Lubbock, TX - HDTV - Page 22

Other issues could be in the way the network has setup the feeds off the satellites for HD. I know for CBS, the operator has to actively change feeds to pick up the right HD broadcast, particularly on the weekends with sports moving around during the day. FOX is much more automated, the network changes the feed for you, and FOX only has something like two HD network feeds available for the entire network distribution across the nation. So often the network is changing what is being broadcast on that particular feed, and the local has little choice but to take what they are given. A bit maddening during NFL, if you want Dallas, but are only getting Denver.. CBS will often allow the local affiliate choose what games they will pick up that weekend and it's up to the affiliate to get the right HD feed off the satellite to match their SD side. Fox's system advantage is simplicity and allows for all FOX affiliates to get HD passed onto viewers no matter how small the market size may be, or local stations budget for HD conversion. FOX practically hands it to you ready made; you just need to get it to the transmitter. CBS, NBC, ABC require a lot more investment from the local to make HD work.

Checked out KAMC-DT Last night on Suddenkink at my daughter and son-in-law's house.

It was on 94.2 and in HD.

6 more weeks until NASCAR is on ABC OTA - come on KAMC geter up!

Hi All,

Just moved down from Amarillo to 85th and Milwaukee here in Lubbock. I needed a Winegard amplified SquareShooter up there to pull in some of the weak signals around town, but I'm thinking that I'll do fine with an unamplified Winegard Sensar III here. Thoughts/experiences? I'd love to keep the cost as low as possible and still get good reception.

Try a Radio Shack U75-R. Only $30.

All locals are UHF except KCBD-DT which is full power now on ch09 moving back to Ch11 Feb 2009. I get it with no problem on the U75-R from 28th and Chicago.

I gave up trying! There's not too much on TV right now anyways. Just hoping that it will work fine by the time fall rolls around.

I have been gone most of the summer just got back. I am getting nothing on 13-1 and my signal strength is the same. It is just a black screen, I have Direct tv and nbc, pbs, fox, and abc are all still coming in. Any ideas.

Try 40.1.

I tried to rescan my D* box to pick up cbs but it's still not working. I looked at the signal meter and I am getting around 75% for cbs just like always it is just black when I change to it though. Anyone else having this problem.

Is anyone else having this problem of cbs not showing up on D* box? I can't figure this out all the other locals are fine the signal strength is fine for cbs and the screen is just black. I called D* and ley say it is not a problem on their end. I am just trying to figure out what the hell is going on I am still pulling in kamac and the strenght of the signal is lower than klbk. Any ideas

I'm not sure about D*, but I'm definitely not getting KLBK OTA. I've got no signal on either 13.1 or 40.1. Perhaps they're installing the new transmitter for the 1000 kW upgrade? Anybody in the know?

(BTW, Jim, thanks for the antenna recommendation. I installed it in the NE corner of my attic, and I've got 100% signal on all the digitals with great analog reception to boot!)

I've still got KLBK-DT. Watching golf in HD right now. CBS does do a good job with their 1080i.

Have you emailed the station?

Occasionally there are peculiarities with a transmitter that cause certain receivers to fail to lock, etc.

My problem is KAMC-DT. While it is still SD, It still pixellates and drops out on me occasionally, probably due to low wattage and my being 6.5 miles away. I heard they have begun construction on their transmitter house - now word when they go HD OTA. I did watch the LLWS on Suddenlink yesterday, about half way through the game they had a picture breakup. It looked like they had to reboot their encoder or something. Lasted about 20 minutes.

I got KLBK-DT at one point right after I put up my antenna, but I'm not having any luck with it now on either of my DTVs. I've never gotten KAMC-DT, which makes me think that my problems with KLBK-DT are signal strength.

Any tips on pulling more in with the RatShack U-75R? I know you use a Winegard HDP-269 on yours, Jim, but I'm guessing you had signal to start with?

I find that location is more important than amplification. The east end of my house has trouble with KLBK-DT but 30 ft away near the center of the roof, both KLBK-DT and KAMC-DT are stable. I think the very low signal levels combine with reflections off buildings to make hot and cold spots everywhere. Probably the only solution is when they both go to full power, hopefully before the end of the year.

KLBK is back in HD for me finally. It had been gone for 2 weeks. I have missed my hd golf. Just in time to see the PGA playoffs!!!!!!!! And football. By the way how awesome would it be if KAMC went hd before College Football kicks off this Sat., well at least for those of us with just OTA

TitanTV.com has the Texas Tech/SMU Football game Monday afternoon labeled as Educational.

Anybody else notice that the Wake Forest/Boston College game was blacked out on ESPN yesterday?

Yeah. I noticed that. Did we even get that game locally?

The only place I could find it was on a Dish PPV channel - probably on game plan, but that is no excuse to black out ESPN is it?

I noticed the same thing very strange. I am sure missing not having abc in hd for college football

I'm with you on that, but I don't miss it enough to pay for cable.

I thought KLBK and KAMC were in HD on Suddenlink? The Sooners game on Saturday was in HD for about 10 minutes, then back to SD. And the Texans game today, which was available in HD, was shown in SD the whole way through. What's going on? I just resubscibed to cable to get some HD football. If they aren't going to actually carry the HD signal, what's the point of Suddenlink devoting a HD channel to these clowns?

I think that klbk and kamc are worthless personally. It is a joke that they aren't full power hd yet. They probably have poor management. It is painfull to watch abc for college football on saturday's on kamc's terrible digital feed.

Did they have a weather warning bug on the screen?
If so, then they have to drop back to SD.
It takes some very expensive equipment to inject an overlay into an HD picture stream, like they have to reformulate the whole stream instead of just passing it through.

There were no weather warnings. I've noticed this as well on KLBK lately. Letterman has been showing in 4:3. KLBK is now as unreliable as KAMC. I've come to expect it from KAMC but KLBK has been so consistent since coming on air last Jan.

It really says a lot when our publicly supported stations are the first adopters of HD technology (PBS for HDTV and KOHM for HD radio). PBS has the weakest signal but the highest quality. Scratching my head over that one

Maybe KAMC and KLBK will be full power OTA HD by 2010 when I move out of Lubbock. =[

We need to obtain the control room phone numbers for these two so we can wake them up from time to time.

Yet another great saturday up coming that I will be watching horrid sd on kamc when I could be watching hd

There is some contact info on their websites but I have a feeling it's outdated. I've tried contacting an engineer there before but never received a response. The sites look outdated and usually have news from a few days ago on the home page. It looks like their websites are as well maintained as their broadcast are!

You would think they could skip a year without updating their Dopler 20000 and save up for the HD weather graphics.

They were actually on the ball at KAMC. The Sooner's game switched to HD after the first or second series, but almost immediately there were problems. The audio started having sort of a popping sound, and then there was a huge bar of static running through the middle of the screen. They switched to SD and never went back to HD. Who knows about KLBK