[opendtv] Re: Slim pickins in Gainesville

  • From: Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 14:53:48 -0500

Hey, I'll be moving to Gainesville next week (probably offline a bit) for my new job. Hopefully HD reception there is not so bad as all that but I'll at least be able to compare with Jax & Detroit. I'm going to be on the North side of town (Northwood Oaks) so maybe I'll even be able to get some Jacksonville stations if I put up a decent outside antenna.


And Craig, hi neighbor. ;-) Is it worth getting Cox cable just for broadband, limited basic. Or are better options available?

- Tom


Manfredi, Albert E wrote:
I don't quite understand how OTA TV can be so bad in Gainesville. Maybe
there's hope, because there are lots of translators there, and new ones
on the way, it seems.

Within a 30 mile radius of the U of F, rabbit ear range, I only get four
DTT stations:

WCJB-DT  ABC  344 KW  10.5 mi  214 deg
WGFL-DT  CBS  168 KW  16.5 mi  262 deg
WUFT-DT  PBS  1 MW     6.4 mi  300 deg
WOGX-DT  Fox  500 KW  21.0 mi  184 deg

But I count 15 translators, either operating or new, that must be there
for more than just religious programming? And they will have to go
digital too, at some point.

For NBC, you supposedly have to go all the way to Daytona Beach, 79
miles away. Surely, a few of the 15 translators can go to NBC, CW, and
MNT??

Maybe I see why Craig thinks there's no option. What's the deal with
Gainesville, anyway?

Bert
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