KTUL digital signal

[nathanm]

Why is KOTV Ch 6 broadcasting the same signal on both?  What a waste of the public airwaves.

Probably for two reasons. First, Cox and the other cable companies haven't switched to using the new digital signal on 19. Secondly, OTA viewers are used to getting the digital signal as one of KOTV's subchannels. I'd love for them to quit doing the rebroadcast, though. More bandwidth for the main channel. Two SD and one HD is too much for one channel.

[Wrinkle]

Yes, you should isolate the long cross lines.  If you use 12 AWG copper (I did from a spool of 12 gauge Romex) it should be pliable enough where you can isolate them by bending.  If not, most people I talked to just used a bit of electrical tape.

And the half-loop won't make a difference; that's how I have mine.  Secures them better.

And that's weird about 8.  Granted I have a pretty unobstructed view of the SE sky and have this thing mounted outside (sorry I forgot to mention that), but I built one for a friend (his daughters TV and the antenna is used indoors) and he says his works flawlessly.  Have you tried to rescan since then?

Thanks for the reply and info.
Thought I had it close to right, but no Ch 8 (want to watch the Iowa Corn Indy Car race Sunday).

I'll be messing with it as time allows.

Guess I need to put it up in the attic, or mount it to the front of the house, ugh.

Ch 8's always been difficult to get here for some reason, even the old signal.
Doesn't make sense either way.

[sauerkraut]

I think I'm going to try & build an attena and see how it works as a last ditch effort.

[bgetter]

Just moved to the great city of Tulsa and stumbled upon this thread when I (surprise, surprise) can pick up every channel (including the 376 religious stations) except ABC.  Live at 38th and yale, and have a quite large antenna in the attic.  I think while the merits of my setup could be debated, the fact remains I have zero problems with any station except ABC, which I cannot pick up at all.

Anyone get a timeframe on the wattage increase?  Wouldn't mind keeping this thread alive to let KTUL know we are still not seeing their station.  Most frustrating part is Big 12 football, which won't be found online, unlike Lost.

[Wrinkle]

What I've discovered, over time, is that there are certain periods and/or times of the day when Channel 8 reception suffers (and, to some degree other stations' reception).

I remembered some time ago when I was having a huge amount of interferrence from something in town. Then, remembered the City Service building downtown had a line-of-sight microwave pointed at the old CS Technology Center (at Mayo Farms, 129th E Ave and 51st).

I'm now thinking there's something like that causing most of the problem in midtown. If so, that'd be an FCC issue.

Could be something about hospital systems implemented in recent years.

[JennyG]

Hello All!  I'm usually just a lurker on this forum, but we too are having trouble getting KTUL's signal on our one non-cable TV.  The irony to it all is - we live in TOWERVIEW addition in Coweta.  Appropriately named because, you guessed it, we have a lovely view of the Channel 8 tower!  We assume our trouble is because the TV is in our metal shop building and we do not have an external antenna.  But we only use that TV on Saturday and Sunday afternoons, and as someone else said, there's not much on Channel 8 besides infomercials.  We do like the occasional Indy race on Sunday afternoons though.  Any suggestions for our building would be most appreciated!

[Conan71]

I think I'm going to try & build an attena and see how it works as a last ditch effort.

Something along these lines should work. (Yeah, I know, 2nd time this week I've used this one)

[brianh]

I get it all now, from midtown! KTUL, KJRH, KOTV and KOKI all pointing in the same direction. I had to raise my antenna well above my tv, and then the rabbit ears on my terk were kind of titled back slightly so I had to adjust those to be exactly perpendicular to the floor. Why did KJRH decide to switch to VHF by the way? They had such a good thing going with their UHF feed, now it's all finicky.  I was pretty sure I was going to have to try and figure out c-band there for a while; I still might actually.

I am asking a lot now, but it would be really awesome if one of the main UHF stations(KOTV) could pick up the FTA c-band  NASA TV channel and send it out over their OTA channel. Like 6.4 or something.

[Wrinkle]

I am asking a lot now, but it would be really awesome if one of the main UHF stations(KOTV) could pick up the FTA c-band  NASA TV channel and send it out over their OTA channel. Like 6.4 or something.

Hey, I'll second that suggestion!!

I've been researching Ku band for awhile, mostly just for this reason, then suddenly discovered NASA was on C band only now. (they were on Ku band as well for awhile).

The space walks lately have been awsome.
I really do think it worthy of consideration, at least during missions.

Shame to let all that bandwidth go to waste.
Drop in a few local ads and make it profitable, too.

[TheTed]

KTUL has installed a new stronger antenna. I still can't get it, and I get all the other networks.

Tulsa - This is a big day for NewsChannel 8. The testing is complete and we are now broadcasting on a new digital antenna.

You may remember it was installed over the weekend atop our 18-hundred foot tower in Coweta. This means we are sending a stronger and clearer digital signal to you.

If you know of anyone who has had trouble getting our signal tell them to re-scan their TV or digital box.

http://www.ktul.com/news/stories/0410/730212.html

[Cats Cats Cats]

Just in time for extreme makeover: home edition in Tulsa.

[Conan71]

Just in time for extreme makeover: home edition in Tulsa.

What's the air date on that episode?

[Cats Cats Cats]

Next Sunday, May 9th 7:00PM

[Conan71]

Next Sunday, May 9th 7:00PM

moolah garcias

[Hoss]

moolah garcias

Damn shame they only film that show in SD...