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Important TV DX Links are at the bottom of the page


Jeff Kadet, K1MOD's
 

TV D
Photos
 


 

"It's All In the Timing" - Johnny Carson
 


43 year old TV DX Photos and TV Station Sign-offs from MA, NH, ME, RI, CT, NY, PA, MD, DC, and VA taped in 1964



***1500+ TV DX Photos by Channel
seen from Macomb, IL Since 1983***

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Logbook of 2000+ TV Stations seen from Macomb, IL since 1983 in Excel sorted by:
channel - callsign



F2 RECEPTION


ODDITIES


Some Rare QSLs


New Analog TV Loggings In 2001-2006


DTVs Logged By Date


***Most Distant DTV Scans***



WBRA-DT-3     Roanoke, VA     611 miles by E-Skip
 
 
 

the rest are by tropo


KDFW-DT-35     Dallas, TX          646 mi 
                                                          KDAF-DT-32     Dallas, TX     646 mi
 
 
 
 


     KFWD-DT-51      Ft. Worth, TX     646 mi 
                                                                                        KSTR-DT-48     Irving, TX      646 mi
 
 
 
 



KXAS-DT-41     Ft. Worth, TX     646 mi          KERA-DT-14      Dallas, TX     646 mi
 
 
 
 


                         KTRK-DT-32     Houston, TX     800 mi

                                 KTVT-DT-19     Ft. Worth, TX     646 mi
 
 




    KTXH-DT-19     Houston, TX     800 mi                   KTMD-DT-48     Galveston, TX     800 mi
 
 
 
 
 

      KRIV-DT-27     Houston, TX     800 mi    WSBN-DT-32     Norton, VA      500 mi
 
 
 
 
 
 


            WJHL-DT-58     Johnson City, TN     528 mi                      WSB-DT-39  Atlanta, GA     575 mi
 
 
 
 
 


WAGA-DT-27    Atlanta, GA     575 mi                   WIAT-DT-30   Birmingham, AL    526 mi
 
 
 
 
 

                                                    WCYB-DT-28         Bristol, TN          538 mi 
                                                                                  KTBS-DT-28        Shreveport, LA          575 mi
 
 
 
 
 



KSBI-DT-51      Oklahoma City, OK      508 mi      WPXA-DT-51     Rome, GA      523 mi
 
 
 
 
 



                      WVTM-DT-52     Birmingham, AL     528 mi                               KPNE-DT-16      North Platte,  NE      551 mi
 
 
 
 
 

                              WUPA-DT-43    Atlanta, GA    578 mi                                                       WBRC-DT-50   Birmingham, AL   528 mi


***TV DX Equipment***
 
 


the overguyed 80' Rohn 25G and 47' 20G
 


the screened 7 foot Channel Master UHF dish
the screening is 1/2" hardware cloth with UV resistant cable ties
Screening helps improve directionality, front-to-back, and gain on the higher UHF channels

an RDX Labs pre-amp and 1/2" aluminum hardline are used
 


E-Skip Antenna
 15' 7" long vertically polarized Channel Master 1110 up 12' with 10 degree tilt

The mast is a wheelbarrow handle and the 2 supports are fiberglass.
The coax is guided out the back using ½ of a hula hoop.

The antenna is vertically polarized to attenuate horizontally polarized stations
received by groundwave

It is only 12' high to also attenuate groundwave stations.

The 10 degree tilt upwards may or may not help improve E Layer reception.
 
 

a horizontal CM 1110 up 47' is used for tropo

RG-11 coax and Winegard AP-8700 pre-amps are used on both
 


A Zenith for each lo-band channel during E-Skip openings

A Hauppauge WinTV-D card in a Windows XP computer is used for DTV reception.
Also an RCA ATSC11 HDTV converter box to a 60" Sony HDTV monitor.

An ICOM R7100 VHF/UHF communications receiver with analog video adapter,
and an ICOM IC-756 Pro II ham transceiver are also used.



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last updated July 6, 2007