Jeff,
You might also be having problems with some sort of intermod. I don't
think that receiver wins any prizes for rejection of unwanted
frequencies. That's the trouble with all these wide coverage receivers;
they let everything in whether you want to hear it or not.
Steve
On Monday 11/29/04 14:41 Jeff Kenyon wrote:
>I'll try that. I am not too far from the transmitter now actually, but
>being in the hospital wouldn't help the fact and that is where I am now.
>I'll have to try it on my way home, but I am able to pull in stuff from
>well across the pond in Canada, and some stuff in Ohio. I am getting a
>station on CH 37 which is not licensed in the Detroit area, and this
>mainly has been infomercials, CH 31 out of Chatham On I think, and this
>is something that is Canada's version of PBS, though it doesn't appear to
>be the CBC. The channel I a having trouble with is 56 on 727.75 which is
>the audio output. There is a station that is on 62 that I don't have any
>trouble with at all, and I think that both stations are on the same tower.
>
>
>
>
>
>On Mon, 29 Nov 2004, Steve Dresser wrote:
>
> > Jeff,
> >
> > If you don't have trouble receiving other UHF stations, that station may be
> > overloading the front end of the receiver. Try turning on the attenuator
> > (Function + Monitor). If that doesn't fix the problem, it's probably the
> > radio's insensitivity on that part of the spectrum. I think I remember
> > hearing that the radio has very non-uniform sensitivity in the UHF TV band.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> > On Monday 11/29/04 10:34 Jeff Kenyon wrote:
> >
> > >What does the T90 have on it that the F6 doesn't have? This is strange
> > >that I can get stfff far away on VHF or UHF, but one UHF station right in
> > >my backyard is hard oo pull in.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >On Sun, 28 Nov 2004, Anthony Vece wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hi Jeff;
> > > >
> > > > The ICOM T90A is much better for tv reception.
> > > >
> > > > However, when you are listening to a tv channel or anything on the
> > > T90A, you
> > > > can't hear anything else because you can only listen to one band at
> a time.
> > > >
> > > > 73 De Anthony W2AJV
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> > > > Subject: TV reception on the THF6A
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> > > > > Hi everyone. I am using my THF6A to listen to some TV, and I
> have mixed
> > > > > opinions about what I am getting. I am getting some things that
> I wasn't
> > > > > expecting, but some local channels like our PBS station in
> Detroit on CH
> > > > > 56
> > > > > hardly comes in. What are other's opinions of the TV reception
> on your
> > > > > THF6As?
> > > > >
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