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Channel 31

Discussion pertaining to Detroit, Ann Arbor, Port Huron, and SW Ontario
SixPlusOne
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Re: Channel 31

Post by SixPlusOne » Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:36 pm

innate-in-you wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:48 pm
One thing I've wondered about WADL. Could WADL move into Southeast Oakland County.......
And just what would that cost the station in dollars and for what significant gain for them.



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Re: Channel 31

Post by RingtailedFox » Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:59 pm

A marginally-better signal in Ann Arbor and Monroe, possibly even fringe coverage in Toledo, but at the expense of covering Port Huron as well as they do (they still would, just with a slightly-weaker signal)... let them just stay where they are since they serve the market well enough as it is with their one million watts of power :D


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Re: Channel 31

Post by Deleted User 15062 » Mon Jun 08, 2020 7:45 pm

RingtailedFox wrote:
Sat Jun 06, 2020 4:36 pm
innate-in-you wrote:
Thu Jun 04, 2020 10:01 pm
RingtailedFox wrote:
Fri May 15, 2020 10:03 pm
That would be ION Television's station, WPXD-TV. It moved from UHF 50 to UHF 24. You might have to try typing in "24" on your TV set so it re-maps to the new frequency.
Of course, if you're south of Detroit, that will likely get you WNWO Toledo instead.
WNWO's now on UHF 23. They had to move for that reason: they'd be horribly short-spaced to WPXD (and this is also why WUDT 23 has to move back to channel 8 soon, too).
Please remember that tuners do not distinguish RF and PSIP. It happens still happened on WMNT and WUPW. So on skip days, FOX 8 will be tuned in, from time to time.



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Re: Channel 31

Post by innate-in-you » Sun Jun 14, 2020 11:12 pm

SixPlusOne wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2020 6:36 pm
innate-in-you wrote:
Sun Jun 07, 2020 1:48 pm
One thing I've wondered about WADL. Could WADL move into Southeast Oakland County.......
And just what would that cost the station in dollars and for what significant gain for them.
It would allow viewers to receive WADL (and it's subs) even if they aren't directly WSW or ENE of the transmitter sites.

An antenna not aimed at the transmitter site will likely suffer multipath problems, especially in an urban area, and especially when wind is heavy.

Few people have outdoor antenna systems with an antenna rotator, and those who do may not know they need to turn the antenna so it is aimed at 15 Mile & Harper (and then turn their antennas back to 10 Mile and Lahser to watch all the others).

Television is not like AM or FM radio, in which all antennas are nominally omnidirectional.

I don't know much a TL relocation would cost.



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