WJBK signal strength?

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edj
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Re: WJBK signal strength?

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Overall, I'd say WADL is the worst due to the short tower and not being in Southfield like the others. It's virtually impossible with rabbit ears in western Wayne, Downriver, and especially Ann Arbor. Of course, it's fantastic in Macomb and probably St. Clair counties.
Marcus
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Re: WJBK signal strength?

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The WADL signal could be fixed rather quickly. Detroit Public TV is 1080i which means they could use channel sharing with WADL if they are willing to broadcast with 720p.

If you watch FOX 2 over the ATSC 3.0 transmission, you can get it with a UHF antenna. It also gets out to the west without too much difficultly. You will be missing out on channels 2.2 through 2.6 using the method, however.
Marcus
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Re: WJBK signal strength?

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You're right. I always thought that two 1080i's wouldn't work over ATSC 1.0

My TV set indicates that channel 50.5 is also in 1080i. Right now, there is a test pattern that reads CBS TV DETROIT on it.
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