Feb. 29, 2016, 11:18 p.m. I guess my question should be, does an antenna create a noise figure or does it just have a 3 dB line loss at the balun? de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 29, 2016, 11:10 p.m. I use a Channel Master 7778 pre-amp for VHF-UHF. It has a noise figure of less than 2 dB. de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 29, 2016, 11:09 p.m. Antenna guys...do most antenna manufacturers publish a noise figure for their antennas? de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:38 p.m. Cell site search page... http://www.cellreception.com/towers/ de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:29 p.m. Ed, that's a good point about the cell towers. I will check to see where they're located in reference to this location. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:21 p.m. I see a point, in the future, where there's sooo much RF around we'll hv to live in metal boxes to keep from getting cooked de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:19 p.m. Some areas are too flat, but here in northeast Ohio where the terrain is hilly, going mobile where you're 300' higher makes a huge difference. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:17 p.m. One third of all my total DTV logs were captured while I was mobile just 10 miles away from the transmitters in favorable terrain. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:16 p.m. I've had more luck with a modest AntennaCraft HBU33 on the ground in a couple hours of portable DXing at 10 miles away than I ever have here at my home with the biggest setup. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:14 p.m. My lcl power co is about to start rolling out 900MHz, auto-reporting, power meters... Yippie! even MORE RF crud to deal with... ugh de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:13 p.m. Ed, I've seen 416-mile DTV DX with an AntennaCraft HBU33 only 10 miles away from these 3 transmitters de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:12 p.m. Look around for cell phone sites... they're big QRMers, too... I've been thru that mess w a lcl cell site de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 29, 2016, 9:10 p.m. My nearest TV tx is 10 mi... it's nearly impossible to work around..... I'd hate to hv 3 of them at 8 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 29, 2016, 5:21 p.m. WMFD 12/68 is 45.5 dB stronger... or 35,000 times stronger, so that should help just a bit. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 5:18 p.m. WGGN 42/52 for example is 46.4 dB stronger at this spot 8 miles away. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 5:15 p.m. Notice any differences?? de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 5:15 p.m. Here is the TV Fool report for my home setup... http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d5134df6f259ff1 de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 5:13 p.m. Here is the TV Fool report for the address of the spot in Doylestown... http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29&q=id%3d5134c199bd5321 de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 4:48 p.m. Gave it a spin on TV Fool...looks like WEAD, WDLI, and WVPX @ 8 miles de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 29, 2016, 4:45 p.m. What are the closest full power towers near Doylestown? de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 29, 2016, 3:15 p.m. It's only 8 miles southwest of here in Doylestown Ohio. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 3:14 p.m. ... and signals from the east are as much as 25 dB higher than my location. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 29, 2016, 3:12 p.m. [15:07] Ed, the elevation there is 276' higher than my location, and the TVFool report is showing signals from the west to be as much as 40 dB higher in strength. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 28, 2016, 3:09 p.m. Tr WTVZ-33 Norfolk VA in earlier this AM - 316 mi - gone now. de Fred SC FM03af

Feb. 28, 2016, 3:08 p.m. Ms my usual CIII 2+ Bancroft... watching a few seconds at a time de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 28, 2016, 3:07 p.m. That'd be cool, Andrew... hope you can get an rx running at a good spot like that. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 28, 2016, 1:17 p.m. [03:11] I hope that works out for you, Andrew. That sounds like a great plan. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 28, 2016, 3:44 a.m. Tr 91.5 WBEZ Chicago, IL nice signal at times 332 mi de JEFF ON EN93fo

Feb. 28, 2016, 3:13 a.m. He's moving to a spot where I've had a lot of luck with a mobile setup. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 28, 2016, 3:11 a.m. My brother is buying a house in a more rural area in the highest spot in the county. I'm trying to convince him he needs to let me put an autologger there. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 27, 2016, 2:51 p.m. Tr WBAY 23/2, Green Bay, WI 261 mi. from IL DX site. Quick decode on manual tuner. Scanning tuner misses a lot of quick decodes. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 27, 2016, 2:38 p.m. I've parked on ch 2, agn, aimed NW... nap time de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 2:28 p.m. Tr WDKA 49/49, Paducah, KY 235 mi. from IL DX site. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 27, 2016, 2:22 p.m. I'm looking for Chicago but nothing there, yet de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 2:18 p.m. Tr WSIL 34/3, Harrisburg, IL 220 mi. from IL DX site. Nothing there last hour. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 27, 2016, 2:06 p.m. Tr WCIA 48/3 Champaign IL 225 mi... good sig de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 2:01 p.m. When I take the CS-1100 down, this Spring, I'll measure it so I can copy it, if needed de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:58 p.m. If I had all the dimentions of the 3617B I suppose I could build a copy de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:54 p.m. I may just hv to go crazy and home-brew a VHF Log Periodic on a 20 ft boom de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:48 p.m. I've got a couple of spare CM 7777 (dual input) pre-amps so I'm good there de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:42 p.m. Yes, Ed, fewer and fewer options these days, like dual input preamps. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:40 p.m. I see CM has a part # 0055 stacking harness for the VHFs... shame ya can't get this stuff anymore de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:37 p.m. Used to hv the next size down 3610B but wx finally destroyed it de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:36 p.m. Just dug up the CM catalog... the 3617B "Super color Crossfire" is the one I'm looking for... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:32 p.m. Wish I could find one of those big CM VHFs from 30 years ago... much better built ants than the CS-1100s de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:28 p.m. Rotor makes awful squalling noises on cold mornings, too.... I hope to fix it all this Spring de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:24 p.m. Several yrs of wind / ice loading has loosened elements on VHF ant... it needs work... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:21 p.m. The last time I logged in to the site was yest. afternoon. Reception could have been anytime since then. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:17 p.m. a few pings w doppler shift... would like to watch them on a spectrum scope to see what they look like de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:14 p.m. Ms the CHBX 2- and CIII 2+ regulars are pinging away de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:12 p.m. Ms I'm hearing plenty of pings on 54.31 but none big enuff for decode de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 1:01 p.m. Ed, another surprise. Es or Ms? I have no clue. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 27, 2016, 12:55 p.m. I've had the box parked on ch 2 for several days and got nothing de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 12:42 p.m. Not sure what time KNOP popped up. Scanning tuner did not catch it. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 27, 2016, 12:41 p.m. Es KNOP 2/2, NE 685 mi. from IL DX site. Just logged in to remote access and it's on manual tuner, left on ch. 2. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 27, 2016, 12:24 p.m. Tr KPOB 15 Poplar Bluff MO 105 mi // to WSIL... don't see this one very often de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 27, 2016, 12:02 p.m. Tr KARZ 44/42 Little Rock 270-ish mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 26, 2016, 3:57 a.m. Maybe... I've never actually seen WJPW. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 26, 2016, 3:50 a.m. Maybe WJPW-18 West Virginia? de dtvdxer NY FN31

Feb. 26, 2016, 3:36 a.m. strange sub-decode on 18 with antenna aimed at 165 degrees... only signal I can think of is WDBJ Roanoke, but that's very rare to see here. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 26, 2016, 1:48 a.m. Broke off some of the ice from lower parts I can reach, if it doesn't melt when it gets a bit warmer inn a day or so I may take them down to de-ice then raise back up. Though I think they're not in danger of breaking, thick enough gauge. de Saul ON FN04

Feb. 26, 2016, 1:46 a.m. We had our freezing rain yesterday, about 4 mm coating on my outrdoor loop wires. de Saul ON FN04

Feb. 25, 2016, 12:47 p.m. Thanks, GACTVDX and welcome to WTFDA. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 25, 2016, 5:05 a.m. IndySteve, I sent you a reply in the forums chat room - KA3JAW FN20jq de GACTVDX Easton, PA

Feb. 24, 2016, 9:30 p.m. Milford currently getting snow while some Indy areas are reporting freezing rain!!!! Rain, sleet so far at my house and trying to change to snow. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 24, 2016, 9:26 p.m. Andrew, per Trip, you are spot on! Ch. 2 was back @ 6:38 a.m. today with weaker sig. than yesterday. TSID comes from server, will eventually update. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 24, 2016, 7:21 p.m. I'm wondering if the TSID is still KOTA while the PSIP is now KHME. I had this issue when WPMY switched calls to WPNT. A weak TSID decode would only show the old call letters. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 24, 2016, 5:02 p.m. Steve, so what's up with your autologger? Did KHME switch back to KOTA? It's showing that it appeared out at the IL DX site antenna this morning. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 23, 2016, 7:48 p.m. [15:11] Meant to say, "1st time to see new calls...." de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 23, 2016, 5:16 p.m. I didn't realize KHME was using virtual channel 23. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 23, 2016, 4:23 p.m. Chris, it might have been, but looking at the reception graph it appears the signal was in for 2-3 minutes. http://www.rabbitears.info/tvdx/signal_graph/1019DEC0/tuner0/KHME de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 23, 2016, 4:01 p.m. Streve.. I wonder if it might have been Ms? There doesn't seem to be any Es around. de dtvdxer NY FN31

Feb. 23, 2016, 3:13 p.m. Just happened to have ants. aimed in general direction. Surprised. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 23, 2016, 3:11 p.m. Es KHME 2/23, Rapid City, SD 832 mi. from IL DX site via auto-logger around 9:23 a.m. EST. 1st to see new calls for former KOTA. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 22, 2016, 12:15 p.m. Tr KMOS 15/6, Sedalia, MO 312 mi. from IL DX site via auto-logger @ 3:47 a.m. EST. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 22, 2016, 3:45 a.m. Yeah, I could never understand why WPZR and WCPZ were spaced so close. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 22, 2016, 1:58 a.m. Wow, WPZR and WCPZ look kinda close to each other, with each being a 50kw "B". de dtvdxer NY FN31

Feb. 21, 2016, 11:45 p.m. Tr 102.7 WCGM Wattsburg, PA (121 miles) de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 21, 2016, 11:31 p.m. Tr 102.7 WPZR Mt. Clemens, MI (123 miles)... WCPZ 102.7 Sandusky OH @ 54 miles, almost same azimuth, nowhere to be heard. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 21, 2016, 12:11 p.m. Back in business! de mikeg IN EM69

Feb. 21, 2016, 4:25 a.m. Tr KTAJ 21/16 "TBN" St. Joseph, MO 383 mi. from IL DX site. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 21, 2016, 3:56 a.m. Tr WDAF 34/4, KC, MO 386 mi. from IL DX site. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 21, 2016, 3:52 a.m. Tr KSMO 47/62, KC, MO 379 mi. from IL DX site. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 21, 2016, 3:37 a.m. Tr KCPT 18/19, Kansas City, MO 380 mi. from IL DX site. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 20, 2016, 8:14 p.m. No 6m at all on DX Maps... but 10m is crazy. Any MUF's you see are basedon 28mhz paths, and not quite accurate. 60 degrees and dead band in Poughkeepsie. de dtvdxer NY FN31

Feb. 20, 2016, 7:40 p.m. 70 deg here in Indy de mikeg IN EM69

Feb. 20, 2016, 7:03 p.m. E-skip map is lighting up, but I haven't seen anything yet. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 20, 2016, 6:48 p.m. Thanks to IndySteve for repairing a corroded connection. de mikeg IN EM69

Feb. 20, 2016, 6:47 p.m. IL DX site back up now. de mikeg IN EM69

Feb. 20, 2016, 5:24 p.m. Tr a few C-IL DTVs at 200+ mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 20, 2016, 3:55 p.m. Tr WKEF 18/22 Dayton OH 300 mi... Tr's pickin' up a little de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 20, 2016, 3:36 p.m. Not much... really kinda sub-par... seeing a little dab of Louisville (180 mi) but that's abt it de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 20, 2016, 3:22 p.m. Ed, you seeing any tropo down there? The giant blob seems to be invading your area too. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 20, 2016, 3:13 p.m. Looks like WZTV 15/17 has added Antenna TV ("Ant.TV") 17-3... or, maybe, it's TV for ants :-) de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 20, 2016, 2:38 p.m. Tr 105.1 WKLC St. Albans, WV (180 miles) completely wiping out local WQXK de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 20, 2016, 1:56 p.m. Tr 13 WOWK Huntington, WV (179 miles) de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 20, 2016, 1:48 p.m. Tr 19/11 WVAH Huntington, WV (184 miles) de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 20, 2016, 1:39 p.m. Tr 94.5 WMXL Lexington, KY (250 miles) "My Mix 94.5.com" de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 20, 2016, 3:48 a.m. It would/will be odd having a "CB" call sign with CTV-2 network. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 20, 2016, 3:48 a.m. Unsure of ownership of CBCY. It was not shutdown like rest of CBC. It relays CFTK. They may be community-owned now like CBEBT-1 Hay River, NT. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 20, 2016, 3:45 a.m. Network change : eff. 2-22 : CBCY-2, CFTK-3, CJDC-5 BC & relays from CBC to CTV-2. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 20, 2016, 2:11 a.m. WBOC is actually Princess Anne, MD. Their WBOC-TV is Salisbury de dtvdxer NY FN31

Feb. 20, 2016, 2:08 a.m. Tr 102.5 WBOC Salisbury, MD in/out for call change. A bit of coastal tropo. de dtvdxer NY FN31

Feb. 20, 2016, 1:49 a.m. Au 98.3 unid w/Brown Sugar by The Stones. Antenna pointed north. Au condx noted on AM band de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 19, 2016, 3:02 p.m. Tr KERA 14/13 Dallas 565 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 19, 2016, 12:50 p.m. Tr KTXH 19/20 Houston 645 mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 19, 2016, 4:25 a.m. Tr 95.7 WPIG Olean, NY (180 miles) de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 18, 2016, 3:05 p.m. (Es was just a short-lived muf spike) de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 18, 2016, 2:05 p.m. Es 72.7 unID wireless clock station - de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 18, 2016, 1:34 p.m. Tr a few AL DTVs in the 250 mi range de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 18, 2016, 12:41 p.m. Tr KLRT 30/16 and KARZ 44/42 Little Rock 265-ish mi de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 18, 2016, 1:26 a.m. WOUC 35/44 has been off-the-air for many hours. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 17, 2016, 11:06 p.m. Au 90.1 - good sigs on my new aurora ant (the one in the garage pointed N) - de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 17, 2016, 9 p.m. Ms (and iono-scatter) CIII 2+ Bancroft ON 800 mi... big surprise, huh? :-) de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 17, 2016, 8:58 p.m. This particular wx girl was such a yammering ninny I'd mute the TV when she was on. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 17, 2016, 8:55 p.m. Andrew... yes, she was one (of many) WX people who insist on standing in the middle of the wx maps, stats, etc so you can't see anything. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 17, 2016, 8:53 p.m. Steve... the only reason I watch TV News is for the WX forecast... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 17, 2016, 8:33 p.m. Au muf 5 - seems to be just getting started - de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 17, 2016, 8:23 p.m. Ed, was she the one who always stood in front of W-KY while showing the weather map? de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 17, 2016, 8:11 p.m. Ed, in Indy the only local news is how many shootings overnight. I virtually never watch local/alphabet network junk. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 17, 2016, 8:07 p.m. Milford, IL DTV total -1, now 462. While in FL 1/20/16 and from memory, added KNOP as a new log. Wrong! Was new log 7/31/15. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 17, 2016, 8 p.m. Not a peep about this on WPSD TV Noon News de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 17, 2016, 2:42 p.m. I knew there was something 'off ' with this girl... http://wkms.org/post/wpsd-meteorologist-charged-felony-pot-cultivation de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 17, 2016, 3:36 a.m. Tr 95.7 WHIO Pleasant Hill, OH (150 miles) de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 17, 2016, 2:43 a.m. Tr 103.1 WHBR Parkersburg, WV "The Bear" (125 miles) *NEW* de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 17, 2016, 2:29 a.m. Tr 101.9 WVAQ Morgantown, WV (130 miles) de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 16, 2016, 8:59 p.m. I wonder if I could hear CIII here. I never tried listening during tropo. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 16, 2016, 8:35 p.m. At least they fixed it... I suspect they doubted I was a regular CIII viewer from 800 mi out de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 16, 2016, 8:26 p.m. ... and that was nearly a month ago. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 16, 2016, 7:54 p.m. I never heard back from Global-Toronto abt CIII... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 16, 2016, 6:53 p.m. Of the three PBS stations in this area, WIPB is the only one that actually takes the time to reply to viewer questions in an appropriate manner. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 16, 2016, 6:44 p.m. Once again, my local PBS station, WFYI, is too busy grabbing tax $$$ from the trough to return my phone call as to why it no longer offers DD 5.1 audio. Nearby WIPB, Muncie and WTIU, Bloomington, IN offer it. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 16, 2016, 4:35 p.m. I've read that stations do reduce power if there is ice on the tower, and WKBN has the tallest tower in northeast Ohio (about 1400'). de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 16, 2016, 4:31 p.m. WKBN 41/27 is the only channel that appears to be much weaker than normal. I wonder if they reduce power due to ice buildup on the transmitter? de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 16, 2016, 2:26 p.m. Usually doppler caused a "fat" carrier, I've never seen a discrete separate dopplered + the original before. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 16, 2016, 2:25 p.m. Au briefly saw something neat : CHBX-2 separate mirror carrier -152 Hz, CITO-3 mirror carrier -214 Hz. - de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 15, 2016, 4:34 p.m. Local WNYO-49 Buffalo sub changes : 49.2 ASN - new. GetTV moves from 49.2 to 49.4. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 15, 2016, 12:30 p.m. Ms 105.1 WQSB Albertville, AL 673 miles (2.7kw), calls heard (NEW) de Dave-N PA FN01qx

Feb. 15, 2016, 4:52 a.m. Regional tropo is up tonight, compared to what its been lately de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 14, 2016, 5:48 p.m. I've tried, Bill, but some guy named Murphy keeps answering :-( de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 14, 2016, 5:34 p.m. Too hot, too cold... talk to the man upstairs. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 14, 2016, 5:20 p.m. -> 15:54 Bill, you've got to do something abt this WX. :-) de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 14, 2016, 4:49 p.m. Tropo was mainly just improved locals, nothing beyond 80 miles at all. I think WPNT 42 normally blocks WGGN during typical summer tropo. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 14, 2016, 4:47 p.m. Tr 42/52 WGGN Sandusky, OH... I've only seen this one a few times here at home. The very cold air and clear night must have been all that was required to get it. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 14, 2016, 4:18 p.m. Buffalo. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 14, 2016, 4:18 p.m. Local WGRZ-33 off air since 4 am. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 14, 2016, 3:54 p.m. Antennas unplugged... snow, sleet, freezing rain, lightning, thunder... the only lightning in the entire con-US is right here. ugh. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 13, 2016, 9:39 p.m. Ms 92.1 WZEW Fairhope, AL RDS relog 972 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 13, 2016, 9:05 p.m. *NEW* WEKA-LD 27/41 Canton, OH (transmitter in downtown Cleveland) DTV #157 de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 13, 2016, 8:20 p.m. "You might be a Redneck if... your TV gets 512 channels but you go outside to use the bathroom." Jeff Foxworthy de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 13, 2016, 7:55 p.m. That was in 2004 de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 13, 2016, 7:53 p.m. [21:22] Only country song I know that had anything to do with "...nothing on" was Gary Allan's "Nothing On But The Radio", but that was implying he and his significant other had *nuttin on* de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 13, 2016, 2:27 a.m. 1992 Springsteen had "57 Channels (And Nothing On). There was also an obscure song by Punk band "Choking Victim" in 1999 simply titled "500 channels". de dtvdxer NY FN31

Feb. 13, 2016, 1:23 a.m. It wasn't Bruce - it was a country artist - it was maybe 10 years or so ago. de amfmdxer PA FN20id

Feb. 12, 2016, 11:30 p.m. He may have only had the Basic Cable package��. de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92

Feb. 12, 2016, 11:28 p.m. Bruce Springsteen did a song called "57 Channels and Nothing On" de Rob-VA3SW ON EN92

Feb. 12, 2016, 9:22 p.m. Wasn't there a Country song "500 Channels and Nothing On" ? de amfmdxer PA FN20id

Feb. 12, 2016, 8:15 p.m. Tr is dead... none of the Nashville (100 mi) DTVs are decoding :-( de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2016, 7:51 p.m. C-band pay programming... http://skyvision.com/programming/index.html ... is still available for the 4DTV Digi-cypher format rx's de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2016, 7:46 p.m. Press TV (Iran) is almost as biased as MSLSD de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2016, 7:43 p.m. I did a Gal-19 Ku scan this morning and found abt 200 international chs de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2016, 7:37 p.m. And the "Learning Channel" is just a bunch of shows of people who used to be famous and now have their own reality show. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 12, 2016, 7:36 p.m. The Travel Channel is basically a food channel of some guy that goes to different restaurants, that's about all it it. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 12, 2016, 7:35 p.m. In fact, there's hundreds of channels of garbage on the satellite service I pay for (Dish Network), but my wife is happy, so that's all that counts. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 12, 2016, 7:32 p.m. I keep a stationary Ku dish aimed at 30W (Hispasat). There's nothing worth watching on Ku FTA anymore. de andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 12, 2016, 7:25 p.m. MSLSD... that's what Mark Levin calls it. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 12, 2016, 7:08 p.m. Freq: 12055, SR:6890, Pol: vertical ... if ya wanna go look de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2016, 7 p.m. ... I checked today and only found 3 MSLSD feeds. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2016, 6:59 p.m. I used to see TWC FTA on AMC-6 Ku sat (72deg w-l) MPEG-2 format... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2016, 6:54 p.m. TWC has turned into a propaganda channel for the climate change worshipers de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2016, 6:49 p.m. After the 2009 ice storm we banned Jim Cantore from W-KY de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 12, 2016, 6:49 p.m. Cleveland has a new channel clogger... WEKA-LD 27/27 which began broadcasting a couple days ago. It's thankfully too weak here to see anything (not even a sub-decode). I'm going to go mobile to see if I can get it this weekend. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 12, 2016, 6:48 p.m. Weather Channel?? who even watches that anymore?? de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 12, 2016, 6:07 p.m. [15:33] My wife works for the Canadian Wx Net, and we're confused when we see shows like Alaska CG on TWC - what's that have to do w/meteorology? Why are there any shows at all? de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 12, 2016, 2:45 p.m. Talk about duplication, WISH is now offered on FOUR different channels!!!!..WISH RFs 9 & 17; WIIH-CD RF 8 (SD only); WNDY RF 32 on 23.3 de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 12, 2016, 2:40 p.m. The only major commercial station doing some kind of weather now in Indy is WRTV 25/6 on 6.2 via its new, weather and sports sub-channel. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 12, 2016, 2:35 p.m. [15:33] Totally agree, Ed. TWC co-founder, John Coleman, at least from what I've read, also agrees. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 11, 2016, 4:48 p.m. Nashville WZTV 15/17-2 runs Weather Nation w lcl inserts de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2016, 3:33 p.m. Even the 'real' Weather Channel has turned into a joke since NBC bought it / ruined it. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2016, 3:22 p.m. ... I suspect the quest for more $ is the reason the lcl wx chs have been dropped. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2016, 3:20 p.m. ... Now only the NBC (WPSD 32/6-3) runs a lcl radar for a min or two each hour.... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2016, 3:19 p.m. At one time, all three of my local alphabet stations (ABC, CBS, NBC) ran wx chs... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 11, 2016, 2:26 p.m. WISH little sister, WIIH-CD 8/17, Indy, is now // WISH 8.1 instead of LWS, but PSIP still "LWS." Video constant ID in LR, "WIIH Indianapolis." de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 11, 2016, 2:20 p.m. Local CW affiliate, WISH 9/8 & 17/8, Indy, has dropped LWS (Local Weather Station) and replaced with GetTV. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 11, 2016, 2:19 p.m. [14:32] Should be loose, not lose. Andrew used it correctly. :-) de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 10, 2016, 5:27 p.m. Ms 91.5 KSIV St. Louis, MO 658 miles, RDS, relog same mode de Dave-N PA FN01qx

Feb. 10, 2016, 4:55 p.m. Steve, looks like your last Milford IL log was the morning of the 7th. Maybe there is a *cable jiggle service* near Milford? :-) de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 10, 2016, 3:28 p.m. Steve, I doubt you're missing anything. Tropo has been non-existent for many weeks. You got enough time to drive there and jiggle the loose wire. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 10, 2016, 2:32 p.m. Andrew, want to drive to Milford and "jiggle" the cables there? It appears there is a lose cable or transformer there. No signal to tuner. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 10, 2016, 1:19 p.m. I jiggled the matching transformer on the back of my 12" B&W TV, and finally noticed the video on WLFM-LP 6. Apparently it just needed nudged a bit. That was probably the reason I hadn't seen any video on that channel before. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 10, 2016, 12:04 a.m. According to RabbitEars, it looks like KIVV 5 is now KHSD. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 9, 2016, 7:29 p.m. KEVN 7 is now KOTA. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 9, 2016, 7:03 p.m. CALL CHANGE... In case you missed it... KOTA 2 Rapid City SD is now KHME de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 9, 2016, 6:50 p.m. Ms (w iono-scatter) benchmarks CHBX 2- (700 mi) and CIII 2+ (800 mi) de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 9, 2016, 6:41 p.m. Tr even with, beyond dead condx, still hearing the WHBF 4 pilot on 66.31 (340 mi) de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 9, 2016, 6:38 p.m. Seeing the same thing on ch 2 analog as I'm seein' out the window.... Snow. de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 9, 2016, 3:38 p.m. Ms 91.5 KANU Lawrence, KS 896 mi., RDS display showing PI/RT & PTY, relog de Dave-N PA FN01qx

Feb. 7, 2016, 6:42 p.m. Tr 100.1 WSJP Port Washington, WI Weak scatter, "Catholic radio to start your day, Relevant Radio", relog 324 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 7, 2016, 6:26 p.m. Ms 100.1 KKWK Cameron,MO "...randycurnowchevrolet.com...", web search shows in Cameron, MO, again at 2 min later "...of northwest Missouri..." relog 696 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 7, 2016, 5:37 p.m. Ms 91.5 WUAL Tusooloosa, AL 778 mi., �.here on ALABAMA Public Radio�., prev Es de Dave-N PA FN01qx

Feb. 7, 2016, 11:36 a.m. Tr 91.5 WKRJ New Philadelphia, OH 178 miles, WKSU calls heard (NEW) de Dave-N PA FN01qx

Feb. 6, 2016, 6:38 p.m. Ms 100.3 unid with bogus RDS PI WQRB / PTY Soft Rock to west de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 6, 2016, 6:37 p.m. Ms 100.3 unid with bogus RDS PI WQRB de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 6, 2016, 5:16 p.m. Ms 100.3 KMJM Bridgeton, MO "...100,3 The Beat..." NEW 574 mi de Jeff ON EN93fo

Feb. 5, 2016, 5:31 p.m. Yesterday around 10 pm, I was hearing intermod on 102.7 and 103.7 from the nearby 97.5 tower. Same setup today, and it's gone. Not sure why it's worse at certain times. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 5, 2016, 2:16 a.m. Tr 104.7 WVRC Spencer, WV (160 miles) de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 5, 2016, 2:04 a.m. Tr 101.5 WXBW Gallipolis, OH (161 miles) de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 3, 2016, 5:17 p.m. It only broadcasts during regular business hours, usually between 9 am and 5 pm local time. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 3, 2016, 5:17 p.m. [16:25] Jim, you're right... it appears that the test transmission is switching back and forth between ATSC 1.0 and 3.0. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 3, 2016, 4:25 p.m. Andrew, looks like your SNR on 9 jumped to 90% for about 10 minutes right around 11 am EST de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 3, 2016, 4:11 p.m. 9/9 WG9XGV is currently broadcasting from Cleveland in ATSC 3.0 mode. I see 100% signal strength with no DTV signal. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 3, 2016, 2:38 p.m. I used to hear lots of chirps from XHOR 14 (471.25) Matamoros de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 3, 2016, 2:36 p.m. ... looking for that little 'chirp' you get w UHF Ms de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 3, 2016, 2:35 p.m. Thanks, Bill... this may require hours of listening w the headphones on... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 3, 2016, 2:30 p.m. There's also Ch 37 Guatemala City, YSUG 37 San Salvador, and probably others as well. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 3, 2016, 12:50 p.m. I'd like to try for it via Ms (yeah, I know, at 1700 mi it's a long shot) If I only knew what freq to listen to de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 3, 2016, 12:45 p.m. ... it's vid-car should be 609.24? .25? .26? Does anyone know, for sure? de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 3, 2016, 12:43 p.m. Looking for info on HION analog TV 37 from the Dom-Rep... de Ed W-KY EM56

Feb. 3, 2016, 4:28 a.m. Tr 104.3 WFXK Bunn NC (323 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29

Feb. 3, 2016, 4:18 a.m. Tr 89.7 WCPE Raleigh NC (342 mi.) de W2NJL NJ FM29

Feb. 3, 2016, 2:20 a.m. I posted my results of the FM multi-notch filter in the forum... http://forums.wtfda.org/showthread.php?10607-Perfect-Solution-for-FM-Overload&p=39164#post39164 de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 3, 2016, 12:37 a.m. If I don't use a full-band FM trap, I notice high-VHF channels have lower SNRs. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 3, 2016, midnight Seems even the Milford IL dx site numbers run higher than mine http://m.rabbitears.info/index.php?request=tvdx_one&tid=1019DEC0&tno=0&hours=&sort=all&tzone=CT&unit=&auto=Y de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 2, 2016, 11:58 p.m. But high VHF runs really low de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 2, 2016, 11:57 p.m. My low VHF numbers are typically high http://m.rabbitears.info/index.php?request=tvdx_one&tid=101C926D&tno=0&hours=&sort=all&tzone=ET&unit=&auto=Y de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 2, 2016, 11:56 p.m. Is that what's causing Andrew's numbers to be so high on VHF, on his Rabbitears tuner? de Jim-T MO EM37

Feb. 2, 2016, 11:51 p.m. From the FM harmonics. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 2, 2016, 11:50 p.m. If that's the case, then TV 7-13 could also be likewise affected. de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 2, 2016, 11:25 p.m. Apparently I was seeing so much FM overload here, that signals were reduced in all directions. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 11:20 p.m. I'm hearing FM signals I could never pick up before because of this multiple-notch filter. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 11:11 p.m. I got my multiple-notch FM filter, and apparently that was the secret to solving my overload problem. I'm seeing signals go way up. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 5:14 p.m. WG9XGV 9/9 is indeed an ATSC 3.0 test broadcast. It's broadcasting 3 channels of Oregon Public Broadcasting right now. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 4:24 p.m. It appears the red blob was just too far south of here according to the APRS map. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 4:23 p.m. Although my autologger stopped working, I doubt I actually missed anything. These tropo blobs rarely develop where I want them to. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 4:15 p.m. Also, distant sigs are fading fast now. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 4:14 p.m. Looking on RF 9, but lots of CCI from WISH, Indy de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 3:55 p.m. Look for that weird channel of RF 9. May be ATSC 3.0 testing in 1.0 mode. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 3:54 p.m. My autologger just stopped working, and the backup computer too. I wonder if my internet is now down. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 3:42 p.m. Andrew, I'm now seeing into your backyard. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 3:41 p.m. Tr WEWS 15/5, Cleveland, OH 311 miles from IL DX site. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 3:22 p.m. Steve, it looks like you got a good red blob to your east. I'm not seeing anything special on my autologger here. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 3:22 p.m. Tr WNPB 33/24, Morgantown, WV 419 mi. from IL DX site. Relog. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 2:58 p.m. ATSC 3.0 test on VHF.... That's my guess, but not sure. I'm not home to verify. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 2:46 p.m. Tr WVAH 19/11, Charleston, WV 340 mi. from IL DX site. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 2:44 p.m. Andrew, ????? No clue. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 2:43 p.m. I took a screenshot of it on my iPhone. I'm not home to see what it's broadcasting. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 2:40 p.m. It has 3 channels... 9.9, 9.10, and 9.11 de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 2:39 p.m. 9/9 WG9XGV on the autologger... what the heck is this?? de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 1:38 p.m. Tr WKMR 15/38, Morehead, KY 281 mi. from IL DX site via manual tuner. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 1:22 p.m. Tr WDKY 31/56, Danville, KY 259 mi. from IL DX site. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 1:02 p.m. Tr WTTE 36/28, Columbus, OH 246 mi. from IL DX site. de indysteve IN EM69

Feb. 2, 2016, 1:50 a.m. My Tin Lee multiple-notch FM filter is arriving tomorrow. So that should help reduce all that overload when I aim that way. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 1:49 a.m. I receive Toledo FM's better when I aim 60 degrees away. The problem is that blowtorch FM tower 2 miles away near the same azimuth. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 1:46 a.m. There is is a bit of FM tropo here, but no trace of anything on TV. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 1:45 a.m. 97.9's 175,000 watts aren't enough to get through the IBOC. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 2, 2016, 1:41 a.m. 94.7 WSNY @ 105 miles comes in clear just 2 miles away from 94.9 WQMX, but can't get any trace of 97.9 WNCI at 10 miles away from 98.1 WKDD's IBOC static. de Andrew K OH EN91EB

Feb. 1, 2016, 2:13 p.m. Some huge red blogs on APRS-Tr map - 144 MHz Ms ? de WRH ON FN03

Feb. 1, 2016, 12:16 p.m. WRH ... and on 89.9 "Classical Public Radio 89.9 WDAV" for WDAV itself, both by Ms. de Saul ON FN04

Feb. 1, 2016, 12:12 p.m. WRH ... No real detective work. Have heard "WDAV" 89.3 on Ms for WSCI de Saul ON FN04

Feb. 1, 2016, 2:04 a.m. This morning's tropo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9XTMrSVgoI de Bryce-K4NBF TN EM66