"Johnny Carson" on Antenna TV
In our area the amount of available stations is actually dismal, and the only reason "I get what I do" is because of a stack of translators on a nearby hill.
The main "bunch" of Spokane TV is on (variously) Tower / Power mtn, "Krell Hill." However, in my part of town, that mtn is partially shaded by Blossom Peak, and the two Mica Mtn near state line.
"On that" is NBC, FOX (+ANTENNATV), CBS (+ JUSTICE), CW22, and WA state PBS. There might be one or two lower power religious stations.
Then the "big gun" up on Mt Spokane is ABC, and their sub channel, METV
I could get Mt Spokane with very little effort, but everything else was difficult. Part of that stuff was on translator back in the analog days.
But when digital TV first fired up, some of the stuff on Krell did not get sent to translator.
I'm an amateur, and already had a 45' tower, so I got busy and mounted a big corner reflector pointed to the local translator, and built a sidearm support, with rotator, and mounted a big VHF / UHF yagi with a 14' boom pointed to Spokane, in an effort to receive stuff off Krell.
Even though I could get stuff off Krell back "in analogue," digital is a no go. So the effort and expense of the big yagi was a huge waste of time and effort.
The "upshot" is that everything I can get now comes from a corner reflector pointed an the local hill full of translators. The downside is that a big storm can take them out (and has) and that I cannot get CW22 which has more old stuff and would be interesting.
"TVFOOL" is a great site to plot your prospects in your area
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
Below is the plot for me, "with a flaw."
The huge signal 13 from the NW is Channel 4, CBS, from Mt Spokane. All the stations from the NE are from the local translator.
Everything from the W-SW is from Krell / Tower Mtn, and is flawed, because it does not truly reflect signal level shadowed by the mountains in the road. CW22 is not even remotely "there." Channel 2 "sometimes" and PBS can be detected as being there but not received.
The translator channnels are EG 18 is channel 6 (NBC) 26 is Idaho PBS, and so on.
Everything nearly directly N is considerably further away, out of range.
In our area the amount of available stations is actually dismal, and the only reason "I get what I do" is because of a stack of translators on a nearby hill.
The main "bunch" of Spokane TV is on (variously) Tower / Power mtn, "Krell Hill." However, in my part of town, that mtn is partially shaded by Blossom Peak, and the two Mica Mtn near state line.
"On that" is NBC, FOX (+ANTENNATV), CBS (+ JUSTICE), CW22, and WA state PBS. There might be one or two lower power religious stations.
Then the "big gun" up on Mt Spokane is ABC, and their sub channel, METV
I could get Mt Spokane with very little effort, but everything else was difficult. Part of that stuff was on translator back in the analog days.
But when digital TV first fired up, some of the stuff on Krell did not get sent to translator.
I'm an amateur, and already had a 45' tower, so I got busy and mounted a big corner reflector pointed to the local translator, and built a sidearm support, with rotator, and mounted a big VHF / UHF yagi with a 14' boom pointed to Spokane, in an effort to receive stuff off Krell.
Even though I could get stuff off Krell back "in analogue," digital is a no go. So the effort and expense of the big yagi was a huge waste of time and effort.
The "upshot" is that everything I can get now comes from a corner reflector pointed an the local hill full of translators. The downside is that a big storm can take them out (and has) and that I cannot get CW22 which has more old stuff and would be interesting.
"TVFOOL" is a great site to plot your prospects in your area
http://www.tvfool.com/?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=29
Below is the plot for me, "with a flaw."
The huge signal 13 from the NW is Channel 4, CBS, from Mt Spokane. All the stations from the NE are from the local translator.
Everything from the W-SW is from Krell / Tower Mtn, and is flawed, because it does not truly reflect signal level shadowed by the mountains in the road. CW22 is not even remotely "there." Channel 2 "sometimes" and PBS can be detected as being there but not received.
The translator channnels are EG 18 is channel 6 (NBC) 26 is Idaho PBS, and so on.
Everything nearly directly N is considerably further away, out of range.