[opendtv] Re: Slim pickins in Gainesville

  • From: "Albert Manfredi" <bert22306@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2006 20:33:29 -0500

W22DB      22 +  TX      CP MOD   GAINESVILLE              FL US
BMPTTL-20050804ACI - 131202 150. kW DA 0. m 118.1 m 96.5 m N 29 28 23.10 W 82 35 20.60 1019813 19.63 km 12.20 mi 249.00°
TIGER EYE LICENSING, LLC

W29CV      29 Z  TX      LIC      GAINESVILLE              FL US
BLTTL-20050907ABX   -          125853         15. kW DA       0. m    114. m
90. m N 29 25 5.00 W 82 32 57.00 1054467 19.53 km 12.13 mi 227.70°
ROBERT A. NAISMITH

W56EJ      35 -  TX      APP      WILLISTON                FL US
BMPTTL-20050705AAQ - 129987 150. kW DA 0. m 290.2 m 246. m N 29 21 32.00 W 82 19 43.00 1032096 20.86 km 12.96 mi 160.68°
EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION

NEW        45 -  TX      APP      OCALA                    FL US
BNPTTL-20000828BHQ - 130761 150. kW DA 0. m 244.2 m 200. m N 29 21 32.00 W 82 19 43.00 1032096 20.86 km 12.96 mi 160.68°
NATIVE COUNTRY BROADCASTING CORPORATION

W56EJ      56 -  TX      CP       WILLISTON                FL US
BNPTTL-20000831CCZ - 129987 20. kW 0. m 127.9 m 105. m N 29 24 11.00 W 82 27 3.00 1028189 15.58 km 9.68 mi 198.37°
EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION

W63DB      63 +  TX      LIC      WILLISTON                FL US
BLTTL-20050722AGM   -          129169        150. kW          0. m   127.9 m
105. m N 29 24 11.00 W 82 27 3.00 1028189 15.58 km 9.68 mi 198.37°
EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION


Tom Barry wrote:

I'm not sure how to interpret that data. Is the 2nd column an rf channel
number? And is the one with degrees direction? (from me?)

The first number is the channel number. But, oops, the first antenna height number is HAAT, and all of the translaters are given a HAAT of 0. I misread that. The next two numbers are height above sea level and ground.

The direction is from one of the stations, I forget which one, that I used as a reference point. But antennaweb helps there. It says all the local DTT stations are basically south to west to almost north of the U of F campus, bearing 179, 204, 273, 343 degrees, where the 343 station is only 5 miles away from U of F. So I figure from where you will be, they are W and S, or SW and S? That seems to be where all the more or less local stations should bear, from where you will be. Maybe one or two antennas will be enough, for Gainesville and Ocala.

It's true that stations appear to be all over the place. But the scattered ones seem to be only a handful of miles from U of F, or they are from Daytona Beach (almost 80 miles). That's why perhaps this won't be so bad, at least for the Ocala and Gainesville stations. Jacksonville, assuming they are receivable at all, would be NW.

It may be awhile before I get a rooftop rotor again, which it looks like it I may need.

For anything not local, maybe. But with DTT reception, it's weird. I think I mentioned that I have a lower gain UHF antenna, aiming too far N for proper reception of any Baltimore analog station, that does a really good job with most Baltimore and Washington DTT stations. Who'd a thunk it? Small antenna, and yet you still get a solid signal indication.

Bert

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