: OTA Station Status: Montréal, QC, Northern NY & VT



Cantor
2011-05-26, 08:58 PM
12.1 signal seems strong (7/10 bars) but i'm getting a lot of choppiness tonight. i had to eventually switch it to the analog feed. i live in st-henri and i've got a clear LOS to the antenna on the mountain.

DjiPi
2011-05-28, 05:49 PM
(...) Normally in a bright scene, on the upper 1/4, I can see some small vertical blue bars (...)
Confirmed for me too about the blue vertical bars; it's been there since I started receiving this channel OTA.

Cantor
2011-05-30, 11:39 AM
44.1 is still having issues with their transmitter, i believe.

MTLOTA
2011-05-30, 04:01 PM
44.1 (WFFF) I think is still having problems since they had a break in their line.
I've been having problems since then, if you scan that Chanel a few times a week
you will some times get to view it, but a day or so later it's down again. As for 33.1 yesterday seem to go black for a while.

WalterP
2011-05-31, 12:06 PM
I didn't realize that the transmitter was still out as I've seen recent posts from my area saying that 44.1 was working. I will wait to see if it shows up! As for my 12.1 problems, any suggestions for a filter or trap to improve the image stability?

Cantor
2011-05-31, 06:38 PM
i think the temporary fix they've got works well for some people, but it looks like it is very location-sensitive for us here in montreal.

EdT
2011-06-01, 01:42 AM
I have no problems with 44.1 (WFFF), coming in rock solid, it is CFCF 12.1 that I haven't been able to receive within the past week.

distox
2011-06-04, 11:28 AM
Seems like CFCF 12.1 went back to "2 channel audio with descriptive video" as their default audio again. Anyone else noticed?

EdT
2011-06-06, 01:36 PM
I wouldn't hold my breath for CFCF12.1 with just less than 3 months to go they can't even get their act together yet !

CheeseHelmet
2011-06-06, 01:55 PM
What about Global (CKMI)? Any word from them regarding the DTV transition?

downbeat
2011-06-06, 03:24 PM
At last report, they are going on the transition date.

Apple IIGS
2011-06-06, 06:01 PM
Seems like CFCF 12.1 went back to "2 channel audio with descriptive video" as their default audio again. Anyone else noticed?

It's been broken (again) for several weeks now, but at least the audio doesn't cut out for up to 5+ seconds when switching between audio channel 1 and 2 like it was doing before.

Any word on when CFCF-12 will start broadcasting at full power? That's the most important change I'm watching for.

barcham
2011-06-07, 08:10 PM
Is anyone else having any problems picking up FOX WFFF? Its been a few days that I get no response on 44.1 or 44.2 and trying to tune to 43.1 just shifts me to 43.3 and no image or sound at all. I've never had any problems at all picking up this station until the last few days or so.

CheeseHelmet
2011-06-07, 08:13 PM
I've noticed that it's weaker than normal lately, I haven't been able to watch it since last week.

etiennemh
2011-06-08, 01:14 AM
1 hour am fox 44 and ABC is down during this night. Something going on!!! Hope for the best

schoenbe
2011-06-08, 01:20 AM
Fox is up, ABC is down (0%) tonight.

ogorek
2011-06-08, 07:20 AM
I just checked. When I turned on the tv the signal was fluctuating between 6 and 7 bars (60-70%) on FOX 44. This was excellent as the station was unwatchable for over a week, but as I flipped through all the channels and came back to FOX 44 the signal was down to 1 bar (10%). It is not fixed yet, and fox still has antenna problems. Radio Canada 2.1 is also down here for over a week. It might be do to leafs on the trees and poor signal strength. CBC 6.1 is always between 80-100%.
CFCF 12.1 is always around 30%, but I prefer to watch it in analog as the picture is crystal clear and the audio is much better than digital.

kool_105
2011-06-08, 10:07 AM
fox44 must be back to the normal tower, it is low again, with the other tower it was really high and strong

northbear
2011-06-11, 06:15 PM
cbc 6.1 DOWN IN PINCOURT

etiennemh
2011-06-11, 07:43 PM
Ok cbc is down i'm 4 kilometers from there.

May be they got cut. Too much power!!!???