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« on: October 07, 2009, 12:43:00 PM »
It's been several months now after the transition... Haven't seen any complaints lately... I take it WPVI is now coming in loud and clear in all households?
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« Reply #1 on: October 07, 2009, 04:26:50 PM »
I'm sure the answer is "no" but after a while people just give up.

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« Reply #2 on: October 07, 2009, 06:02:10 PM »
Quote from: tripinva on October 07, 2009, 04:26:50 PM
I'm sure the answer is "no" but after a while people just give up.

- Trip

I tried it from two Philadelphia locations last week during the NAB show - once from the Sleep Inn in King of Prussia, and again from a fifth-floor room at the Courtyard across from Philadelphia City Hall.

100% signal on channel 6 in both locations with my usual Terk HDTVi/Magnavox DVR combination.

Oddly, 12 was a no-show from center city, while it was loud and clear in King of Prussia. No idea why...
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« Reply #3 on: October 07, 2009, 08:57:31 PM »
It's hit or miss with me. The wind storm we are having today is completely wiping out their signal. Every other station in the market is coming with little to no problem though.
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« Reply #4 on: October 08, 2009, 02:04:25 PM »
I haven't invested in a good VHF antenna.  I have a cheap VHF one in the bedroom and WPVI is hit or miss (mostly miss) there.  The other TVs are running off a Silver Sensor in the attic and WPVI & WHYY are non existent, but all the others come in quite well.  This is all from Mount Holly, NJ.

By getting Networks on Directv, I only really miss the subchannels, and it hasn't been worth it for me to re-arrange my antennae for LivWell infomercials, though I do miss Accuweather.  WCAU's weather subchannel is not as good.
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« Reply #5 on: October 11, 2009, 08:31:40 PM »
The 6ABC digital signals have improved but are not always stable.  Channel 6-3 is the most stable.
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« Reply #6 on: October 11, 2009, 08:47:28 PM »
I'm willing to bet that 6.3 has the lowest bandwidth of the three streams, which makes it less susceptible to dropouts.  That's why it's the most stable.
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« Reply #7 on: March 17, 2010, 12:28:07 PM »
Just bought a spare TV for the bedroom.  I'm not hooking it up to cable, so I needed to buy a digital antenna.  Channel 6 does not come in at all.

Ironically, I got it mainly just to watch the news in the morning, and I usually do watch Channel 6.  So now I'll just have to get the news from one of the other channels.  Oh well...
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« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2010, 01:44:33 PM »
According to recent FCC paperwork and tidbits on the FCC site, WPVI is looking to permanently increase power on channel 6 from its current (temporary) 30 kW up to 48 kW.  The way I'm reading the FCC site, it sounds like the FCC is strongly considering it.

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« Reply #9 on: March 17, 2010, 06:49:14 PM »
No luck either in getting any of the digital PVI's in Upper Chichester Delaware county. I gave up...
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