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SOWNY » Wanted: An Engineer To Explain This HD Radio Issue » February 24, 2025 11:29 am |
An HD radio signal is transmitted above and below the analog frequency.HD radio transmits 2 signals .Currently both the upper and lower usually have the same power level.Some broadcasters want to increase the power one of 1 of signals to provide better reception where there is maybe not an adjacent channel to interfere with.In GTA with no coordination of signals could result in more adjacent channel interference of distant signals.1 FM station with HD radio can take space on dial of 3 analog stations.
SOWNY » Could This Subcarrier Be Coming To OTA TV In Buffalo? » February 12, 2025 9:02 am |
WWHC is no longer transmitting from Olean NY.They have moved to south Buffalo.Also WWHC is approved to move to Grand Island and change to RF 17 15KW which will interfere with Global TV in Niagara Region.
SOWNY » Could This Subcarrier Be Coming To OTA TV In Buffalo? » February 11, 2025 10:48 am |
WWHC reception is impossible in GTA as they co channel with Toronto station.
SOWNY » Radio Spots: How Many In A Row Is Too Many? » January 28, 2025 2:08 pm |
If you run too many ads you are going to lose your audience.I wonder why CBC radio 1 has much better ratings?
SOWNY » Christmas Day NFL Games May Be A Challenge For CTV/TSN » December 26, 2024 9:54 am |
The game looked better OTA on CFTO than on Netflix.Sony 4k tv with premium Netflix.
SOWNY » 820 » November 10, 2024 9:40 am |
820 signal reaches to Belleville to the east in daytime and to the north of Parry Sound.
SOWNY » Is Anyone Else Seeing This Odd TV Listing On Their DVR? » October 15, 2024 9:44 am |
Both of my TVs are showing the same issue with CFTO and CHCJ info display.The problem is with OTA transmitted info of the current program showing quote CFTO Programming and CKVR programming.Been like that for a few weeks.
SOWNY » CHCH Signal » September 13, 2024 8:31 am |
In Mississauga CHCH getting max signal SNR 34db.Suggest reception problem is at your end.Lots of tropo activity trying aiming your old antenna N/W.You may need a more directional UHF Yagi.
SOWNY » Evanov closing stations in three eastern Ontario locations » September 7, 2024 5:24 pm |
CJWL 92.5 rating of 2.0 .There seems to be about 8 stations in Ottawa with less ratings.Odd they cant make a go of it in such a big market.
SOWNY » New FCC Rule On HD Radio Should - In Theory - Prevent Interference » September 7, 2024 7:51 am |
Yes Hamiltons 94.7 HD signal takes out Oshawas 94.9 analog signal here in Mississauga.Yet 94.9 says there GTAs rock station.
SOWNY » New FCC Rule On HD Radio Should - In Theory - Prevent Interference » September 6, 2024 7:52 am |
HD radio is such a spectrum hog.Wipes out reception on adjacent channels on each side.So 1 HD station takes up 3 channels.So an HD station on 96.3 wipes out 96.1 and 96.5.
SOWNY » Rogers Cable Ottawa US Feeds Change » August 21, 2024 5:19 pm |
The Rochester stations were dropped because they were no longer available via satellite.
SOWNY » 900 CHML Closing » August 14, 2024 12:47 pm |
Why not sell to CHIN radio to replace 1530.They were upset about not even knowing about 1150,610 sale.
SOWNY » How City TV Wound Up On Cable Channel 7 » July 31, 2024 3:13 pm |
The cable companies were not owned by broadcasters are were trying to get people to use their service.Anything they could add in to get more service users.Every house had a tv antenna on roof in the 70s.The popular DWE247 for GTA market.Specific for channels 2,4,7 was made.
SOWNY » How City TV Wound Up On Cable Channel 7 » July 31, 2024 8:15 am |
I remember in Barrie the cable company was asking people to support their CRTC request to allow the use of satellite signals from Buffalo for their cable system.
SOWNY » How City TV Wound Up On Cable Channel 7 » July 30, 2024 12:02 pm |
When cable tv first came out the US signals had to be received via their antenna system so US reception was problematic in some areas.
SOWNY » CFCO-FM Chatham Application » July 2, 2024 3:55 pm |
Why spend money for larger coverage ? 580 has good enough signal.Its CFCO that will loose coverage but pretty sure the advertisers are all local.Music needs to be on FM to survive.
SOWNY » Bell's Radio Shedding Spree Continues, Unloading 28 Stations » July 2, 2024 3:47 pm |
Such poor management spending billions getting all those radio stations and not knowing radio was on the decline.Still radio has many motorist listeners perhaps there are now to many stations in small markets.
SOWNY » Why Did Toronto Viewers See Ottawa's Local News On CBC On Canada Day? » July 2, 2024 3:40 pm |
They should just run CBC News network if their not doing local.
SOWNY » Major changes happening at CHIN Radio » June 24, 2024 6:12 pm |
I am in N/W Mississauga and 91.9 is just static.1540 perfect clear.My prediction is they will want more power for 91.9 and shutdown 1540.
SOWNY » FCC Gives OK To "Geocasting" Technology - But There's A Catch » June 23, 2024 10:20 am |
Can you imagine driving on edge of low power transmitter and have it cut in and out with main transmitter with a different commercial.You would likely change to different channel.Most radio listening is done in cars, broadcasters need to think moving reception.This can only work if there is no signal from main transmitter at all,like behind a mountain.
SOWNY » FCC Gives OK To "Geocasting" Technology - But There's A Catch » June 23, 2024 9:29 am |
This would work much better if the US switched to DAB.
SOWNY » Will Next Week's Heat Dome Be A Bonus For DXers? » June 15, 2024 11:22 am |
HD radio signals interfere with upper and lower adjacent channels so if your in GTA not much open spectrum to DX.
SOWNY » CN Tower Master FM Antenna » June 7, 2024 11:19 am |
When you lose a .2,.3,.4 HD signal the radio drops back to analog FM station which is very annoying.Most radio usage is in cars so why bother with .2,.3 signals.
SOWNY » CN Tower Master FM Antenna » June 7, 2024 10:03 am |
They should just use the entire HD bandwidth for the .1 signal and have the best possible sound quality.
SOWNY » CRTC: Foreign Streamers Must Fork Over 5% Of Domestic Revenues » June 6, 2024 11:29 am |
To be fair why would Crave not be forced to pay the 5% too ? They are exactly the same as Netflix.
SOWNY » Ratings In For Ottawa, Halifax, Victoria & More » May 31, 2024 1:09 pm |
The ratings for Hamilton are kind of useless with 70% listening elsewhere.
SOWNY » Is Some Owner Really Selling A Toronto Radio Station? » May 27, 2024 9:44 am |
An omni signal coverage from downtown indicates an FM station.
SOWNY » When One HD Radio Signal Interferes With Another Station » May 19, 2024 9:04 am |
HD radio transmits in the adjacent channels above and below the actual frequency potentially interferring with 2 other FM stations.All HD radio should be equipped with HD reception off setting so hijacking can be turned off.DAB was a much better,wish Canada stayed with it.
SOWNY » Is CBC Radio Back On In Kitchener-Waterloo? » April 15, 2024 11:30 am |
99.1 is transmitting from First Canadian Place not CN Tower so range is less.AM 740 Zoomer the old CBC signal covers KW just fine.
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