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Originally Posted by Friedchicken
Meshmellow, here is my current list of stations offered through FM cable:
If you have any variances from this list, please let me know.
Thank you Fried Chicken for all your work in providing that list, which is almost identical to the one from Shaw's website. Yours was very helpful, because it includes the actual frequencies of the stations that have been shifted. Perhaps the moving of frequencies is problematic, because "off air" reception would vary in different parts of the Lower Mainland. I am on the top of a very high point of land in Surrey and the receiver/tuner in question is near a window on the top floor.
It looks like I have problems similar to what 57 described with interference from strong signals in my area. (I even get different results in the evening and the daytime.) I have tried three different baluns and checked reception in another part of the house. Here is what I do get with the cable attached:
(I am leaving out the ones with bad static or one station on top of another - in other words, those that would not be pleasant to listen to.)
89.3 CHKG
90.7 KLSY - Bellevue - not bad reception
*90.9 CBC2 FRENCH - la chaine culturelle (not on Shaw, but coming in anyway)
92.1 CBC2 - Victoria
92.9 KISM - Bellingham
93.5 KPLU - light static
*93.7 CJJR - much better than cable 92.5 (this is with cable connected)
*94.5 CFBT - horrible at cable 100.9
95.1 KUOW - usually bad static - one I would really like to have
*95.3 CKZZ - better than cable 90.1
95.9 KISW - light static - would not be enjoyable
*97.7 CBUF - French CBC1 (not 97.9 on mine)
98.1 KING - fairly light static - not bad - can listen
98.5 CIOC - Ocean FM Victoria
98.9 KWJZ - Seattle - light hiss
99.7 CFOX - some hiss - about the same on 99.3
100.1 CFUN - AM
*100.3 CKKQ - Victoria (2 stations at cable 96.3)
100.5 Clear FM - also good on 104.9
101.5 KPLZ - light static
101.9 CITR- light static
102.3 CBUF - French CBC1
*103.5 CHQM - horrible at cable 106.3/jumble of sound)
*104.3 KAFE - Bellingham
*104.9 Clear FM
105.3 CFMI
*105.7 CBC2 English - much better than cable 104.1
*106.5 KWPZ Praise - Lynden, Washington
*107.1 CFSR? Valley Radio - Abbotsford
107.5 KNDD - Seattle - considerable static
* stations which are either not in the cable FM list or listed at a different frequency, which I receive even when the cable is connected.
The receiver/tuner in question is almost identical to the one in another part of the house which does a little better at receiving the cable signals (also Technics, but a "higher" model), so I don't think it's the receiver or balum. More likely my difficult location is at the root of the problem.
meshmellow