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WLNS/WLAJ RF14

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WLNS/WLAJ RF14

Post by windsor » Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:37 pm

Since WLNS/WLAJ moved to RF14 I have been getting a weird signal from them everyday at all hours.But cant get a lock.

Comes in like gangbusters for 3 sec then goes out.Wait a bit and does same thing.Did they move to another tower closer to the D or up their power???

Anyone else getting this around the metro???


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Re: WLNS/WLAJ RF14

Post by HD74 » Thu Jan 16, 2020 1:56 pm

They were at the WLAJ site in Rives Junction at 425K, now back at Okemos WLNS site at 950K. :shock:


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Re: WLNS/WLAJ RF14

Post by windsor » Thu Jan 16, 2020 4:17 pm

Must be the increased power then, but still to far away to get a lock on the signal.

Im only at 25ft up maybe an antenna at 50ft could lock.

thx for that...…….HD74


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Re: WLNS/WLAJ RF14

Post by ftballfan » Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:40 am

They're on RF 14, which might be the best channel for digital TV



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Re: WLNS/WLAJ RF14

Post by innate-in-you » Sun May 31, 2020 3:57 pm

ftballfan wrote:
Fri Jan 17, 2020 10:40 am
They're on RF 14, which might be the best channel for digital TV
From the standpoint of attenuation, terrain, and edge effects, it would be the best UHF channel...

BUT, the antenna manufacturing companies have not changed the tooling of their beam (Yagi and LPY) antennas. Those types of antennas, in general, show the highest gain on channel 83, with gain declining with lower frequency.

If someone would change their tooling for peak performance at channel 36 (simply a larger 4:3 scale model of the 14-83 design), the antenna would produce more gain across its entire modern passband.



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