NOVEMBER 2014 The Magazine for TV and FM DXers Ryan Grabow finally makes the drive to Key West. (2-bay UHF antenna optional) MEXICAN ANALOG SHUTOFF GETS MORE TIME FCC TRIES TO GET AMERICAN STATION OWNERS TO CASH OUT wtfda.org THE WORLDWIDE TV-FM DX ASSOCIATION Serving the UHF-VHF Enthusiast THE VHF-UHF DIGEST IS THE OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WORLDWIDE TV-FM DX ASSOCIATION DEDICATED TO THE OBSERVATION AND STUDY OF THE PROPAGATION OF LONG DISTANCE TELEVISION AND FM BROADCASTING SIGNALS AT VHF AND UHF. WTFDA IS GOVERNED BY A BOARD OF DIRECTORS: DOUG SMITH, GREG CONIGLIO, KEITH McGINNIS AND MIKE BUGAJ. Editor and publisher: Ryan Grabow Treasurer: Keith McGinnis wtfda.org Webmaster: Tim McVey Forum Site Administrator: Chris Cervantez Editorial Staff: Jeff Kruszka, Keith McGinnis, Fred Nordquist, Nick Langan, Doug Smith, Bill Hale, John Zondlo and Mike Bugaj Website: www.wtfda.org; Forums: http://forums.wtfda.org _______________________________________________________________________________________ NOVEMBER 2014 NOVEMBER were the first time that Es has ever been seen from Haiti. Jeff Kruszka informed us that we were wrong Back in the days when all the club had was an and that Storm TV had been seen by Chris Dunne email list, it was easy to find out who was receiving a few years earlier. We apologize for the mistake. DX and who was not. If somebody heard DX they’d David Mackes writes “First I want to thank you report it to the reflector. for being the editor/publisher of the VUD for all That’s harder to do these days with some these years. I haven’t been a member for all that DXers posting on the reflector and others using the many years but I know you did it for a long time.” Forms site, the Bulletin Board or the Facebook Thanks, David. It’s kind of nice to have a life group to post their DX. If you really want to know again and not have to think about deadlines and all what’s going on you need to check all of these the other things that go with publishing. It’s nice to places, but most people don’t for one reason or have my grandson here all day and watch him grow another. So, we do it for you. (just started walking). And besides, having people The email list has been slow. Ed Phelps has with fresh ideas is always good for a club and I been posting quite a bit of DX on the bulletin board know Ryan has some for the VUD to be and it seems he posts more TV DX in one day than implemented in 2015, so we all can stay tuned and I’ll post in a lifetime. The Facebook group is fairly find out what they are. slow also. That group, made up of WTFDA members and non-members, is growing gradually MORE MEXICAN ANALOG SHUTOFF and will probably hit 150 users by the time you read this. WTFDA Forum user Raymie reports on the If you post your reports online, why not cc them analog shutoff. to your TV or FM editors and get them in the VUD. The IFT is still unable to declare an analog Long after those posts disappear from the groups, shutoff in any area of the country, as the SCT still they’ll be available on the WTFDA website for all to has not presented any surveys showing that digital see. signals are reaching 90% of the population in a given area, says IFT president Gabriel Contreras. MEMBERS AND MORE "We have received information from the SCT and we have worked with them, but so far we have During the period from Sept 20th to Oct 19th we not received information that confirms that there is received renewals from Vincent Ferme (ON), Denis an area of the country where 90% of the population Allard (QC), Jeff Kadet (IL), Jim Renfrew (NY), Bob can receive digital signals. Since that hasn't Hawkins (IN), Jeff Falconer (ON), David Mackes happened, we can't declare a shutoff," Contreras (MD), Ron Cesarek (FL), Ryan Grabow (FL), Chris noted. Kadlec (MI), Bob Seaman (PA) and Lary Weil (NH). The SCT began in May with its distribution of We also would like to welcome the person who free digital televisions to the low-resource joined recently from the Phoenix, AZ area (we have population in some portions of northern Mexico, no name available). Hope you enjoy the WTFDA. such as Nuevo Laredo and Reynosa, with the goal being to ensure that more people can receive AND digital signals and increase TDT penetration. Despite that, the SCT still has not proven that it has In the October VUD there was a story on page hit the 90% threshold in these areas. 18 about Storm TV in Haiti. The statement was Nice to see all is going well in Mexico! And that’s made that the September receptions of Storm TV all we have until next month! -Mike NOVEMBER 2014 ··· 2 ··· THE MAILBOX Douglas E. Smith TV News 1389 Old Clarksville Pike Pleasant View, TN 37146-8098 [email protected] http://www.w9wi.com November 2014 Abbreviations: AF Applied For (a new station) NW New station on the air Aux Auxiliary (backup) transmitter PA Proposed Amendment CC Callsign change PC Power (and/or tower height) change on the air CL City-of-license change PG Power change granted CX Canceled PR Power change requested DC Converted to DTV RA Returns to the air DCC Digital Companion Channel QC Channel (?frequency??) change on the air NS Granted flash-cut to DTV QG Channel change granted DCC DE License/permit deleted QR Channel change requested DR Requests flash-cut to DTV RE Reinstated (previously-dismissed app.) FC Programming (?format??) change ROA Request of Applicant FTP Failure to Prosecute SI Off the air (?silent??) GA Granted amendment (to table of channel STA Special Temporary Authority allotments) LC License to Cover XC Transmitter site changed MX Mutually Exclusive XG Transmitter site change granted NDA Non-directional antenna XR Transmitter site change requested NS Permit granted for new station lpdtv Low Power Digital TV DG Granted conversion to DTV DRT Digital Replacement Translator News: (full-power analog stations in bold face; LPTV and translators in regular type; full-power analog stations in bold italics; low-power analog stations in regular italics) USA CANADA Alabama Birmingham 38 WBMG- DR 3kw, 33-34-37/ LP 86-27-15; CL from Moody dismissed Mobile 42 WMOE- AF dismissed; DCC British Columbia LD for analog 12 Pritchard 9 CHKM-TV-1 DR 781w/-210m Mobile 44 WWBH- AF dismissed; DCC Quesnel 8 CITM-TV-2 DR 569w/548m LD for analog 27. Proposes to flash-cut on ch. 27 instead. Puerto Rico Adjuntas 42 W42DZ NW 15kw, 18-10- 10/66-34-36 (TV Red Alaska de PR) Akhiok 9 K09UD DG Aguadilla 34 WELU PG<41.6kw Akutan 9 K09RH DG Canovanas 47 W47DX NW 11.35kw, 18-18- Alakanuk 8 K08KD DR 36/65-47-41 (TV Red Cantwell 2 K02KK DR de PR) Chenega 13 K13VV DR Mayaguez 32 W32DZ NW 15kw, 18-19- Circle Hot 3 K03GO DR 07/67-10-48 (TV Red Springs de PR Cooper Landing 8 K08KO DR Villalba 16 W16CW NW 15kw, 18-09- Cordova 9 K09OR DR 52w, 60-32-27/ 15/66-33-15 (TV Red 145-45-59 de PR) Delta Junction 17 K17AF DR Dillingham 10 K10LD DR Dot Lake 7 K07RU DR Fairbanks 11 KTVF AF 1.85kw; DRT for ch. 26; NS NOVEMBER 2014 ··· 3 ··· TV NEWS Kotzebue 9 K09OV DR Rifle 11 K11KR DR Tok 13 K13RR DR Trapper Creek 24 K24AG DG Whittier 9 K09UB DG Florida Womens Bay 7 K07ST DR Jacksonville 19 WJAX-TV CC from WTEV-TV Jacksonville 32 WFOX-TV CC from WAWS Key West 4 WMDF- XC 25-28-08/ LD 80-29-07 Miami 43 WDGT- QC from 43, 25-57- LD 30/80-12-44 Arizona Orlando 36 WZXZ-CA DR 15kw but Casa Grande 28 KCAB-LP CX dismissed Chinle 51 K51AV CX Panama City 10 WGOM- DR 430w, 30-08- Fredonia 15 K15DX CX LP 33/85-25-28; DG Martinez Lake 49 K49BX CX Wabasso 33 W33DB PG<6kw Parker 2 K02MT CX Phoenix 28 KCOS-LP CX Shiprock 32 K32FK CX Sierra Vista 33 K33CG CX Tsaile 40 K40AP CX Georgia Window Rock 44 K44BB CX Athens 12 W12DO XC 33-44-57/ 83-50-30 Athens 26 W26EM PC<2.96kw, 33-57- 11/83-24-31; PR<1.48kw, 33-44- 57/ 83-50-30; PG Athens 38 W38EP PC<1.48kw, 33-44- Arkansas 57/ 83-50-30 XR 36-08-50/ 94-11-14 Fayetteville 16 KAJL-LD Atlanta 12 W12DO PR>3kw, 33-44- Jonesboro 39 KJNB-LD CC from K39LS 41/84-21-36; CL from Athens; PG Atlanta 38 W38EP PR>15kw, 33-44- 41/84-21-36; CL from Athens California Cathedral City 4 KAKZ-LD PR>900w Dunsmuir 2 K02CN DG CX, to remain analog Indio 36 NEW- AF 15kw, 33-51-56/ lpdtv 116-25-58; DCC Idaho for ?? Boise 25 KFLL-LD PR>5kw, 43-45-21/ Los Angeles 31 KTLA NW 75kw/424m, 34- 116-05-57 11-48/ Boise 31 K31FD DC 15kw 118-15-30 (aux) Cambridge 5 K05DC CX Lucerne Valley 17 K17KD DR 330w dismissed Challis 5 K05CJ CX Martinez 49 K49HV DR 15kw dismissed Ferdinand 7, 9 K07CP, CX Modesto 20 KEXT-LD NW 3.6kw, 37-29-59/ K09CK 121-52-16 (Central Kamiah 7, 9,K07AQ, CX Valley Television) 11, K09AL, Monterey 7 K07ZK NW 100w, 36-35-11/ 13 K11KO, 121-51-06 (William J.