Station's Power output

[Ron Pollitt]

From time to time, I see members posting that this or that station is broadcasting at a specific level of power. Is there a link that one can go to, to obtain current power output levels for stations in the Milwaukee/ Madison area? FCC? I have just installed my outside antenna and I am trying to determine which stations I should target on to try to pick up. Last (first) night, I picked up channel 28 great from Lake Geneva (approx. 60 miles). I will work on the rest this week but wanted to focus on higher power stations in aiming my antenna.
Thanks
Ron
Sensory Science HDT100 STB
NEC 42" Plasma Monitor
Lance 4-bowtie UHF Antenna
Channel Master UHF Preamp
Charter Cable(no HDTV feeds)

[Paul Bethke]

Hi Ron,

Here is a kind of neat site to start with. It does not give power levels, but if you enter your zip code it will show you what stations are around, and which direction to point your antenna.
http://www.antennaweb.org/aw/address.asp

Good hunting...Paul

[tschinner]

I put together this list of digital stations around the area. Since I live near the lake I included the Grand Rapids stations.

State Call Sign Ntework Analog Number City Digital Number
IL WBBM CBS 2 Chicago 3
IL WGN WB 9 Chicago 19
IL WMAQ NBC 5 Chicago 29
IL WFLD FOX 32 Chicago 31
IL WCPX PAX 38 Chicago 43
IL WSNS T 44 Chicago 45
IL WTTW PBS 11 Chicago 47
IL WLS ABC 7 Chicago 52
MI WMMT CBS 3 Grand Rapids 2
MI WOOD NBC 8 Grand Rapids 7
MI WXMI FOX 17 Grand Rapids 19
MI WZZM ABC 13 Grand Rapids 39
MI WZPX PAX, WB 43 Grand Rapids 44
WI WBAY ABC 2 Green Bay 23
WI WGBA NBC 26 Green Bay 41
WI WLUK FOX 11 Green Bay 51
WI WFRV CBS 5 Green Bay 56
WI WACY UPN 32 Green Bay 59
WI WMSN FOX 47 Madison 11
WI WMTV NBC 19 Madison 15
WI WHA PBS 21 Madison 20
WI WKOW ABC 27 Madison 26
WI WBUW WB 57 Madison 32
WI WISC CBS 3 Madison 50
WI WMVS PBS 10 Milwaukee 8
WI WCGV UPN 24 Milwaukee 25
WI WTMJ NBC 4 Milwaukee 28
WI WITI FOX 6 Milwaukee 33
WI WMVT PBS 36 Milwaukee 35
WI WPXE PAX 55 Milwaukee 40
WI WDJT CBS 58 Milwaukee 46
WI WVTV WB 18 Milwaukee 61

[Gregg Lengling]

If you go to http://www.fcc.gov/mb/video/tvq.html
you can look up any station and get the information on their operating parameters. If you go through everything and the actual license is in order (not like channel 6's) you'll find all kinds of interesting info. WISN 12 (34) has an STA to run only 251. kW ERP
WDJT 58 (46) has an STA to run 11.7 kW ERP
WTMJ 4(28) is licensed to 1000 kW ERP
WMVS 10(8) is licensed to 25.1 kW ERP
So you can look up anything, just don't stop at the main page of the license you have to look at all the files.


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Gregg R. Lengling
RCA P61310 61" 16x9
glengling@ameritech.net

[stoffelwha]

Should be:

WI WMTV NBC 15 Madison 19

[Ron Pollitt]

Thanks for the replys.

Looking at Greg's numbers, it is no wonder I get channel 28 (althought I couldn't pick it up last night). Maybe , I'll be able to pick up channel 34, but do you agee I'll never pick up Channels 8 & 46 at those low levels from out here? The levels are temporary...right? Some day in the future my great-grand kids will be able to watch HDTV. Grin
Ron

[wxndave]

Hi Ron,

Channel 8 is running at full power, Ch 46 is not. With a Radio Shack VU-110 antenna I was abale to pick up Channel 28 and 8 last fall in Harvard IL. I would say that you might need to work on antenna aiming.

Dave


Originally posted by Ron Pollitt:
Thanks for the replys.

Looking at Greg's numbers, it is no wonder I get channel 28 (althought I couldn't pick it up last night). Maybe , I'll be able to pick up channel 34, but do you agee I'll never pick up Channels 8 & 46 at those low levels from out here? The levels are temporary...right? Some day in the future my great-grand kids will be able to watch HDTV. Grin
Ron

[Ron Pollitt]

Thanks Dave!

Channel 8 would be VHF, right? I may have shot myself in the foot by installing a UHF antenna and preamp only, but I liked the small size which pleased my wife and neighbors. Decisions, decisions... any ideas? BTW, Anybody need a R/S double bowtie-NIB at cost ($10)?

Ron
rpollitt@genevaonline.com)
Sensory Science HDT100 STB
NEC 42" Plasma Monitor
Lance 4-bowtie UHF Antenna
Channel Master UHF Preamp-775
Charter Cable(no HDTV feeds)

[Ron Pollitt]

Group,
Found the following link which gives Power levels and one click FCC links for each Milwaukee station: http://www.tvradioworld.com/region1/wi/tv_information.asp?m=mil

Ron

[Pat]

Yes, PBS's DTV (channel 8) is VHF. But I find I receive it just fine with a "UHF only" antenna. There is a continuum between VHF and UHF, especially above channel 6 (or is it 5?), rather than an either-or situation.

[ugyvel]

Me too, I get channel 8 just fine up in Mequon with just the RS Bowtie.