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KWVT is back!


atari2600land

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For a little over a year, I couldn't recieve KWVT due to their switching from analog to digital. Now it seems as though they've upgraded the tower or something and I can once again get the signal. So one of my favorite TV channels (the only one I can't get on cable) is back. Yay!

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According to TVfool.com KWVT has both a "low-power" analog station on UHF 17 (transmitting near Salem) and a digital station on UHF 49 (virtual channel 17.1, transmitting near Portland). If you have an HDTV and are watching the digital station, it's entirely possible they've boosted their transmission power. They might have done the same with their analog signal, but that's less likely given the DTV push.

 

You might want to check out TVfool.com. It looks like you have 3 transmitters west of Salem (KWVT analog, K50GG & K21GX analog & digital) and one east of Salem (KXPD analog) with another 9+ strong stations in Portland. Hmmm... For the Salem transmitters you could use an antenna like the Channel Master 4221 with the reflector removed so it would pick up both directions. But if you wanted to get Portland you'd need a rotor or an antenna with a really wide beamwidth.

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I can already get most of the stations coming from Portland with my set-top antenna. The only problem is, I also get them on cable, so there's no need to. Thanks for the link, I checked out TVFool, but I don't understand some of the terms they use (like "azimuth", for instance). I think the info there is a little over my head. KWVT doesn't have an analog signal any more, which is the reason I couldn't watch it any more. I'm still waiting for an e-mail from the station owner asking whether they increased their power or not.

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Azimuth refers to the direction you point the antenna in. They give two values - relative to true North and magnetic North.

 

I have and antenna for HD and non-HD cable for the channels I don't get via antenna (and as a backup to the antenna). The two big advantages of antenna is cost (HD cable would be $25-$35/month, mostly for channels I get via antenna for free) and higher quality.

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