Harrisonburg / Charlottesville, VA - HDTV - Page 117

Originally Posted by wjod2

Thanks for the info Trip and 29 Guy! Great news for all of us here in the Valley!

Originally Posted by 29Guy

WVIR-TV's new channel 41 digital translator is now on the air broadcasting from Elliott Knob in southwest Augusta County. The translator offers three channels which identify themselves as NBC29, 29.1, Wx+, 29.2, and CW29, 29.3. The NBC29 analog translator which formerly broadcast from Elliott Knob has been permanently shutdown.

Reception reports on the operation of the digital translator would be greatly appreciated.

29Guy

Originally Posted by Trip in VA

Congratulations, 29Guy! I guess that damaged part wasn't quite as big an issue as it was made out to be in the FCC filing.

- Trip

Originally Posted by CmdrTekno

Noticed 31 was gone and rescanned hoping to see a digital 41 and it was there!

Signal in Crimora (NE Augusta Co) is very strong (CM4228 original + 7777). Will try some lower gain antennas tomorrow.

Thanks WVIR for still standing by broadcast TV even in the typically underserved Valley!

Jeremy

Originally Posted by 29Guy

Oh, the tuning stub was pretty well bent, but considering how long it would take to get a new one from Australia, we decided to try it. VSWR was well within specs, so, we decided to go with it.

29Guy

Originally Posted by Trip in VA

Are you still planning to get a new one or are you just going to keep the one you have, given the SWR was good?

EDIT: One note, by the way. Just decided to fire up my spectrum analyzer and with the antenna still aimed at Roanoke, I think I see the slightest hint of a channel 41 signal down here in Charlotte County, weaker than WVIR is in this position, but present. I always see signal on 11, and in the analog days I could see WVPT-51 with my antenna aimed that way but NOT the channel 31 signal. I need to turn the antenna and determine whether I can see 41 from here all the time, like I can with WVIR's main signal. I wish I could put up an antenna and join it into the main system to bring in NBC29 all the time here...

- Trip

Originally Posted by 29Guy


Thanks for the signal report. Glad to hear NBC29 is coming in loud and clear.

29Guy

Originally Posted by CmdrTekno

I am also able to pull in the RF 41 translator off an old powered UHF loop "rabbit ears" @ about 80% on the LG zenith converter box! The same rabbit ears setup is unable to lock on the whsv RF 51 translator so kudos on the strong signal.

Originally Posted by Trip in VA

Well, this evening I did my rotor test. Turned the antenna to the north to see what I could get on 41. I did see some signal, but not enough for a decode. Given my experiences with WVPT-51 analog, the level seemed right.

Ironically, the position where I peaked W41DT-D was a position where WVIR was high enough to decode.

In the process, I realized that I no longer need to optimize the antenna aim to balance WDRL and WSET, since WDRL is off the air, so I am trying a new aim that is somewhat more northward-facing. WSET was having wind fade problems, and this new aim seems to have cleared it up. I was hoping to find an aim that would let me pull in NBC29, but then WDBJ and WPXR fail to decode cleanly.

- Trip

Originally Posted by 29Guy



In April, when channel 30 begins operation from Massanutten, also at 15,000 watts, all of the Central Shenandoah Valley should receive good coverage. In Crimora, you may even receive a stronger signal from Massanutten.

29Guy

Originally Posted by Trip in VA

I have a friend who lives in Bice on the 7th floor. I was at her apartment there because she wanted company while she unpacked, and I had brought along my computer, receiver, and antenna to watch House on 27-1.

The problem was that I forgot a coax cable to wire the antenna to the USB receiver. So I asked her for a paperclip, but all she had were the coated ones, none of the straight metal paper clips. But in the same container, she had a thumbtack. That was the most metallic thing there, so I took it, stuck it in the space on the coax connector for the center core, and leaned it against the hutch of the desk.

I watched the whole hour of House without dropouts using a thumbtack for an antenna.

- Trip

Originally Posted by nycdigital09

amazing story trip, shows what you do for a little R&R

Originally Posted by Wallyb47

Maybe is just me in Culpeper, but NBC 29.1, 29.2 and 29.3 have no picture on all my TVs. I have rescanned and the scan comes up with all three 29s but no pictur. I still receive all the other C'ville stations clearly but nothing from NBC29. Is it me? I use the same poutside antenna for all C'ville stations and even show 82% reading on 29 but a black screen. Other TVs show colore bar in the blue showing good signal. Sigh!!! 29 Guy you out there?

Originally Posted by Wallyb47

Maybe is just me in Culpeper, but NBC 29.1, 29.2 and 29.3 have no picture on all my TVs. I have rescanned and the scan comes up with all three 29s but no pictur. I still receive all the other C'ville stations clearly but nothing from NBC29. Is it me? I use the same poutside antenna for all C'ville stations and even show 82% reading on 29 but a black screen. Other TVs show colore bar in the blue showing good signal. Sigh!!! 29 Guy you out there?

Originally Posted by CmdrTekno

http://www.nbc29.com/Global/story.asp?S=14037401

Looks like they are having some issues tonight.

Originally Posted by Trip in VA

I just checked in TSReader and it looks like 29-2 is currently listed in the PMT and the PSIP, but the audio and video components of it are missing, possibly indicating that the encoder has been disabled for whatever reason. Perhaps something went wrong with their mux and turning off 29-2 fixed it?

- Trip