Was it a requirement for all analogs to reduce power on DTV day?

A big t-storm slammed the southern edge of the county here just after midnight this morning and must have broke something over at CIII-22.
Had SNL on and it was working fine up to around 12:30 am, but right after they were showing only a black screen with good signal. I have seen this before after storms and assumed it would be back to usual in some hrs.

Later today though, the transmitter doesn't seem to be working right at all. Signal is about as weak as a tiny night light bulb and it's going on and off the air continually.

CKCO 42 analogue has some funkie 'scrambled' mess on it....anyone have details on this???


Just for the heck of it, I punched in 42.1 back then and WGGN (V52,R42) came in. Now that tropo has died down, CKCO is back in control.

Spring and fall weather plays havoc with microwave transmissions. Many of these repeaters are fed by microwave. It wouldn't surprise me if that's the culprit.

Global CIII-DT-22 is back up and running again today at last check. (noon today)

Works fine for me too, though it seems a little weaker than before.

A new sub has appeared on WMYD today. The Cool TV music videos is now in Detroit on 20-2.

A new sub has appeared on WMYD today. The Cool TV music videos is now in Detroit on 20-2.

Is WMYD (or was WMYD) on rf 20 - which used to be known as WXON?

yes it used to be WXON used to love that station for my Greatest American Hero fix

On my TV it went to 21.2, but Cool TV still comes in.
RF 21 is Detroit and RF 20 is London, Ontario. 20.1 is the virtual channel for WMYD.

The Sammy LCD does not like WMYD's new changes and has lost proper mapping and program info. The zinwell d2a converter box continues to work just fine though. Centronics zat502hd box also works, just the TV's integrated tuner thats the problem.

yes it used to be WXON used to love that station for my Greatest American Hero fix

I built pay-TV decoders when I was in high school in Windsor for "ON-TV" which was broadcast on WXON every night at 7 or 8 pm. Made some good coin.

Agreed with Phil81. My Samsungs PSIP is all broken now. No more remapping and not seeing CoolTV. Haven't had a chance to try it on my Access HD yet.

Just to follow up, the Access HD sees The Cool TV and properly remapped the station. My Samsung is now pulling in the station after a bit of a delay, but PSIP is all messed.

Did WMYD go from 1080i to 720p in the process, or were they always at 720p?

WMYD has always been in 720p. What's up with CBET 9-1...not broadcasting in HD for over 24 hours????

Just an update on why ch 42 ctv Sarnia is not as strong as it should be. I just received an e-mail from Janet Taylor at CTV and they are currently at lower power because they are using a stand-by transmitter. They are waiting for parts from the distributor and once fixed they will be back to full power. Hopefully sometime this week. I asked her if it might not be cheaper in the long run to transition it to digital but got no reply on that one!

Has anyone noticed poor picture quality on CITY 31 from Woodstock? I feel like I'm watching Bell TV whenever I tune in CITY.

TVO appeared to be back to SD again last night during and after the heavy rain. So much for their HD relay system.

As Phil81 has pointed out, the WDWO problem has been happening ever since they moved their tower. I also have a Samsung, which the problem affects; it doesn't have any effect on my HDHR3.

It seems to happen a couple of times a week and last for as much as several hours at a time.

update:
WDWO seems to be all fixed here since Wed when the EPG data returned. No more problems noted.

Anyone else notice that the first few minutes of Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has a bad audio sync problem the last few nights?