I can't get 7 or 9 in the DC area, even after I've rescanned the set. I even tried rotating the antenna to better receive the signals but nothing came through. Next step is to replace the primary UHF/VHF antenna with the old VHF/UHF one I took down 2 years ago. Oh what fun...
Richard P. On Sat, Jun 13, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Robert Carroll<[email protected]> wrote: > Latest problem with digital TV in DC area. Couldn't get local digital > channels with a digital LCD TV using rabbit ears, so I got an outside > digital antenna. Could get channels fine. Then when analog was shut off, > digital channels 7 (WJLA) and 9 (WUSA) disappeared. According to the blog > on the channel 7 website, the reason is that channels 7 & 9 decided to > retain the old VHF carrier frequency (switching digital from UHF to VHF when > analog was shut off) unlike all other local channels which use UHF. Thus, > my new digital antenna can't receive VHF signals strongly enough, and the > rabbit ears are not strong enough even if I manually switch antennas when I > switch channels. > > Any others here have seen channels 7 & 9 disappear? There are many > complaining at the web site. > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
