[Mike FM]

And finally CBXT-DT Edmonton has moved to RF 25 now.

 

[aqua]

CJEO-DT and CBXT-DT are super low powered right now. I emailed CBC's communications and they said they weren't running at full power (speaking about CBXT-DT, but I assume same is happening for CJEO-DT) and that they should be back to full power by March 27, 2021. I have an attic antenna and haven't had issues until now - even an amplifier in my basement (not a preamp) isn't helping enough. I'll just have to wait a few days so I can get the channel in reliably again.

 

[Mike FM]

I observed a tower crew working on the Sherwood Park transmit antenna for CBXT-DT yesterday.

 

[aqua]

Signal is up from what it was the other day and useable now, but still seems significantly lower than what it was prior to switching to a different frequency. I've got a distribution amp on the signal now, but that wasn't necessary before. I'm hope they increase it again and that this is just an incremental increase thing.

 

[Brigade Bay]

Has anyone else noticed that YesTV channel 30-1 has been off the air for the last few days? Reason?

 

[Brigade Bay]

received a reply from YesTV .... they are aware of a transmitter problem & are trying to fix

 

[atscrocks]

CFRN-TV-6 Red Deer is now broadcasting in HD ATSC signal as CFRN-DT on 8-1 .

I was flipping thru my channels last week and was watching the analog channel 8 signal last week , and they only had about a 15 second scroller on the six o clock news for the conversion notice.

I have no VHF antenna here , on my UHF antenna array i get 89% signal and 88% quality on my hisense tv.

I went to the CRTC webpage to dig for info on this and only found a several year old post with the 22KW analog channel 8 license .

The old analog channel 8 struggles to cover a 60 km broadcast area.

I have no idea what the new signal CFRN-DT 8-1 coverage will cover.

It was a 12 year conversion process to get Global, City TV and CFRN Red Deer in ATSC.

Maybe Bell has decided to pick up the pace converting any remaining analog NTSC transmitters now that there is a rapid
drop in cable tv subscribers.

Not everyone can afford $100 a month for high speed internet just to stream a few Canadian tv station apps.

I have not pulled out my small rabbit ear antenna to see what the signal is like yet , will test this later.

On CFRN-DT channel 8-1 they are not showing the local news, but a national news broadcast.

They must be doing some signal testing right now.

 

[atscrocks]

Since analog channel 8 is gone my channel master preamp seems to work beter.

Current signals off my antenna.

CICT 40%

CFCN 38%

CKAL 41%

8-1 89% CFRN-DT

CBRT 44%

City TV Red Deer RF 15 57%

28-1 Global Red Deer 56%

OMNI Calgary 42%

 

[bigoranget]

If I recall, the Red Deer transmitter was the only rebroadcaster remaining for CFRN. All the others were shut down by 2021.

 

[bigoranget]

Seems crazy that they still haven't migrated the main transmitter for CICI-TV in Sudbury and CHRO in Pembroke. I believe Sault Ste Marie and Timmins also remain in analog only only with other rebroadcasters.

 

[Andysradio]

Seems crazy that they still haven't migrated the main transmitter for CICI-TV in Sudbury and CHRO in Pembroke. I believe Sault Ste Marie and Timmins also remain in analog only only with other rebroadcasters.

You are correct and the reason why they have not converted is because all four are out of band, which would mean the antennas would have to be changed. Because North Bay was in band, it was converted

 

[bigoranget]

I suppose they could just stay on VHF-Lo and covert to digital. Other stations have done that. It's not ideal but I suspect more an more people are going to end up with TVs that can't tune the analog signal.

 

[downbeat]

It appears CFCN-DT has suffered a major malfunction at their transmitter plant. This note appeared on their website earlier this week:

CTV Calgary transmission issues

We are currently experiencing transmission issues. Our engineers are working on a fix. We apologize for this inconvenience.

calgary.ctvnews.ca

Once the new parts arrive, our engineering team will install them as quickly as possible.
We anticipate that will take several weeks.

 

[atscrocks]

Global Red Deer RF 28 has been down for one week now with no signal.

I have an old LG tv and checked channel 28 with the manual atsc tuner scan and get nothing.
I also have my two year old Hisense tv and there is no signal there as well.

Last night i picked up Global Calgary and CFCN off of my south antenna array .

I also got CFRN RF 12 , and Global Edmonton RF 13 off of a folded dipole in my attic for my north antenna on my NAXA digital converter box.

Typically RF 28 will have several outages per year , sometimes it is down for half a week at a time.

This is the longest it has been out since it went on the air in 2013.

 

[atscrocks]

Global Red Deer RF 28 is working again.

 

[gsjacobs]

My HDHomerun Flex 4k OTA box (4 tuners) is getting 4 ATSC 3.0 channels here in the Tuscany community of Calgary, but I'm not sure where the transmitter is. The channels are:
128.4VS1-4K
128.5VS1-FHD
128.7VS1-HD
128.8VS1-SD

All broadcasting the same content in 4 different formats. I think this may be related to a collaboration between Humber college and the City of Calgary: Broadcast Tech & Engineering News - Humber B2C Lab partners with City of Calgary - Broadcast Dialogue

Can anybody share more details about the transmitter(s)?
Greg

 

[Dr.Dave]

Can anybody share more details about the transmitter(s)?

Here is the location:
51.0725, -114.26055556
51°04'21.0"N 114°15'38.0"W
79 Artist View Point Calgary AB - Harvard Site

527 MHz, City of Calgary - Smart Cities, Temporary Developmental Licence expires March 31, 2025

The same tower is used for several commercial TV and radio stations.

It looks like Humber College is using Virtual Channel 28, since that's the real channel they use in Ontario.

B²C Lab and Calgary partner on new municipal use-case project

Humber Polytechnic’s Broadcast-Broadband Convergence B²C Lab and the City of Calgary are partnering to launch North America’s first ATSC 3.0 municipal use project. This partnership will explore how ATSC 3.0 broadcast technology can improve municipal services, increase connectivity and drive...

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