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post #3211 of 9765
12/8/08 at 5:49pm
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Originally Posted by hearrean View Post

Another question I have & have been wondering about is why is the Dr. Phil show not being broadcast in HD on 6-01? It is broadcast in HD and Houston shows it in HD. Just wondering..

Ken

Thanks for the feedback on the SS issue. I will hunt it down on my end by looking in the transport stream where the SS flag is supposed to be (as a starting point). When I think I have found the solution, I will re-engage Dolby SS on air for a test period and let you tell me if it helped. Is that a plan?

In regard to Dr. Phil, we would have to either record the show in HD, or air it "live" off satellite.

We don't have any way to record shows in HD for later playback. It would be an accident if either show was available in HD when we want to air them.

This lack of equipment could change as early as late next year, but don't count on it. 2010 is more likely.

So one answer is that we don't have the necessary equipment. The real bottom line answer is: (drum roll please) -- $$

Richard
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post #3212 of 9765
12/9/08 at 6:50am
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Originally Posted by hdtv6 View Post

Oh for the days of analog when you could tell by the amount of smoke coming out of the unit what the problem was. It's not as easy to find that one missing bit in 19.39 million.

Richard

Yeah, it makes you long for the good old days of yesteryear and vacuum tubes.
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post #3213 of 9765
12/9/08 at 11:12am
Has anyone found out what KUIL will do come Jan 1, 2009? There is no affiliation left, other than RTN or Ind. MyNetworkTV is KUMY, FOX will be KBTV, CBS = KFDM-1, CW = KFDM-2, ABC = KBMT-1, NBC = KBMT-2. KUIL said they'd release a statement, but time is ticking away and i've not seen any statements released from them since KBTV stealing their affiliation.
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post #3214 of 9765
12/9/08 at 3:33pm
Wow the sound problem is so bad on the channel 6 national news tonight that is almost unwatchable.
It is crackling like crazy.
Seems to have fixed itself half way through the news. Will have to see if it holds up.
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post #3215 of 9765
12/9/08 at 4:27pm
rodin asked if anyone know what KUIL was going to do in the future.

I sent an e to KUIL and got a response from jrockweiler at KVHP stating that while losing FOX was a shock, and KUIL will miss bringing great FOX programming to the Beaumont area, they will soon be unvieling a complete rebrand as an independant station. And that other than losing FOX netowrk programming and sports, the other programming will remain the same.
Bluebonnet Communications was the recent winning bidder against KM Communications for a new digital companion channel on channel 43 to be co-located with the KUIL analog transmitter or on the tower adjacent to it off of Hillibrandt Road. It will have an ERP or 15,000 watts as does K36ID. The KM applicantion has already been removed from the FCC web site, but no call sign has been assigned to channel 43 as of yet. I presume it will be KUIL-LD, but that was not the case when K36ID became the digital companion channel for K52IS.
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post #3216 of 9765
12/9/08 at 4:32pm
I was hoping that KUIL would become an ION affiliate. That would give us one more network. Independant will be OK, I guess. And with KUMY carrying America One and My Network TV, I am hoping that someone will attempt to get KUMY carried on a sub channel of KUIL.
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post #3217 of 9765
12/9/08 at 4:45pm
One more thing, guys.
KVHP has been off the air for the last 2 evenings now. I believe that they are in the process of installing the full power digital transmitter on the Edgerly tower.
In the last DTV update filed with the FCC, KVHP had ordered the new digital transmitter and it would be delivered on Oct. 31. The antenna was expected to be delivered at the beginning of December, and that installation of the transmtter and antenna would begin shortly thereafter which MAY result in early termination of analog broadcasting.
I think the process has begun, possibly getting a jump on KBTVs switch to FOX.
All is fair in love and war, I guess.
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post #3218 of 9765
12/9/08 at 5:07pm
Well it is good to hear that KUIL will still be around.
I guess more reruns of Family Guy and Two and a Half Men will be a good thing.
Certainly better than nothing.
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post #3219 of 9765
12/9/08 at 8:06pm
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Originally Posted by cat lady View Post

One more thing, guys.
KVHP has been off the air for the last 2 evenings now. I believe that they are in the process of installing the full power digital transmitter on the Edgerly tower.
In the last DTV update filed with the FCC, KVHP had ordered the new digital transmitter and it would be delivered on Oct. 31. The antenna was expected to be delivered at the beginning of December, and that installation of the transmtter and antenna would begin shortly thereafter which MAY result in early termination of analog broadcasting.
I think the process has begun, possibly getting a jump on KBTVs switch to FOX.
All is fair in love and war, I guess.

Welcome to the forum, Cat Lady.

Just think...Two 1 Megawatt Fox network stations 30 miles from each other. What a waste. Like Doc said, "What has KBTV been smoking?"
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post #3220 of 9765
12/9/08 at 10:09pm
I can't seem to get a straight answer out of DISH about the upcoming changes in our locals affiliations. I am really curious how they and cable will handle these changes. They would have to send some techs down to add the new NBC station on the sub channel 12.2 . I was hoping that they could do the same for the CW on 6.2 too.


At my work place (Mark Stiles Unit) where I have been a Correctional officer for the last 15 years, we have a cable unit that holds 7 DISH sat receivers( TNT,TBS,USA,ESPN1,ESPN 2 & CNN )and is also hooked up with ota stations in analog . We lost Fox 64 after Ike and we have no FOX station yet- the modulater is screwed up for that station. I submitted a work order to get it fixed to Huntsville Maint. department. If the techs from Huntsville don't come down between now and January 1st and change out our ota reception to digital to analog converter boxes , we will have no NBC station.

Just imagine the fun we will have come Superbowl Sunday if we have no NBC station. I hope I don't work that day. I would hate to have to deal with a riot over no football. I am really dreading the analog cut off date if they haven't come down by then-2/17/09. Without ota networks for the soaps like Young & the Restless(inmates favorite soap all over the prison) , we will have only half the baby sitter we need to keep the inmates occupied.
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post #3221 of 9765
12/9/08 at 11:30pm
Thanks for the info cat lady, Hopefully Time Warner et al. will continue to broadcast KUIL as they have been a decent station for a LP Station (Regardless of the affiliation). Going to be interesting in just a few weeks.
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post #3222 of 9765
12/10/08 at 3:16pm
I sent an e KVHP last night inquiring about the installation of the digital transmitter. I got an answer back this afternoon after work which stated that they were the victims of a catastrauphic (sp?) failure of their analog transmitter over the weekend. They are awaiting the arrival of a loaner so that they can go back on the air, but that they are in the middle of their digital install, and hope to get it on the air soon due the circumstances.
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post #3223 of 9765
12/10/08 at 8:03pm
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Originally Posted by mlmahon View Post

Welcome to the forum, Cat Lady.

Just think...Two 1 Megawatt Fox network stations 30 miles from each other. What a waste. Like Doc said, "What has KBTV been smoking?"

AND Cheech and Chong are back together man!!!!

WOAH!!!Yea know KVHP could have gotten around this with their digital -1 being SD/HD (720).....and 29.2 would be SD or HD KUIL for Beaumont market....IF they had gotten off their butts and gotten their digital out on the Edgerly tower mid summer, this probably would not have happened....I see KBTV going down hill from here.......FOX does NO daytime programming....no network news....too many minuses here for KBTV to make a PLUS from what they get being an NBC affill.....bad judgement....

KUIL as an ION would be nice......but it would be be limited to the network and low coverage......guess they could do 3 xmtrs, hildebrandt, Edgerly, and Jasper for ION...THATS the only way IO see it will work....

PLUS they have to be carried on Cable and THEN push the OTA reception since it will be digital and use the sub channels for other infomercials that MAY help pay the cost....KMUY Needs to get on KYKR's tower and that wont any time soon---tower crews arent doing anything in this weather....forget it!!
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post #3224 of 9765
12/10/08 at 8:09pm
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Originally Posted by MIKE D-CO5 View Post

I can't seem to get a straight answer out of DISH about the upcoming changes in our locals affiliations. I am really curious how they and cable will handle these changes. They would have to send some techs down to add the new NBC station on the sub channel 12.2 . I was hoping that they could do the same for the CW on 6.2 too.


At my work place (Mark Stiles Unit) where I have been a Correctional officer for the last 15 years, we have a cable unit that holds 7 DISH sat receivers( TNT,TBS,USA,ESPN1,ESPN 2 & CNN )and is also hooked up with ota stations in analog . We lost Fox 64 after Ike and we have no FOX station yet- the modulater is screwed up for that station. I submitted a work order to get it fixed to Huntsville Maint. department. If the techs from Huntsville don't come down between now and January 1st and change out our ota reception to digital to analog converter boxes , we will have no NBC station.

Just imagine the fun we will have come Superbowl Sunday if we have no NBC station. I hope I don't work that day. I would hate to have to deal with a riot over no football. I am really dreading the analog cut off date if they haven't come down by then-2/17/09. Without ota networks for the soaps like Young & the Restless(inmates favorite soap all over the prison) , we will have only half the baby sitter we need to keep the inmates occupied.

If you need a digial box for Superbowl, I have one I will loan to you.....RS or CM..two of the best..Worksgreat!!!! Get with me in private email if you need to borrow it.

Dr DTMF
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post #3225 of 9765
12/11/08 at 4:55pm
Dr. Touchtone said that maybe they could do 3 xmtrs... Hilldirandt, Edgerly, and Jasper.

Don't forget to include K36ID-LD off of highway 62 in Orange county. That would be 4 xmtrs. I have a friend in Sulphur who gets channel 36 on a semi regular basis.

Also, KUMY needs to do something in the not too distant future because their construction permit expires on 05-03-09 for the KYKR site. I guess they could keep extending it by submitting modification applications, though.

Has anyone ever received KPPY-LP channel 53 or K39HG-LP? I have a friend in Beaumont less than a mile from KPPY wo has a RS VU-190 XL with CM7777 signal amp and she gets no KPPY whatsoever. Anybody?
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post #3226 of 9765
12/11/08 at 9:18pm
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Originally Posted by cat lady View Post

Dr. Touchtone said that maybe they could do 3 xmtrs... Hilldirandt, Edgerly, and Jasper.

Don't forget to include K36ID-LD off of highway 62 in Orange county. That would be 4 xmtrs.

I think if and when 43 digital goes on the air that it will replace 36 which would go dark be cause the coverage for the Triangle area is much better and there is no co-channel or adjacent channel interference. Besides analog 64 will be going dark in February.

Personally, since losing FOX, I'd like to see KUIL-LD take the CW network and broadcast in 1080i HD since KFDM will never do it. (Gotta have my Smallville.) But the chances of that are probably none and less-than-none,eh?
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post #3227 of 9765
12/12/08 at 8:22am
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Originally Posted by Dr Touchtone View Post

If you need a digial box for Superbowl, I have one I will loan to you.....RS or CM..two of the best..Worksgreat!!!! Get with me in private email if you need to borrow it.

Dr DTMF

Thanks but I would have no way of hooking it into the cable system at work. Tdcj has to get on the ball or they will be responsible for a riot.
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post #3228 of 9765
12/12/08 at 1:14pm
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Originally Posted by mlmahon View Post

I think if and when 43 digital goes on the air that it will replace 36 which would go dark be cause the coverage for the Triangle area is much better and there is no co-channel or adjacent channel interference. Besides analog 64 will be going dark in February.

Personally, since losing FOX, I'd like to see KUIL-LD take the CW network and broadcast in 1080i HD since KFDM will never do it. (Gotta have my Smallville.) But the chances of that are probably none and less-than-none,eh?

Yea, I wish the CW was it's own broadcast.
With Channel 6 owning it we will probably never see the CW in HD.
Shame.
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post #3229 of 9765
12/12/08 at 1:16pm
CW is not available in HD to smaller markets. The service KFDM airs is called CW+, it comes to them straight off a satellite dish and was designed for analog cable and digital subchannels. I've heard some rumors that it could be available in HD in 2010, but who knows if CW will still exist by then.

- Trip
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post #3230 of 9765
12/12/08 at 1:35pm
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Originally Posted by Trip in VA View Post

CW is not available in HD to smaller markets. The service KFDM airs is called CW+, it comes to them straight off a satellite dish and was designed for analog cable and digital subchannels. I've heard some rumors that it could be available in HD in 2010, but who knows if CW will still exist by then.

- Trip

If that is the case. I guess we will just have to stay on Dish to upgrade the channel 39 signal to the HD one.
Channel 39 does broadcast in HD, correct?
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post #3231 of 9765
12/12/08 at 1:46pm
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Originally Posted by Arcade View Post

If that is the case. I guess we will just have to stay on Dish to upgrade the channel 39 signal to the HD one.
Channel 39 does broadcast in HD, correct?

Yes, 39 in Houston does broadcast the CW in 1080i HD. I hope to get my new 50 foot mast and rotor back up in the next week or two so I can pick it up. Hurricane Ike folded my old mast in half, so I've been limping along with a RS VU-90XR bungeed to a 6 foot wooden stepladder. (Don't laugh, I've been busy and out of town a lot lately.)
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post #3232 of 9765
12/12/08 at 3:16pm
mimahon wrote:
I think that if and when digital 43 goes on the air that it will replace 36 which would go dark because the coverage for the Triangle is much better, and there are no co-channel or adjacent channel interference. Besides, analog 64 will be going dark in February.

I truly believe that digital 36 will remain on the air. The coverage for the Orange area will suffer if digital 43 is the lone transmttter. I have a friend between the Beaumont city limits and Bevil Oaks, and he cannot get digital 36. VU-190 XL, 36 feet high, with RS antenna mounted signal amp. No digital 36.

Digital 43 is not as high on the stick as 36, and therefore LOS signal will be less. The both have the same ERP.

KUIL-LP does not have to power down on Feb. 17 next year. The transition to digital does not affect low power stations, of which analog 64 is one. They will, however, probably have to power down once digital 43 is constructed. The license for analog 52 was surrendered to the FCC when digital 36 signed on. That could be as long as 3 years from now, or until congress and the FCC mandates it. But it will not be on next Feb. 17.
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post #3233 of 9765
12/12/08 at 3:20pm
I think KUIL-LP is impacted because the FCC wants channels 60-69 completely vacated as soon as possible.

- Trip
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post #3234 of 9765
12/12/08 at 6:47pm
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Originally Posted by cat lady View Post


KUIL-LP does not have to power down on Feb. 17 next year. The transition to digital does not affect low power stations, of which analog 64 is one. They will, however, probably have to power down once digital 43 is constructed. The license for analog 52 was surrendered to the FCC when digital 36 signed on. That could be as long as 3 years from now, or until congress and the FCC mandates it. But it will not be on next Feb. 17.

It's true that the transition does not affect low power stations. However, I could be wrong, but it is my understanding that ALL TV broadcasting on channels 52 and higher must go dark in February because those channels are being auctioned off or assigned to other services.

Can I get an Amen from a pro out there??
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post #3235 of 9765
12/12/08 at 6:56pm
The FCC has said different things at different times.

The one thing that's clear is that 52-59 are allowed to be used by LP stations on a secondary basis. That is, if a spectrum owner wants them gone, they have to move or go off the air, immediately.

As for 60-69, some parts of the FCC regulations say they need to be vacated entirely by 02/18/09, others say existing LP stations can continue operating there as with 52-59.

I'd venture to guess that the "correct" answer is that 60-69 have to be vacant on 02/18/09. But that's a guess.

- Trip
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post #3236 of 9765
12/12/08 at 8:38pm
I have a question

Did they lower the signal strength on KALB? For most of the year I was able to pick it up on the lil piece of crap antenna Dishnetwork put up when we lost the Distant networks but lately NADA been like that since mid Oct would have asked sooner but had to spend a few weeks in the hospital and a few week recovering after that. But I did check each day to see if it KALB was coming in when I got home
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post #3237 of 9765
12/12/08 at 8:46pm
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Originally Posted by cat lady View Post

mimahon wrote:
I think that if and when digital 43 goes on the air that it will replace 36 which would go dark because the coverage for the Triangle is much better, and there are no co-channel or adjacent channel interference. Besides, analog 64 will be going dark in February.

I truly believe that digital 36 will remain on the air. The coverage for the Orange area will suffer if digital 43 is the lone transmttter. I have a friend between the Beaumont city limits and Bevil Oaks, and he cannot get digital 36. VU-190 XL, 36 feet high, with RS antenna mounted signal amp. No digital 36.

Digital 43 is not as high on the stick as 36, and therefore LOS signal will be less. The both have the same ERP.

KUIL-LP does not have to power down on Feb. 17 next year. The transition to digital does not affect low power stations, of which analog 64 is one. They will, however, probably have to power down once digital 43 is constructed. The license for analog 52 was surrendered to the FCC when digital 36 signed on. That could be as long as 3 years from now, or until congress and the FCC mandates it. But it will not be on next Feb. 17.

Yep, KUIL-LP on 64 IS gone as of 2.17...ALL channels of the upper 700MHz band (60-69) are gone as of that date...52-59 will go away in 2009-2010 as those are ramped up by wireless broadband folks who won the auctions....(Upper 700Mhz is going to Public Safety users)...IF KVHP had gotten their digital on Edgerly running by now, there would be no need for 36....29.2 could be 720p HD replacing 36 at much higher power, etc.....29.1 will be 720p digital of current KVHP analog.....Bluebonnet just wants a signal in Beaumont and west Jeff Co....they COULD do it with a HI power .2 subchannel off Edgerly...but didnt.....waste of time and money in my opinion...

Digital 36 is 15KW at 500ft off Peveto Rd....and has a cochannel issue with KFTH-DT out of Houston at 2000ft and full power. Digital 43 does have an analog LP in Houston co channel...but that does not pose a problem for Digital 43 on Hildebrandt Rd tower like a FULL power 2000ft signal does..when the band BARELY opens, 36 digital is GONE in Jeff Co.......what they SHOULD do it go LP on one of the tall Vidor sticks..but that wont happen.
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post #3238 of 9765
12/12/08 at 8:55pm
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Originally Posted by mlmahon View Post

It's true that the transition does not affect low power stations. However, I could be wrong, but it is my understanding that ALL TV broadcasting on channels 52 and higher must go dark in February because those channels are being auctioned off or assigned to other services.

Can I get an Amen from a pro out there??


Almost.......52-59 will be shared by current LP/translators on a non interfering basis to the new primary users; wireless broadband services....which paid for the channels...I understand one company has been trying to gobble up all the TV55s nationwide for its use....and buying out some of the auction winners in those areas they didnt win or bid on....Houston of course has a hipower analog 55 but they are gone off that channel as of 2.17......so anything between 52-59 LP will/can stay...but will be "encouraged to move"...personally I think in the crowded NE US corridor, they dont have any room for these folks...even if they go to LP-DT...they gave away too many channels (remember when the UHF band went to 83?? then 69?? and 70-83 became cell phones and 2way radio...MOST are now 2GHz and the 800MHz channels are used by Nextel, originally a two way company called FleetCall that decided to become the 3rd cellular operator and big Public Safety /Industry users like Entergy or Huntsman with their trunking systems.....but the original business/SMR users??? GONE!)
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post #3239 of 9765
12/12/08 at 8:57pm
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Originally Posted by Huggie Bear View Post

I have a question

Did they lower the signal strength on KALB? For most of the year I was able to pick it up on the lil piece of crap antenna Dishnetwork put up when we lost the Distant networks but lately NADA been like that since mid Oct would have asked sooner but had to spend a few weeks in the hospital and a few week recovering after that. But I did check each day to see if it KALB was coming in when I got home


Is this analog 5 out of Alexandria??? I used to see them quite a bit down here in Jeff Co.....but before Ike took down my antenna, I noticed they had been missing when the band was open...
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post #3240 of 9765
12/12/08 at 9:15pm
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Originally Posted by Dr Touchtone View Post

Is this analog 5 out of Alexandria??? I used to see them quite a bit down here in Jeff Co.....but before Ike took down my antenna, I noticed they had been missing when the band was open...

Naw I can still get the analog KALB but DTV 5.1 and 5.2 are a no go
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