WRGT-DT(Fox)/WKEF-DT(NBC) Dayton, Ohio Currently On the Air!

WKEF-DT 51 Dayton is now on the air!(4pm) Getting a steady 83 from the CM3010 "Stealthtenna" ...


Jerry+Doc, I was a little hazy early this morning while dx'ing, but I could have sworn also that I got a lock on a analog 51 to the south while using the VU210. Couldn't get to the non-screenblanking TV fast enough to see If I got a pic, as all I got was a blank screen on the "DTV TV".


Doc,


So far, WRGT-DT is the only Dayton DTV station I can get a lock on with an indoor antenna. Not just a lock, in fact, but a perfect signal with no dropouts. I need an outdoor one for The Dayton towers which are only 12 Miles away from me, as well as the Cincy/N KY ones which are 33~39 Miles out.


I would think a decent outdoor setup would do well for you from Florence for the Dayton DTV's if you can deal with the HOA hassle you said you would run into, but then again, for 30 you would have to point right through WXIX-DT's tower, so you might get some adjacent channel interference/intermod from 29, especially if you are using an amp ...


However, I don't think the 1st adjacent channel interference problem for DT's would be anything like what it is for the analogs ... I know I'm interested in seeing what happens here when WDTN-DT 50 (ABC Dayton) comes up right alongside WKEF-DT 51! The towers are only a mile or so apart!

My status as of 11:00pm 5/1:


WHIO (41) - off the air (temporarily I hope)


WKEF (51) - getting a 16:9 picture on 51-1 and a 4:3 picture on 51-2. Can't wait to see if they "flip the switch" for Leno tonight!


WRGT (30) - getting a 4:3 picture on 30-2 only. 30-1 "acts" like it wants to show a picture, but doesn't.


Neither 51 or 30 maps to a virtual channel.


A question: Does anybody else experience a much longer delay for the WHIO-DT picture to appear after switching to it than the other digitals?

WHIO-DT seems to be "sporadically" on and off air as of late, HD from them has also been a bit sporadic as of late. Also, Haven't really noticed the timing issue concerning switching to WHIO-DT, but that's just probably becuase I haven't checked it very closely.


WKEF-DT and WLWT-DT (NBC Cincy) Both had Leno 4x3 tonight. Since WLWT-DT has been good about it the last few days, I think maybe it was a network issue, or possibly a non HD repeat(?) ... I think I did see Leno around Olympics time HD on WKEF, so hopefully it'll be back in HD.


Was going to check 30-1 tonight to see what happened during Fox Network programming, but was watching "Frontier House" via KET digital and forgot all about it! I did notice earlier today when 1st switching to 30-1 that I seemed to get a frame from the last station I was tuned to, from a buffer of some sort, then just a blank screen.


Also, I think all 3 of the Dayton stations are currently operating under a STA from FCC, So I'm not sure what their operating schedule will be for the near future.


Also, Jerry,


It Couldn't have been WRCX, they went off air last night at 12:05 a.m. and didn't come back on after that. I think I might have been mistaken, and I hadn't done a new channel scan on that antenna this morning as I had the other one, so just saw the analog "leftover" from where WRCX used to be ...


Take it easy,

Doc,


All the Dayton towers are extremely close to one another, and are located about 1/2-1 mile West of I-75 and about 1-2 miles south of U.S. 35, generally between I-75 and Rt. 4 --- A couple of miles or so WSW of Downtown Dayton.


Here's the precise coordinates of WRGT-DT's tower, All the other Towers for Dayton Digitals and analogs(except for WWRD-LP 55 Centerville/Bellbrook) are within a mile or so of this, all the towers are within a 2 degree difference in bearing from my location from 12 miles out :


39 ° 43' 28.00" Latitude

84 ° 15' 18.00" Longitude


Hope you have some luck+WRGT-DT gives us 16x9 from Fox ... I did See a fellow on another post from Batavia was pulling all the Cincy+Dayton DTV's in, so, that's a good sign!