Providence/Boston area Physical Channel 24 Test

Playground Antenna Help
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If you live in the green area in the above map, can you do me a favor and test if you are receiving Physical Channel 24 (Display Channel 6-1 through 6-4)?

At least since Monday December 4, 2023, I was able to receive the signal but the stations did not populate:

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Then, starting Thursday December 7, 2023, even the signal dropped below a receivable range:

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In case you are wondering, I have already tested on multiple devices/direct connection to TV, removed anything else on the line (filters, splitters, etc...), and basically tried every other factor under the sun. Meanwhile, I can still receive signals from adjacent frequencies, including one that shares the same tower. I have also emailed the engineer at the station, but have not heard back yet.

The only thing I haven't done is test another antenna, and--lacking one handy--that's what I'm hoping you can do for me! I have no idea if this could be an antenna problem, but want to rule every possible factor out.

Thanks!

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And just after I put this together, I found others talking about it on the AVS Forum:

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So, NM then, looks like I'm not the only one!

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And now in case anyone else has been dealing with this:

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And finally an actual update from WLNE (a week late and full of inaccuracies):

Basically, they say it should be fixed by the evening of Wednesday December 13, 2023. We'll see!

#5

Can you get WCVB where you are?

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Yes, as such it's been no issue recording the regular programs. That's how I actually noticed the issue in the first place. I was watching something and saw the WCVB logo in the corner. I went back into the Channels logs to figure out what was happening and I saw:

2023/12/04 19:55:10.029061 [ERR] Failed to start stream on channel 6.1 via 108010F9: HDHomeRun: 807 No Video Data
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2023/12/04 19:55:39.640050 [TNR] Opened connection to 108010F9/3 for ch5.1 WCVB-TV
2023/12/04 19:55:39.641096 [DVR] Recording for job 1701737700-78 from 108010F9 ch5.1 into ...

A whole bunch of wasted testing and research later, and there was my first post!

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WLNE is back in business:

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