Greetings All,
I have a technical question for someone who may have some inside information..
Although I live in the Mid-Hudson Valley of NY, I pick up (reliability) 4 stations out of CT:
WVIT, WTIC, WEDH (Hartford) & WTNH (New Haven).
Prior to repacking, I also could receive WFSB ONLY between the hours of 4am and 8am (approximately).
After 8am, the signal would almost completely disappear.
The ONLY other TV frequency that I can receive at my location is Channel 23 out of Highland (Poughkeepsie), NY.
I get NO discernible signals from NYC or Albany.
About 3 weeks ago, all of the CT stations went through the repack exercise.
What surprised me is that WFSB is now watchable most of the day.
Looking at the signal with my spectrum display shows the signal still bobbing up and down like a cork on the ocean.
However, most of the time the level is high enough to maintain watch-ability.
As before, the levels are BEST in the early morning hours, but the station can now be received for much of the day.
Prior to repacking, WFSB was on Channel 33. After repack it is on Channel 36.
I find it hard to believe that an 18mhz INCREASE in frequency should be responsible for the signal level changes.
So the questions I have (for someone who might know) did WFSB:
1) Change output power?
2) Change antenna orientation?
3) Change transmitter location?
Thanx to anyone who can satisfy my curiosity.
Richard Rosa
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