Channel 50DT (35RF) Derry NH Update

[Peter Q. George]

The Channel 35 DT signal will NEVER equal that of the Channel 50 analog, in the current set up.  As of last night, the video loop on 50 was still on, basically telling you that "if you are seeing this message, you are watching the old analog signal of MyTV, WZMY-TV.......".  To equal the coverage of the old analog, they really need to beef up Channel 35 to the maximum 1,000,000 watts digital.  True, WZMY-DT has fine cable coverage throughout the entire Boston market and into Northern New England.  But for the others who still use OTA, and unless WZMY-DT gets some real transmitter power, they are going to be out of luck.  I've been told that people who get a strong solid analog signal within 7 miles of the tower, get virtually no signal on the DTV.  While I get a small amount of signal (about 20%) from WMUR-DT/59 and WNEU-DT/34 (though no decoding), I see no trace of WZMY-DT.     

Peter Q. George (K1XRB)
Whitman, Massachusetts
"Scanning the bands since 1967"
    radiojunkie3@yahoo.com
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--- On Sun, 12/7/08, John Bolduc <n1qgs@yahoo.com> wrote:

> From: John Bolduc <n1qgs@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Channel 50DT (35RF) Derry NH Update
> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
> Date: Sunday, December 7, 2008, 9:06 PM
> Friday night I noticed that channel 50 DT WZMY
> "almost" came in on my DTV converter.  Without any
> tweaking, I got a signal of 23 out of 100. The best previous
> signal with considerable tweaking was about 10, and rare.
> 
> I thought it might be conditions, but my DTV reception on
> other channels was about the same.  
> 
> I talked with one of my acquaintance at church this morning
> and he was pleased to say that he just started receving
> channel 50DT on his rabbit ears in downtown Derry.
> 
> Not a perfect signal, some pixelation, but at least a
> watchable signal.  So I'm speculating the WZMY has been
> doing some transmitter/site work.
> 
> 
> I'm thinking that if I take a little time away from the
> ham radio and do some TV antenna tweaking, I'll having a
> fighting chance now to get channel 50 in it's city of
> licnese!
> 
> 
> John B
> Derry NH