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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 12, 2024 17:11:19 GMT -6
The full size image is actually oriented correctly thanks to the EXIF information in the file, FWIW.
And thank you for posting that.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 12, 2024 17:06:09 GMT -6
Reading between the lines from the STA filing I don't think the new tower has been built yet. So if there's something going on it probably isn't that.
I don't see anything at 2020, but I have poor reception down at those lower frequencies.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 12, 2024 6:57:05 GMT -6
Yep. That's K03JD alright. Interesting choices in programming. I don't think I'd be watching anything there myself. Maybe they could pick up Nost or Ace or some of the networks that KPDR used to carry.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 11, 2024 10:02:36 GMT -6
To be honest I was more interested in the 25-54 info they posted. Those aren't the money demos of course, but it's still interesting to compare that with the 12+ public numbers.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 11, 2024 9:37:46 GMT -6
DS, I'm not sure that's K03JD. KUTA on RF 13 up in Ogden is already assigned virtual 3 and their coverage area is almost completely overlapped by K03JD so I don't see how both could use the same virtual channel. The Valley Channel is also a Cache Valley thing, though it could be a simulcast for some reason. Can you tell what RF channel what you're seeing is on?
Ken, thanks for the clarification.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 10, 2024 22:21:13 GMT -6
Pilot? Did you mean carrier?
It was originally on Ch 47 but had to move during the repack. The request doesn't give a reason for the choice of Ch 3 but the availability of channels must have been a consideration. Maybe even the consideration of channels at Wendover combined with what was available between there and Vision. We can't see them from here but there are a lot of LPTVs in the VHF band in the rural areas around the Wasatch Front.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 9, 2024 4:50:41 GMT -6
According to the most recent filings, KMRI was back on the air temporarily from March 1 through the 4th, apparently at an STA power level of 1kW. They have also received FAA clearance for construction of the new tower and say that once the FCC approves the new application for the facility and they get local building permits they will construct it promptly and resume normal broadcasting.
FWIW their license expired last April but their application for renewal is still pending.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 9, 2024 4:18:40 GMT -6
K03JD-D has been constructed and is now emitting a signal. That signal is digital gibberish AFAICT, but it is there. Now we'll have to see what programming might emerge.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Mar 2, 2024 4:46:33 GMT -6
I'm very surprised by this. I didn't think it would happen, but the license for KUTB has been cancelled. enterpriseefiling.fcc.gov/dataentry/api/download/attachment/25076ff38dcdf240018df0339b9b0b05The fact is that this is long overdue. The last time I saw KUTB actually airing programming was for one day back in 2019. Since then I have only seen them broadcasting null packets with no programming. They finally filed a request to remain silent on Jan 3 2023, claiming that they'd been silent since Dec 30 2022 due to an encoder failure. At least the reason is plausible, though I'm virtually certain the date is wildly inaccurate. Even as I write this Channel 18 is still on the air with Null Packet Theater. We'll have to see how long it takes for the transmitter to be turned off. Assuming there isn't an appeal and the license stays cancelled, this could be an opportunity for one of the new VHF stations that are poised to sign on.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 29, 2024 6:55:32 GMT -6
As I'm sure you know, the FCC doesn't get involved with programming matters other than making sure the minimum basic requirements are met. There are, of course, multiple entities that have more than one station up at/near Farnsworth. 2 & 14, 4 & 30, 7 & 9, 13 & 16. Those all have separate programming on each station, but then there's the curious case of 20, 10 & 50. That one drives me nuts but it isn't against any rules I know of.
66/39 was never at Riverdale and has always had a COL of Salt Lake.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 29, 2024 6:26:27 GMT -6
It's nice to have contact with the engineers, rather than getting info from a help desk, sometimes. I agree, and not just with help desks. I don't use official tech support channels much, but I do a fair amount with online tech forums. Both suffer from I'm-going-to-assume-you're-an-idiot-itis. I don't blame them. Most of the people they deal with ARE idiots. Still, it's a bit annoying to have to convince someone for the umpteenth time to forgo the usual PEBKAC type errors and get to the serious stuff.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 29, 2024 6:13:41 GMT -6
I don't remember noticing whether KCPW was in stereo. It wasn't, even during music programming?
I never believed that turning off the stereo pilot did much to increase a station's range. The radio would take care of that on its own unless it was the cheapest $2 radio imaginable, and those were probably mono only to begin with.
According to the notice of resumption of operations, KUUB is at its fully licensed power. The weakness I heard a few days ago is gone. The next step would be to wait for the construction of the power increase.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 28, 2024 4:15:03 GMT -6
The station name is there, but there is no data for the HD1. The HD2 just shows "HD2-HD2" and HD3 is "HD3-HD3"
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 28, 2024 4:09:02 GMT -6
KSVN-CD 25 was the station that was sold and is now NewsNet. The analog KSVN-CA was located at the Riverdale tower near Ogden. When they got a digital companion channel during the digital conversion they specified the transmitter site as Farnsworth Peak, so digitally it's always been there. The original analog signal was surrendered in 2011.
Their previous translator started out as K66FN from the site north of Ensign Peak. It moved to Farnsworth about 2004. It did a digital flash cut to channel 39 and became K39JS-D in 2010. They were the odd man out when the repack happened and were granted a construction permit to move to RF Ch 9 as K09ZY, but that never made it on the air and expired back in 2021.
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Post by CAwasinNJ on Feb 28, 2024 3:25:15 GMT -6
Major chaos across America today, as DirecTV seems to lose a satellite. Speculation is that the old satellite has died of old age. Even DirecTV didn't know what to say, claiming things like "a satellite positioning error". It's just the twice yearly "sun outage", as it's often called. It will happen at various times for the next few days, then be OK until next time. Just like always. Sadly, no old-timers were around to raise an eyebrow, Joe Spears style, and explain it with an Alabama drawl. 🤠Given that the issue started very early Tuesday morning (about 3AM) and continued all day it's clearly NOT a solar outage.
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