[NipissingOTA]

Thanks Humbar.

I'm trying to keep track of what's happening elsewhere in anticipation of the digital conversion of the remaining analog channels in my area and elsewhere in Northern Ontario.

 

[Humbar]

I think CHEX-2 DT Oshawa operates around 184 Watts, not much.

 

[NipissingOTA]

No kidding. I did a comparison with the power of the three stations in my area and it's night & day compared to what CHEX-DT-2 Oshawa is allocated for power. Yikes...

 

[Andysradio]

Does anyone know if Bancroft ch. 2 is on the air. I was near Bancroft Dec. 28, and I was not able to detect it.

 

[NipissingOTA]

Corus proposes consolidating Global transmitters to save money
https://cartt.ca/corus-proposes-con...ve-money/?mc_cid=6a6b9be28f&mc_eid=4b4d4074cc

 

[LONSat]

Interesting. I could see Bell applying to use the same model for CTV and CTV2 especially in the Toronto area and also perhaps in Ottawa-Kitchener-London-Windsor. It would simplify their transmitters and re-transmitters and increase coverage to some urban areas.

 

[Dr.Dave]

The applications and contour maps for each transmitter are available at this link. (Search for Corus)

https://services.crtc.gc.ca/pub/instances-proceedings/

 

[Brightonian]

They should shutdown Peterborough transmitter and keep Cobourg transmitter. Signal and frequency is superior.

 

[Brightonian]

Unbelievable!
CKWS Brighton now broadcasting on RF23.
Even though they plan on shutting transmitter down they did the transition without warning.
I really didn’t think they would.... I’m impressed.

 

[bigoranget]

They should shutdown Peterborough transmitter and keep Cobourg transmitter. Signal and frequency is superior.

My guess is based on the maps they showed in their application, they are going with Peterborough because it has a wider coverage area than CIII-DT-27. I have a friend that lives on the south-east side of Lake Simcoe and CIII-DT-27 wouldn't provide reliable reception in that area. It also restores access to Global Toronto for many that would lose access as a result of CIII-2 shutting down and using CKWS-DT Kingston instead.

 

[TorontoBoy]

GlobalTV CIII ch41 dropped out on me today in Toronto. I rescanned and it reappeared. Got a tipoff from

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1277703904835354633

@TorontoOTA

GTA Rescan Alert: if you're suddenly missing Global CIII, it looks like they've finished their move to UHF 17 and turned off their UHF 41 transmitter.

 

[NipissingOTA]

Anyone in Northern Ontario having difficulty pulling in Global lately? The signal has been pixelating for about 4-5 days now, despite the signal strength coming in as usual. I left a message with the technical department, and haven't heard back since.

 

[NipissingOTA]

It's been a few weeks, but after sending a half dozen emails to Global & one to the CRTC, it would appear the the signal is watchable again (though it's not as strong as it usually is).

Nice to have it back.

 

[oldyellr]

GlobalTV CIII, Ch 6 for me in the Woodstock, Ontario area, just switched to some French channel for me. I only get 4 channels with my indoor antenna and when searched again, I only got those same 4, no Global. Has anyone else seen something like this?

 

[mr.eous]

Yep, as first reported on the SOWNY forum early this morning, something has gone wonky: CIII-DT Paris is mistakenly broadcasting a signal from Ici Radio-Canada Télé.
My guess is that the unattended transmitter site receives Global Toronto from Shaw Broadcast Services via satellite. Probably the commercial satellite receiver got mistakenly bumped to tuning French CBC instead of Global. And AFAIK, Corus outsources transmitter site maintenance to TVO, there, so probably nobody's noticed what went wrong, and even if they did, probably won't fix it for days.

 

[Greenish Apple]

Unbelievable!
CKWS Brighton now broadcasting on RF23.
Even though they plan on shutting transmitter down they did the transition without warning.
I really didn’t think they would.... I’m impressed.

This is odd. Around that time we lost ch30 CKWS Brighton (east end of Belleville).
I thought it was either spring weather interference or the 5 year old RCA preamp dying (it was OK).
If I enter 23-3 on the TV it locks in but shows nothing. (If I enter other channels that don't exist they don't stay set in, Seiki TV)
If I try 12-1 (Peterborough, where I read ch30 was going, 12-3) it does not lock in.
On the otherhand we still get ch11 CKWS Kingston (plus ch6 CJOH, ch22 TVO & ch27 Global).

-D-

 

[dsspredator]

CIII 6-1 (RF 23) is rebroadcasting French CBC again. WTF

 

[mr.eous]

CIII 6-1 (RF 23) is rebroadcasting French CBC again. WTF

Ugh, it is indeed. What a joke. If it wasn't mired in bureaucracy, someone should report this to the feds at ISED and/or Ici Radio-Canada Télé.

 

[ExDilbert]

I believe they just rebroadcast the Toronto OTA signal. Their OTA tuner probably got messed up somehow.

 

[daggry]

My Roku tv can't even decode the signal unless I do a full rescan sometimes (past week or so). I wonder if they have been trying to fix something.

My tablo and other tvs all decode it fine.