from TVfool.com Do you think I would be able to pick up channel 50 with a second antenna pointed in that direction(attic installation-no Aluminum siding)? I happen to have a jointenna for channel 50 that I purchased several years ago but did not use. What would be the most cost effective antenna to receive this station and what separation will it need from the main hd7015 antenna?

Thanks,

Dan

If you haven't already, you might want to post this question in the antenna area of the forum.

I would try a couple of experiments. Can you receive channel 50 with the HD-7015 pointed at 312 degrees? Can you continue to receive it with the antenna fed through the channel 50 input on the Jointenna? There will be some loss due to the additional device. If the results are positive you will know that you do not need any more than the 9.8 db gain that your current antenna can provide. I would also choose a yagi style over a 4 bay as that Jointenna is not perfect and may let in some of the Albany channels even through the channel 50 input. The yagi's are more directional allowing you to "zero" in on that one Ion network affiliate.