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Repeaters were set up originally to increase range for hand held and mobile operation . When I was active on VHF FM mobile operation, I would check to see if I could hear a station on the input freq, and ask them to go to a simplex cahnnel to free up the repeater. Today the use of repeaters is a gi...

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From CBC Music (f.k.a. Radio 2) April 6: Does your radio sound a little more Canadian this morning? We’re shifting our weekday radio schedule during this time, and it features all-Canadian music. Starting on Tuesday: - Saroja Coelho starts your day off right on Mornings with CBC Music, 6AM-10AM - Ju...

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Once in a while, before retiring for the night, I'll check out Coast To Coast AM, on AM800 CKLW. It's a guilty pleasure. I like "Dr. Sky" the astronomy guy and the weird old "UFO Reporter" who weekly tells of rural folk who see triangular shaped glowing objects ripping across the sky (even though mo...

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tapeisrolling wrote: ↑
Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:43 pm
I have re-scanned several of my TVs and all are missing 14
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You probably know this but WHNE is no longer virtual 14. Their RF and PSIP is Channel 3, and they're identifying as "WHNE TV3"

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Completely agree, well put. That station has gone out of its way to communicate and interact with its seemingly enthusiastic viewer fan base, far more than the majors, and none of the other LPs seem to be wanting to have any local identity. WHNE is really trying to be "the little station that could....

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Although the FCC two weeks ago (March 20) stripped the operating licenses from four radio stations tied to shock-jock Bob Romanik , two of the stations continue to broadcast. https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/stl-shock-jock-still-on-air-after-fcc-pulls-radio-licenses/article_4...

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Time to revive the time-tested "Aluminum Foil On the Rabbit Ears" antenna gain enhancement and multipath cancellation method.

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It wouldn't surprise me if this e-skip everyone worries about isn't a problem either. We'll see in the summer. But I think it's a dramatization. We're not yet into sporadic-e and tropo season, which can run into early summer. Whether it's a problem will depend on how many other Channel 3 signals th...

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From WHNE this evening (4/1) - WHNE is ON THE AIR The tower install crew came in early this morning and have been getting it done today! They did a great job getting the antenna installed in 1 day instead of what we thought would be 2 or 3 days. WHNE is ON THE AIR on our new channel 3! We are testin...

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Thanks for the facebook link. Their tower and combiner are not was I was expecting! Interesting! Wish them luck on the work this week! Hoping the weather cooperates. There are four of those arrays. Five element Yagi-style antennas so probably fairly directional lobes with overlap. Antenna made by P...

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On its Facebook page, WHNE has photos of parts of their Ch.3 antenna, as it awaits mounting on the tower, hopefully soon. The piece they were waiting for was a power divider. Don't know why it had to come from Italy. Hope it works.

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From SXM:
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It’s not multi path, but actually the top of the tower swaying in the wind. It’s the same as if you were moving you receiving antenna around by several feet. When WKBD was on 14 they were on the lowest UHF channel (longest wavelength) so the effect would be noticed the least. WKBD's RF14 antenna wa...

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On AntennaTV, I just saw a most awful spot for a most horrifying product. "TRUMPY BEAR" A somewhat bear-looking toy that lets one show "patriotism" because when you unzip it out comes an American flag blanket. Just guessing it's manufactured in China, since it never says "Proudly Made in the USA" OM...

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MWmetalhead wrote: ↑
Sun Mar 29, 2020 1:37 pm
Neither antenna was successful in decoding WUDL.

Nothing to see there, move along.

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