[Scan-DC] Countdown...

Sat Jun 13 00:21:08 EDT 2009

Thanks Doug!

Now past midnight. Channel 14's analog signal is gone. The rest are still 
there.

No idea who Pick is. A Forest Ranger?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Kitchener" <oldsdoug at hotmail.com>
To: <scan-dc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, June 13, 2009 12:09 AM
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Countdown...

Wow, you're getting more than I am.  22 is Maryland Public Television... I 
_think_ the xmitter may be up here on 270 near the Montgomery / Frederick 
line, but don't hold me to that.

Pick Temple

(Let's see how many of our viewers know who he was!)

Hint:  "My favorite bread's Heidi,
        I hope it's yours too.
        It tastes so delicious
        And it's so good for you.

        So let's all eat Heidi
        And before very long
        All Giant Rangers
        Will grow big and strong."

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> From: w4jecom at w4je.com
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:37:33 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Countdown...
>
> As of 11:37 PM, the following analog TV signals are still on the air, as
> received in Arlington:
>
> Channel 4 (71.75 MHz audio): Nightlight (WRC)
> Channel 5 (81.75 MHz audio): Nightlight (FOX-5)
> Channel 6 (87.75 MHz audio): Spanish music (WDCN-LP)
> Channel 14 (475.75 MHz audio): Spanish (WFDC)
> Channel 22 (523.75 MHz audio): Nightlight (Not sure what station this is)
> Channel 23 (529.75 MHz audio): Religious (WDDN)
> Channel 25 (541.75 MHz audio): Spanish (WZDC)
> Channel 47 (673.75 MHz audio): Spanish (WMDO)
> Channel 58 (739.75 MHz audio, in narrowband FM!): Rap (WIAV)
>
> The nightlight signals seem quite a bit weaker than their progenitors. 
> Some
> of them are barely receivable on my TV set, despite being line-of-sight to
> all of these towers.
>
> The channel 6 (WDCN-LP) signal is odd. Audio, but no corresponding video.
> Maybe they are trying to be an FM broadcast station, since their audio is
> just 250 kHz outside the band? I had not tuned this channel before now.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andrew Clegg"
> To: "Doug Kitchener" ;
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 1:09 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Countdown...
>
>
> My specan is still showing analog activity.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Doug Kitchener"
> To:
> Sent: Friday, June 12, 2009 12:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Countdown...
>
>
>
> got that right - Blurp - 10-7! my tv just stopped working!
>
> Not all of the stations had their clocks synchronized... I got to watch 
> both
> Channel 4 and Channel 5... 5 showed the engineer's finger on the button...
> the news guys on 4 were doing a story on it and just had time to get in 
> the
> word "Bye!"
>
> 4 will be broadcasting an informational video for _2 weeks!_
>
> 22 and 67 are still on, for some reason, and 13 in Baltimore is apparently
> cutting over at 12:30...
>
> And that's our report!
>
> ----------------------------------------
>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:27:56 -0400
>> From: racerpgt at aol.com
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Countdown...
>>
>>
>> correct
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Raymond Chin
>> To: Scan - DC Scan - DC
>> Sent: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:25 am
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Countdown...
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> thought it was 12:01 PM today.
>>
>>
>>
>> From: oldsdoug at hotmail.com
>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 11:16:37 -0400
>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Countdown...
>>
>>
>> Would you believe that in a brief search, I couldn't dig out anything
>> about
>> he time of the cutover...
>>
>>
>> Kirk: "Scotty, we're running out of time..."
>> Scotty: "I dinna know if our circuits can handle this alien contraption,
>> aptain!"
>> Kirk: "Throw the switch!"
>> Scotty: "It'll likely overload!"
>> Kirk: "THROW THE SWITCH!!"
>>
>> - The Enterprise Incident
>>
>> ----------------------------------------
>>> From: oldsdoug at hotmail.com
>>> To: johnantonelli at verizon.net; scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>>> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 10:58:12 -0400
>>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Countdown...
>>>
>>>
>>> I assumed it was at midnight (because that was when we went from June 11
>>> to
>> une 12) but I don't really know - wanted to stay up last night and see if
>> any
>> f the local stations did anything special but was too tired. Today I work
>> 2 -
>> 0 p.m. so will check... haven't been downstairs yet. Will report anything
>> I
>> ee!
>>>
>>> Mercury Control
>>>
>>> ________________________________
>>>> Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2009 04:22:33 -0700
>>>> From: johnantonelli at verizon.net
>>>> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Countdown...
>>>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net; oldsdoug at hotmail.com
>> =2
>> 0>>
>>>> Is it not at noon today?
>>>>
>>>> --- On Thu, 6/11/09, Doug Kitchener wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Doug Kitchener
>>>> Subject: [Scan-DC] Countdown...
>>>> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
>>>> Date: Thursday, June 11, 2009, 11:08 PM
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> T minus one hour and counting until the Grande Television Cutover...
>>>>
>>>> This is Mercury Control...
>>>
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