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Goldielover · 2012-07-23, 10:10 PM

Those are all digital channels as far as I know. Not too much analog left out there these days. A few CBC channels (none that I get) and the pirate station Star Ray on 15. I've heard that HDHomeruns can be a little persnickety sometimes, although I have no personal experience with them.

dsspredator · 2012-07-25, 09:53 AM

I have not checked this site lately:

http://dxinfocentre.com/hepburn/logs/dxtv.htm

He has some amazing VHF catches (NE and TX).

Garth J · 2012-07-26, 02:51 AM

Even with the crazy storms happening, I've been getting Rochester intermittently! Even the VHF ones! They all came in during the afternoon briefly, and now off/on through the weird thunderstorms!

Seeing bits of:

(RF10) WHEC, (RF13) WHAM, (RF16) WXXI, (RF28) WUHF, (RF42) W42CO, (RF45) WROC

There was some insane looking doppler radar on WHEC's WX subchannel, plus their traffic cam had a spider on it!

Goldielover · 2012-07-26, 08:21 AM

Last night was getting WXXI from Rochester and WSTM and WSYR from Syracuse. Apart from that it was just ION Batavia and WQLN Erie, both of which are almost always there in the summer. I wasn't up too late searching, though. Given the lightning, I played it safe and hauled the C2V inside for the night.

Goldielover · 2012-07-29, 07:48 AM

Syracuse and Rochester coming in strong last night. Was watching Olympic coverage on WSTM Syracuse rather than WGRZ Buffalo.

a_ilk · 2012-07-29, 09:35 AM

New one for me this morning 18-1 WHIZ - Zanesville (RF 40)

dheian · 2012-07-29, 09:35 AM

getting WHEC, WXXI, WSYR, WSTM, WKTV, and WROC right now.

However...my TVO is out.

ota_canuck · 2012-07-29, 11:28 AM

a_ilk

This morning I also had this without even rescanning. WHIZ - Zanesville, Ohio popped up on my samsung as a weak pixelating 40RF and then it remapped to 18.1 It's only 620,000 watts and seems to be a NBC affiliate station in SD.

Goldielover · 2012-07-29, 04:50 PM

Aghhh!!! I wasn't even looking for tropo channels this morning. I've had WHIZ Zanesville only once before. Supposed to be pretty good again late tonight and tomorrow morning, so I'll have to have a look.

Garth J · 2012-07-30, 02:46 PM

Heh...Goldielover, while you watched Olympics on WSTM, I was watching on Rochester's WHEC!

Last couple of days Rochester has been pretty strong, including all of the following:

WHEC (RF10), WHAM (RF13), WXXI (RF16), WUHF (RF28), W42CO (RF42) and WROC (RF45)

At times I was very surprised at how strong WHEC was coming in! Last night I also picked up Peterborough's CFTO-54 repeater on RF35 for the first time! This morning also saw Utica, NY's WKTV (RF29) but Syracuse never made in for me these past couple of days.

dheian the reason TVO disappeared when you were getting tropo is because Syracuse has WSYT on RF19. There were a couple of times I caught this when TVO was off the air for transmitter work and it seemed to be a *very* strong signal. (Stronger than WSTM/WSYR from what I saw!)

Jealous of the lucky folks who got Zanesville's WHIZ! I'm hoping to catch that before OMNI 2 moves there!

Goldielover · 2012-07-30, 02:53 PM

Hi Garth. Last night I was watching the Olympics on WKTV Utica.

Didn't get any new channels last night, but did have WBBZ and subchannels loud and clear for hours. Was still getting it until about 7:30 this morning. I had WSYR Syracuse in for a little while too. Had a VERY brief glimpse of WNEO Alliance, but for the most part the channels coming in from the west were from Erie.

Goldielover · 2012-07-31, 01:55 PM

This morning I was watching Olympics on WKYC Cleveland. So far, I've watched on four different NBC affiliates (Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica and Cleveland). Wonder if I'll pick up any others before the Olympics end.

Goldielover · 2012-08-02, 10:09 AM

I hope others were scanning this morning too. Had a number of channels coming in from Indiana, all of which are new for me. These have blown my old distance record out of the water. Was also getting Pittsburgh again, and can now add two more channels to my list of NBC channels I have watched the Olympics on (11.1 WPXI Pittsburgh and 33.1 WISE Fort Wayne).

Here's my list so far:

03.1 WKYC Cleveland
03.2 WXPlus Cleveland
05.1 WEWS Cleveland
05.2 WEWSLWN Cleveland
11.1 WXPI Pittsburgh
11.2 MeTV Pittsburgh
16.1 CHWI-HD Windsor (New)
20.1 WFYI-1 Indianapolis (New)
20.2 WFYI-2 Indianapolis (New)
20.3 WFYI-3 Indianapolis (New)
22.1 WPMY-DT Pittsburgh
22.2 CoolTV Pittsburgh
23.1 ION Akron
23.2 qubo Akron
23.3 IONLife Akron
24.1 WJET Erie
29.1 WTTK Kokomo (New)
29.2 ThisTV Kokomo (New)
33.1 WISE-HD Fort Wayne (New)
33.2 WISE-FX Fort Wayne (New)
35.1 WSEE-DT Erie
35.2 WBEP-DT Erie
45.1 WNEO-D1 Alliance
45.2 WNEO-D2 Alliance
45.3 WNEO-D3 Alliance
45.4 WNEO-D4 Alliance
46.1 WALV-CD Indianapolis (New)
54.1 WQLN-HD Erie
54.2 WQLN-S1 Erie
54.3 WQLN-S2 Erie
55.1 WBNX-HD Cleveland
55.2 WBNX-SD Cleveland
55.3 ThisTV Cleveland
59.1 WXIN Indianapolis (New)
61.1 WQHS Cleveland

bigcam406 · 2012-08-02, 12:27 PM

wow! unreal results for you lately Goldie.

Garth J · 2012-08-03, 02:55 AM

WOWSA Goldielover that's an incredible haul you got there!!! Heh...you should get an Olympic medal in the "Mid-Summer Freestyle Tropo" category

I wish I'd have seen any sign that wild tropo was happening, but I only saw bits of Rochester & Erie before going to bed! Congrats on the awesome DXing! (The only time I've seen Indiana is back in that wild tropo event during January 2010!)

Got to see three different Rochester newscasts tonight all at unique times (WROC, RF45 at 11pm, then WHEC, RF10 at 12AM, then WHAM, RF13 at 1:40am!) Also got the usual WXXI, RF16, WUHF, RF28, and W42CO, RF42.

Also seeing bits of Erie (WQLN, RF50, and briefly WJET RF24) and Utica (WKTV, RF29.) Also catching CKNX from Wingham in analog on RF8 occasionally these days!

Keep up the great results everybody!

2012-07-29, 09:35 AM	#127
dheian Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Midtown Toronto (OTA) LG 32LD400, MythTV Posts: 355	getting WHEC, WXXI, WSYR, WSTM, WKTV, and WROC right now. However...my TVO is out. __________________ Terk CHDTVa indoor antenna pointed @ curved building northeast. Getting about 23 channels. Cable free since May 2011.

2012-07-29, 11:28 AM	#128
ota_canuck Veteran Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Dunnville, Ontario on the Grand River, North shore Lake Erie Posts: 2,405	a_ilk This morning I also had this without even rescanning. WHIZ - Zanesville, Ohio popped up on my samsung as a weak pixelating 40RF and then it remapped to 18.1 It's only 620,000 watts and seems to be a NBC affiliate station in SD. __________________ 3D SSH III with ZZ4 refl. http://imageshack.us/user/jmsdigital

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2012-07-23, 10:10 PM	#121
Goldielover Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto (Midtown) Posts: 244	Those are all digital channels as far as I know. Not too much analog left out there these days. A few CBC channels (none that I get) and the pirate station Star Ray on 15. I've heard that HDHomeruns can be a little persnickety sometimes, although I have no personal experience with them.

2012-07-25, 09:53 AM	#122
dsspredator Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: St Catharines Posts: 990	I have not checked this site lately: http://dxinfocentre.com/hepburn/logs/dxtv.htm He has some amazing VHF catches (NE and TX).

2012-07-26, 02:51 AM	#123
Garth J Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Markham, Ontario Posts: 114	Even with the crazy storms happening, I've been getting Rochester intermittently! Even the VHF ones! They all came in during the afternoon briefly, and now off/on through the weird thunderstorms! Seeing bits of: (RF10) WHEC, (RF13) WHAM, (RF16) WXXI, (RF28) WUHF, (RF42) W42CO, (RF45) WROC There was some insane looking doppler radar on WHEC's WX subchannel, plus their traffic cam had a spider on it!

2012-07-26, 08:21 AM	#124
Goldielover Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto (Midtown) Posts: 244	Last night was getting WXXI from Rochester and WSTM and WSYR from Syracuse. Apart from that it was just ION Batavia and WQLN Erie, both of which are almost always there in the summer. I wasn't up too late searching, though. Given the lightning, I played it safe and hauled the C2V inside for the night.

2012-07-29, 07:48 AM	#125
Goldielover Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto (Midtown) Posts: 244	Syracuse and Rochester coming in strong last night. Was watching Olympic coverage on WSTM Syracuse rather than WGRZ Buffalo.

2012-07-29, 09:35 AM	#126
a_ilk Rookie Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Whitby, ON Posts: 2	New one for me this morning 18-1 WHIZ - Zanesville (RF 40)

2012-07-29, 04:50 PM	#129
Goldielover Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto (Midtown) Posts: 244	Aghhh!!! I wasn't even looking for tropo channels this morning. I've had WHIZ Zanesville only once before. Supposed to be pretty good again late tonight and tomorrow morning, so I'll have to have a look.

2012-07-30, 02:46 PM	#130
Garth J Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Markham, Ontario Posts: 114	Heh...Goldielover, while you watched Olympics on WSTM, I was watching on Rochester's WHEC! Last couple of days Rochester has been pretty strong, including all of the following: WHEC (RF10), WHAM (RF13), WXXI (RF16), WUHF (RF28), W42CO (RF42) and WROC (RF45) At times I was very surprised at how strong WHEC was coming in! Last night I also picked up Peterborough's CFTO-54 repeater on RF35 for the first time! This morning also saw Utica, NY's WKTV (RF29) but Syracuse never made in for me these past couple of days. dheian the reason TVO disappeared when you were getting tropo is because Syracuse has WSYT on RF19. There were a couple of times I caught this when TVO was off the air for transmitter work and it seemed to be a very strong signal. (Stronger than WSTM/WSYR from what I saw!) Jealous of the lucky folks who got Zanesville's WHIZ! I'm hoping to catch that before OMNI 2 moves there!

2012-07-30, 02:53 PM	#131
Goldielover Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto (Midtown) Posts: 244	Hi Garth. Last night I was watching the Olympics on WKTV Utica. Didn't get any new channels last night, but did have WBBZ and subchannels loud and clear for hours. Was still getting it until about 7:30 this morning. I had WSYR Syracuse in for a little while too. Had a VERY brief glimpse of WNEO Alliance, but for the most part the channels coming in from the west were from Erie.

2012-07-31, 01:55 PM	#132
Goldielover Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto (Midtown) Posts: 244	This morning I was watching Olympics on WKYC Cleveland. So far, I've watched on four different NBC affiliates (Buffalo, Syracuse, Utica and Cleveland). Wonder if I'll pick up any others before the Olympics end.

2012-08-02, 10:09 AM	#133
Goldielover Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Toronto (Midtown) Posts: 244	I hope others were scanning this morning too. Had a number of channels coming in from Indiana, all of which are new for me. These have blown my old distance record out of the water. Was also getting Pittsburgh again, and can now add two more channels to my list of NBC channels I have watched the Olympics on (11.1 WPXI Pittsburgh and 33.1 WISE Fort Wayne). Here's my list so far: 03.1 WKYC Cleveland 03.2 WXPlus Cleveland 05.1 WEWS Cleveland 05.2 WEWSLWN Cleveland 11.1 WXPI Pittsburgh 11.2 MeTV Pittsburgh 16.1 CHWI-HD Windsor (New) 20.1 WFYI-1 Indianapolis (New) 20.2 WFYI-2 Indianapolis (New) 20.3 WFYI-3 Indianapolis (New) 22.1 WPMY-DT Pittsburgh 22.2 CoolTV Pittsburgh 23.1 ION Akron 23.2 qubo Akron 23.3 IONLife Akron 24.1 WJET Erie 29.1 WTTK Kokomo (New) 29.2 ThisTV Kokomo (New) 33.1 WISE-HD Fort Wayne (New) 33.2 WISE-FX Fort Wayne (New) 35.1 WSEE-DT Erie 35.2 WBEP-DT Erie 45.1 WNEO-D1 Alliance 45.2 WNEO-D2 Alliance 45.3 WNEO-D3 Alliance 45.4 WNEO-D4 Alliance 46.1 WALV-CD Indianapolis (New) 54.1 WQLN-HD Erie 54.2 WQLN-S1 Erie 54.3 WQLN-S2 Erie 55.1 WBNX-HD Cleveland 55.2 WBNX-SD Cleveland 55.3 ThisTV Cleveland 59.1 WXIN Indianapolis (New) 61.1 WQHS Cleveland

2012-08-02, 12:27 PM	#134
bigcam406 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: south oshawa Posts: 211	wow! unreal results for you lately Goldie.

2012-08-03, 02:55 AM	#135
Garth J Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Markham, Ontario Posts: 114	WOWSA Goldielover that's an incredible haul you got there!!! Heh...you should get an Olympic medal in the "Mid-Summer Freestyle Tropo" category I wish I'd have seen any sign that wild tropo was happening, but I only saw bits of Rochester & Erie before going to bed! Congrats on the awesome DXing! (The only time I've seen Indiana is back in that wild tropo event during January 2010!) Got to see three different Rochester newscasts tonight all at unique times (WROC, RF45 at 11pm, then WHEC, RF10 at 12AM, then WHAM, RF13 at 1:40am!) Also got the usual WXXI, RF16, WUHF, RF28, and W42CO, RF42. Also seeing bits of Erie (WQLN, RF50, and briefly WJET RF24) and Utica (WKTV, RF29.) Also catching CKNX from Wingham in analog on RF8 occasionally these days! Keep up the great results everybody!