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stampeder · 2011-08-31, 03:05 PM

I don't have my NTSC tuner running now - what is the status of Global analogue on VHF-HI channel 8?

BTW several posts about reception on the Island are now in the following thread: BC - Victoria, The Island, Sunshine Coast, BC Interior, BC North - OTA

Please keep this present thread clear for just station status reports and updates.

Vostok · 2011-08-31, 03:13 PM

Stampeder, Global analog is still on and what's up with CBC's digital channel? What's up with those lines on the screen?

It's a shame really looking at these other stations.. what the heck is CBC doing? They should be the first ones to have done the switch at 12:00 a.m. today but CTV did that. And now reading the posts that the transition may be postponed to early morning hours of tomorrow and the channel broadcasting in 720p is just senseless. This is supposed to be our public national broadcaster. Lame excuses. Blah blah blah. So glad I watch all of my shows on CTV and just hockey on CBC.

I don't have any words for Global with their lack of interest in this transition. Worthless.

Emarsee · 2011-08-31, 03:13 PM

Pretty sure CHEK still has their analog up and running. I can still get 87.7 clearly on my FM radio.

dtvinvictoria · 2011-08-31, 03:15 PM

Quote:

CHEK-DT (6.1) has no audio for me.

using WinTV (PC tuner card) I have audio for CHEK-DT, at least I did 10 min ago.

stampeder · 2011-08-31, 03:16 PM

So CHEK analogue on 6 and CHAN analogue on 8 are still up it would seem.

Check earlier in the thread for some posts about all the work going on with CBC/SRC today and tonight.

Vostok · 2011-08-31, 03:26 PM

A CBC account tweeted this:

#CBC is making the switch to #digital at 23:59:59 today. To learn more about the transition to #DTV go to cbc.radio-canada.ca/dtv/

dtvinvictoria · 2011-08-31, 03:27 PM

I just scanned in CHNM-DT on 29.1 and CKVU-DT on 27.1 in victoria.

MoreDB · 2011-08-31, 03:35 PM

Overall the conversion has been fantastic, but a couple of developments today have tempered my enthusiam a bit, and made it more of a mixed bag

1. CHEK DT only 4:3 SD. Huh no 16:9 1080i, are they reserving that for BDU subscribers only? I already received a very watchable anlog 6 so standard def digital is only small improvement. If 4:3 SD is all she wrote, then CHEK will remain the little 2nd (or 3rd) tier station from Vancouver Island. CHEK is showing a lot of NBA basketball so the 1080i HD would have looked amazing,

2. CBC and CBUFT in 720p? Will resevere final judgement as 720p can look great for sports.

3. CTV and CTV2. Kudos great job, love the onscreen program info and time

Emarsee · 2011-08-31, 03:45 PM

According to Rob Germain, the news director of CHEK, HD is coming in the near future. Considering that the station was going to go off air two years ago, I would say that they have come a long way since then.

Quote:

After 55 years of broadcasting in analog, CHEK goes digital today. Flipping the switch on our transmitter soon. HD coming in next.

http://twitter.com/#!/robgermain/sta...69409569234944

MoreDB · 2011-08-31, 03:58 PM

Good to hear thanks. It just would have been a shame to not show all their new content in highest format.

mrplow · 2011-08-31, 04:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dtvinvictoria

I just scanned in CHNM-DT on 29.1 and CKVU-DT on 27.1 in victoria.

cool, 27.1 and 29.1 coming in strong on the malahat as well.

I'm not getting chek on 49 at all though

tvfool said I wasn't going to get it once it switched to digital but I figured it but be a mistake, guess not. So my strongest analog station is now gone for me.

My hdhr is still reporting 90% signal strength on rf 6 and 100% on rf 10 (no digital signal so it must be analog), hasn't chek and ckvu shut off their analog transmitters yet?

Emarsee · 2011-08-31, 04:28 PM

CHEK has shut down their analog signal during the middle of their afternoon news updates. 87.7 is now static.

stampeder · 2011-08-31, 04:45 PM

Tuesday, August 30, 2011:
- afternoon: CHNU Victoria repeater on channel 21 flash cut from analogue to digital
Wednesday, August 31, 2011: (Midnight between 30th and 31st):
- 00:02 CIVT 32 Vancouver analogue went dark
- 00:02 CIVT-DT Vancouver digital moved from channel 33 to channel 32 right afterwards
- 00:30 CIVI Vancouver repeater on channel 17 flash cut from analogue to CIVI-DT digital
- 09:00 CKVU-DT Vancouver digital moved from channel 47 to channel 33
- 11:13 CHEK-DT Victoria digital came up on 49
- 11:20 CHNU Abbotsford analogue on channel 66 went dark
- 11:21 CHNU-DT Abbotsford digital came up on channel 47
- 12:17 CHAN 8 Vancouver analogue has not gone dark yet
- 12:27 CHNM-DT Victoria repeater came up on 29
- 12:27 CKVU-DT Victoria repeater came up on 27
- 13:28 CHEK 6 Victoria analogue went dark
- 13:41 CKVU 10 Vancouver analogue has not gone dark yet
Thursday, September 1, 2011 (Midnight between 31st and 1st):
- 00:00 (Midnight) CBUT 2 Vancouver analogue to go dark
- 00:00 (Midnight) CBUT-DT Vancouver digital to go dark on channel 58
- 00:00 (Midnight) CBUFT Vancouver analogue on channel 26 to go dark
- ~01:00 CBUT-DT Vancouver comes back up on channel 43
- ~01:00 CBUFT-DT Vancouver digital comes up on channel 26

mrplow · 2011-08-31, 04:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emarsee

CHEK has shut down their analog signal during the middle of their afternoon news updates. 87.7 is now static.

ya I read that it was shut off, I was just wondering why I was still picking up some sort of signal with my hdhr, perhaps the transmitter is on but transmitting garbage? same goes with rf 10 which is pegged at 100% signal strength still.

Code:

mrplow@mythtv-server:~$ hdhomerun_config FFFFFFFF scan 0
SCANNING: 803000000 (us-bcast:69)
LOCK: none (ss=44 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 797000000 (us-bcast:68)
LOCK: none (ss=43 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 791000000 (us-bcast:67)
LOCK: none (ss=44 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 785000000 (us-bcast:66)
LOCK: none (ss=46 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 779000000 (us-bcast:65)
LOCK: none (ss=48 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 773000000 (us-bcast:64)
LOCK: none (ss=51 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 767000000 (us-bcast:63)
LOCK: none (ss=49 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 761000000 (us-bcast:62)
LOCK: none (ss=66 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 755000000 (us-bcast:61)
LOCK: none (ss=44 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 749000000 (us-bcast:60)
LOCK: none (ss=44 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 743000000 (us-bcast:59)
LOCK: none (ss=44 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 737000000 (us-bcast:58)
LOCK: none (ss=48 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 731000000 (us-bcast:57)
LOCK: none (ss=48 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 725000000 (us-bcast:56)
LOCK: none (ss=49 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 719000000 (us-bcast:55)
LOCK: none (ss=49 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 713000000 (us-bcast:54)
LOCK: none (ss=48 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 707000000 (us-bcast:53)
LOCK: none (ss=44 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 701000000 (us-bcast:52)
LOCK: none (ss=44 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 695000000 (us-bcast:51)
LOCK: none (ss=55 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 689000000 (us-bcast:50)
LOCK: 8vsb (ss=79 snq=55 seq=100)
TSID: 0x0C1F
PROGRAM 1: 51.1 KUNS-DT
SCANNING: 683000000 (us-bcast:49)
LOCK: none (ss=63 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 677000000 (us-bcast:48)
LOCK: 8vsb (ss=77 snq=41 seq=100)
TSID: 0x0C35
PROGRAM 3: 0 (no data)
PROGRAM 4: 0
SCANNING: 671000000 (us-bcast:47)
LOCK: none (ss=49 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 665000000 (us-bcast:46)
LOCK: none (ss=64 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 659000000 (us-bcast:45)
LOCK: none (ss=46 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 653000000 (us-bcast:44)
LOCK: none (ss=50 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 647000000 (us-bcast:43)
LOCK: none (ss=48 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 641000000 (us-bcast:42)
LOCK: 8vsb (ss=84 snq=59 seq=100)
TSID: 0x0C53
PROGRAM 1: 0
SCANNING: 635000000 (us-bcast:41)
LOCK: none (ss=48 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 629000000 (us-bcast:40)
LOCK: none (ss=51 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 623000000 (us-bcast:39)
LOCK: none (ss=81 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 617000000 (us-bcast:38)
LOCK: none (ss=81 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 611000000 (us-bcast:37)
LOCK: none (ss=49 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 605000000 (us-bcast:36)
LOCK: none (ss=47 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 599000000 (us-bcast:35)
LOCK: none (ss=88 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 593000000 (us-bcast:34)
LOCK: none (ss=53 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 587000000 (us-bcast:33)
LOCK: 8vsb (ss=95 snq=67 seq=100)
TSID: 0x0C1D
PROGRAM 3: 33.1 ION
PROGRAM 4: 33.2 qubo
PROGRAM 5: 33.3 IONLife
SCANNING: 581000000 (us-bcast:32)
LOCK: none (ss=58 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 575000000 (us-bcast:31)
LOCK: none (ss=63 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 569000000 (us-bcast:30)
LOCK: none (ss=59 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 563000000 (us-bcast:29)
LOCK: 8vsb (ss=93 snq=74 seq=100)
TSID: 0x45B5
PROGRAM 1: 29.1 CHNM-DT
SCANNING: 557000000 (us-bcast:28)
LOCK: none (ss=48 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 551000000 (us-bcast:27)
LOCK: 8vsb (ss=89 snq=59 seq=100)
TSID: 0x5B6F
PROGRAM 2: 27.1 CKVU-DT
SCANNING: 545000000 (us-bcast:26)
LOCK: none (ss=53 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 539000000 (us-bcast:25)
LOCK: none (ss=73 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 533000000 (us-bcast:24)
LOCK: none (ss=57 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 527000000 (us-bcast:23)
LOCK: 8vsb (ss=77 snq=50 seq=100)
TSID: 0x55C7
PROGRAM 1: 23.1 CIVI
SCANNING: 521000000 (us-bcast:22)
LOCK: none (ss=60 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 515000000 (us-bcast:21)
LOCK: 8vsb (ss=92 snq=69 seq=100)
TSID: 0x45C5
PROGRAM 3: 21.1 CHNUDT1
SCANNING: 509000000 (us-bcast:20)
LOCK: none (ss=60 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 503000000 (us-bcast:19)
LOCK: none (ss=87 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 497000000 (us-bcast:18)
LOCK: none (ss=53 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 491000000 (us-bcast:17)
LOCK: none (ss=58 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 485000000 (us-bcast:16)
LOCK: none (ss=54 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 479000000 (us-bcast:15)
LOCK: none (ss=52 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 473000000 (us-bcast:14)
LOCK: none (ss=63 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 213000000 (us-bcast:13)
LOCK: none (ss=77 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 207000000 (us-bcast:12)
LOCK: none (ss=76 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 201000000 (us-bcast:11)
LOCK: none (ss=82 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 195000000 (us-bcast:10)
LOCK: none (ss=100 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 189000000 (us-bcast:9)
LOCK: none (ss=81 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 183000000 (us-bcast:8)
LOCK: none (ss=88 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 177000000 (us-bcast:7)
LOCK: none (ss=73 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 85000000 (us-bcast:6)
LOCK: none (ss=95 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 79000000 (us-bcast:5)
LOCK: none (ss=80 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 69000000 (us-bcast:4)
LOCK: none (ss=83 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 63000000 (us-bcast:3)
LOCK: none (ss=80 snq=0 seq=0)
SCANNING: 57000000 (us-bcast:2)
LOCK: none (ss=89 snq=0 seq=0)

stampeder · 2011-08-31, 05:09 PM

But your HDHR's readout also shows high signal levels on channels that have not existed for years.

We can discuss it elsewhere if it keeps happening or if someone with different gear also sees it.

2011-08-31, 03:27 PM	#232
dtvinvictoria Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Victoria BC Posts: 357	CKVU and CHNM repeaters up I just scanned in CHNM-DT on 29.1 and CKVU-DT on 27.1 in victoria. __________________ Motorized 90cm/AzBox Elite HD for Ku FTA; CM-4228HD for OTA; Bell TV

2011-08-31, 03:35 PM	#233
MoreDB Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South Burnaby BC (Kingsway & Sperling) Posts: 111	Overall the conversion has been fantastic, but a couple of developments today have tempered my enthusiam a bit, and made it more of a mixed bag 1. CHEK DT only 4:3 SD. Huh no 16:9 1080i, are they reserving that for BDU subscribers only? I already received a very watchable anlog 6 so standard def digital is only small improvement. If 4:3 SD is all she wrote, then CHEK will remain the little 2nd (or 3rd) tier station from Vancouver Island. CHEK is showing a lot of NBA basketball so the 1080i HD would have looked amazing, 2. CBC and CBUFT in 720p? Will resevere final judgement as 720p can look great for sports. 3. CTV and CTV2. Kudos great job, love the onscreen program info and time __________________ South Burnaby - Best TV Fool @ 1' AGL (modified 91XG, M4, HD8800) Last edited by MoreDB; 2011-08-31 at 03:35 PM. Reason: spelling

2011-08-31, 03:58 PM	#235
MoreDB Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: South Burnaby BC (Kingsway & Sperling) Posts: 111	Good to hear thanks. It just would have been a shame to not show all their new content in highest format. __________________ South Burnaby - Best TV Fool @ 1' AGL (modified 91XG, M4, HD8800)

2011-08-31, 04:45 PM	#238
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	Updated Transition Status & Schedule Tuesday, August 30, 2011: afternoon: CHNU Victoria repeater on channel 21 flash cut from analogue to digital Wednesday, August 31, 2011: (Midnight between 30th and 31st): 00:02 CIVT 32 Vancouver analogue went dark 00:02 CIVT-DT Vancouver digital moved from channel 33 to channel 32 right afterwards 00:30 CIVI Vancouver repeater on channel 17 flash cut from analogue to CIVI-DT digital 09:00 CKVU-DT Vancouver digital moved from channel 47 to channel 33 11:13 CHEK-DT Victoria digital came up on 49 11:20 CHNU Abbotsford analogue on channel 66 went dark 11:21 CHNU-DT Abbotsford digital came up on channel 47 12:17 CHAN 8 Vancouver analogue has not gone dark yet 12:27 CHNM-DT Victoria repeater came up on 29 12:27 CKVU-DT Victoria repeater came up on 27 13:28 CHEK 6 Victoria analogue went dark 13:41 CKVU 10 Vancouver analogue has not gone dark yet Thursday, September 1, 2011 (Midnight between 31st and 1st): 00:00 (Midnight) CBUT 2 Vancouver analogue to go dark 00:00 (Midnight) CBUT-DT Vancouver digital to go dark on channel 58 00:00 (Midnight) CBUFT Vancouver analogue on channel 26 to go dark ~01:00 CBUT-DT Vancouver comes back up on channel 43 ~01:00 CBUFT-DT Vancouver digital comes up on channel 26

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2011-08-31, 03:05 PM	#226
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	I don't have my NTSC tuner running now - what is the status of Global analogue on VHF-HI channel 8? BTW several posts about reception on the Island are now in the following thread: BC - Victoria, The Island, Sunshine Coast, BC Interior, BC North - OTA Please keep this present thread clear for just station status reports and updates.

2011-08-31, 03:13 PM	#227
Vostok Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 59	Stampeder, Global analog is still on and what's up with CBC's digital channel? What's up with those lines on the screen? It's a shame really looking at these other stations.. what the heck is CBC doing? They should be the first ones to have done the switch at 12:00 a.m. today but CTV did that. And now reading the posts that the transition may be postponed to early morning hours of tomorrow and the channel broadcasting in 720p is just senseless. This is supposed to be our public national broadcaster. Lame excuses. Blah blah blah. So glad I watch all of my shows on CTV and just hockey on CBC. I don't have any words for Global with their lack of interest in this transition. Worthless.

2011-08-31, 03:13 PM	#228
Emarsee Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vancouver Posts: 150	Pretty sure CHEK still has their analog up and running. I can still get 87.7 clearly on my FM radio.

2011-08-31, 03:16 PM	#230
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	So CHEK analogue on 6 and CHAN analogue on 8 are still up it would seem. Check earlier in the thread for some posts about all the work going on with CBC/SRC today and tonight.

2011-08-31, 03:26 PM	#231
Vostok Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 59	A CBC account tweeted this: #CBC is making the switch to #digital at 23:59:59 today. To learn more about the transition to #DTV go to cbc.radio-canada.ca/dtv/

2011-08-31, 04:28 PM	#237
Emarsee Join Date: May 2009 Location: Vancouver Posts: 150	CHEK has shut down their analog signal during the middle of their afternoon news updates. 87.7 is now static.

2011-08-31, 05:09 PM	#240
stampeder OTA Forum Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: North Delta, BC (96Av x 116St) Posts: 23,338	But your HDHR's readout also shows high signal levels on channels that have not existed for years. We can discuss it elsewhere if it keeps happening or if someone with different gear also sees it.