staticMHZ

the northeast part of the country is very very very crowded.

Dbear1000

I live in Agoura Hills, CA and I too lost channels 11(KTTV) and 13 (KCOP) after the transition. I am also having difficulty getting channel 9 (KCAL). Has anyone seen the LA times pick up on these problems?

Piggie

There is a good chance you have the wrong antenna now. Those 3 stations switched back to VHF post transition.

What type of antenna do you have now?

bcookin

I'm in Huntington Beach, Ca, south of LA and, according to the coverage maps, well within range of the transmitters. I was getting a very good signal from Fox LA, KTTV, both from my Samsung LN-T4061F and through my Vista HTPC which I use as a DVR. I'm using a Philips PHDTV3 amplified indoor antenna that should be good for VHF and UHF but since the transition, I haven't received KTTV or KCOP on either tuner. I have rescanned a few times using the suggested steps but no luck.

FoxLA set up a toll free number about the DTV transition but when I called today, it was disconnected. I wonder if that signal was lost on June 12 too. My question is, has anyone heard any news about the possible bump in power or is there a link I might be able to go to keep track of it myself? Also, is there another phone number that might be most useful to contact the station about this matter? I went to the "contact us" link on the station website and it gave me a form to fill out.

Piggie

Welcome to the forum!

You can use the FCC site or RabbitEars.info to keep track of proposals a station files with the FCC. However there are three steps bascially in FCC site when looking up a station.

1) Accepted for Filing, means the FCC received and filed the request
2) Granted which means the change requested was granted.


Now most requests are good for 3 years before they "time out".

So:
3) would be the station actually doing the upgrade.

now you can find step 1 and 2 on the web sites, but step 3 you would have to contact the station to find out if they actually finished their construction permit.

RabbitEars.info is easier to understand than the FCC site and links to the FCC so it's a one stop web site to find most of the links you need to find info about a station.

RabbitEars.Info

Now if you put in a call sign in the search box you get this

RabbitEars.Info

Click on the "Technical Data and Screencaps" link

Then you have to know what the symbols mean. If you hover over the abbreviations you can see what they mean

You see they have a DT-CP Digitial stations construction permit
DX-CP Auxliarly transmitter construction permit
DT-APP means they are requesting this change and it been accepted for filing but not granted yet by the FCC.

You can check to see if RabbitEars.info is up to date by clicking on the FCC Query link. CDBS link goes to where the filings are listed for that station
REC is an independent site that also keeps track of TV stations changes and shows it's own maps.

So there is a lot to look at but in the end, you just about have to call a station to find out if they have completed a construction permit.