K03JD-D move in

[CAwasinNJ]

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.

[kenglish]

I see the signal in Midvale...just the pilot and some data. I haven't tried a receiver yet.
Don't know why they wanted a low-VHF channel though. Nobody but TV DXers probably watching.
Do you think they will send QSL cards😉?

[CAwasinNJ]

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.

[dspete]

Well I'm getting them here in South Jordan and with a 3 bar on signal indicator
3.1 The Valley Network (Church Services)
3.2 RT NOW TV Looks like a Russia News Channel and around Europe
3.3 BIZ Network

So Basically channels I will block off my guide nothing I'd watch

[kenglish]

The carrier at about 310 KHz above the lower edge of the channel is also called a pilot. It's purpose under ATSC 1.0 was to create a frequency reference, and a pilot carrier for AGC in the older tuners.
I could see their pilot nice and solid, so I knew something was there (ones and zeros), but didn't have a way to try and decode it.
I think that there are still plenty of VHF-capable antennas in areas that had translators before, so many folks still use them, with or without adding a UHF.

[CAwasinNJ]

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.

[dspete]

I'm pretty sure it's KO3JD-D But just going off what it says on screen??

But all 3 channels dark as of noon today

[kenglish]

I suspect many people will have severe overload/desense problems due to the FM channels up there. KBYU (89.1) is on Mount Vision, and KBEE (98.7) and KJMY (99.5) are just a few feet away, on the lower edge of Mount Nelson.
I called Standard Supply, to see if they carry FM Trap filters, but they don't stock them. Here's a link to Channel Master:
www.channelmaster.com/collections/splitters-combiners-filters

[dspete]

Back on this morning

[CAwasinNJ]

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.

[dspete]

Sorry CA and others for the turned picture that's what happens when you work 14 hours on a 12 hour grave shift

[CAwasinNJ]

The full size image is actually oriented correctly thanks to the EXIF information in the file, FWIW.

And thank you for posting that.

[tardiscaptain]

After several scans, I still don't see it in northern Davis County but I'm also using an indoor antenna.

[CAwasinNJ]

It's true that being an indoor antenna doesn't help reception. Are you sure you have an antenna rated for VHF? I was sure my main antenna was both VHF and UHF but when I checked it I found out I was wrong. Mine is rated for UHF only. It does pick up the signal but not enough to properly decode it. I suppose I could upgrade but there isn't anything on K03JD that I want to see anyway.