[mythtv-users] channels missing in the SF bay area

Marco Nelissen marco.nelissen at gmail.com
Sat Jun 20 03:53:12 UTC 2009


On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 8:40 PM, RAM<ram at bca.com> wrote:
>
>
> Marco Nelissen wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Brad Fuller<bradallenfuller at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 4:17 PM, Josh Mastronarde <jmastron at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 19, 2009 at 3:48 PM, Marco
>>>> Nelissen<marco.nelissen at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Really? I'll have to check I still have proper reception of all
>>>>> channels then, since my antenna is UHF only. Though flipping through
>>>>> channels yesterday I'm pretty sure I still got channel 7 (assuming you
>>>>> mean KGO/ABC).
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> As I understand it, most "UHF" antennas can handle the "VHF high" band
>>>> (channels 7-13), albeit not as well as a specifically tuned antenna.
>>>> It's "VHF low" (2-6) that require the largest and most directional
>>>> antennas.
>>>>
>>>
>>> I imagine some on the upper channels of the higher band could pickup
>>> depending on one's particular issues. But, 7 is near the end. My UHF-only
>>> antenna (square shooter) doesn't pick it up. I'm LOS about 45miles.
>>>
>>
>> Sure enough, when I checked earlier, I couldn't get a lock on 7,
>> however now I can, barely.
>> Could it be because the sun is right in the direction the signal is
>> coming from in the late afternoon?
>> Looking at antennaweb.org, it seems KGO is the only station of the
>> ones I watch that moved to VHF. Guess I'll need a new antenna just for
>> that :(
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>
> May be due to antenna work.  During daytime hours all the stations on Sutro
> Tower are running at reduced power and on auxiliary antennas.  They will be
> doing this on and off till maybe October (so they plan currently) as all the
> stations replace their analog antennas with digital up top.

Maybe I'll just wait it out until Lost starts again then, to see if I
really need a new antenna. :)


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