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How does one find out which aren't full power yet? Is there any chance my reception could improve soon?

In my area, they really seemed to have borked the transition in terms of reception.

Via analog, with a rooftop antenna, I got very clear reception of all the network stations: CBS (2), NBC (4), CW (5), ABC (7), Fox (11), plus the stations that may not be nationwide: CBS-owned KCAL (9), and MYTV (13). I also got some UHF reception of various PBS channels, etc. And of course plenty of spanish channels.

Before the transition, I got only a few digital channels:
CBS -- broadcast on frequency 60
ABC -- broadcast on frequency 53
KCAL -- broadcast on frequency 43 came in about 50% of the time
and some UHF spanish/korean/PBS stations.

Prior to the transition, all the analog stations went on and on about "make sure you can pick us up digitally now so you can be sure you are ready"...that was especially annoying for the stations that I couldn't get digitally, but thought I would be getting after the transition.

Anyway, post-transition, I get channels 7-13 nicely in digital because they are now on their VHF broadcast stations.

The strange thing is, I have lost CBS entirely. Why would the digital signal get weaker after transition? It's especially odd since CBS is now broadcast on channel 43 -- where KCAL was broadcast pre-transition. And the reception is notably worse (it never comes in in a watchable way).

I also still can't get NBC or CW in digital.

And the reception of the UHF PBS stations has gotten much worse...they were watchable in digital pre-transition, but aren't watchable anymore.

The really odd part to me is that in my area (LA/Orange County) all the broadcasters run their antennas off Mt. Wilson...so there shouldn't be any differences in reception other than the different propagation of UHF vs VHF.

Why could I get ABC just fine on it's old UHF station pre-transition station, but I can't get any of the UHF stations (CBS, NBC, CW) post transition? Why would CBS's old UHF broadcast frequency come in better than their post-transition UHF frequency? Same with the PBS stations?]]>Jun 26th 2009 2:04AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/
Also, most stations that switched frequencies are the ones not at full power yet.]]>Jun 26th 2009 9:28AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/
Then when the Radio Shack employee was explaining it to her (with a straight, but frustrated face) ... she kept asking "Well, why do I still have channel 9 then? Channel 9 still works, but the others don't."

Channel 9 here in LA is KCAL, so I guess KCAL did something screwy, but the lady was screwy too.]]>Jun 26th 2009 2:18AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/]]>Jun 26th 2009 7:03AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/Jun 26th 2009 2:19AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/Jun 26th 2009 10:38AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/Jun 26th 2009 11:01AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/Jun 26th 2009 1:09PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/Jun 26th 2009 1:20PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/Jun 26th 2009 2:16PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/
Our DirecTv is off until football season and we don't have cable or OTA so in theory is my household left behind? What the hell would we want with OTA tv or a converter box for our HDTVs? They're for movies/dvds and football. No sense paying $80 a month for cable when netflix gets us the shows we want for $18 a month. ]]>Jun 27th 2009 12:32AMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/06/25/2-1-million-households-let-the-dtv-transition-pass-them-by/Jun 28th 2009 1:03PM