[BC] DTV re-scanning may not work...

[Ron Youvan]

> After KABC-TV Los Angeles dropped their UHF signal and moments later 
> re-appeared on their VHF signal as KABC-DT, no amount of re-scanning of 
> my DTV-Pal by Dish Network would get the KABC-DT VHF signal.  Craig 
> Robbins ( who is lurking here) suggested that I go into the channel list 
> through setup and manually delete ALL of the channels.  I did that and 
> it then knew enough to do a re-scan on it's own.  After that it worked 
> fine.  By 7 PM last night I had 71 channels and still nothing worth 
> watching.  I'll probably go through the same process again sometime today.

> I'm interested to know how many people using proper antennas and DTV 
> sets or converter boxes lost TV signals.

   Scanning and not getting everything or re-scanning and (possibly) loosing some and gaining 
channels generally indicates an inadequate signal level.  I bought an 18 dB gain amplifier from 
Wally World 6 months or so ago (for about $20) that fixed me up just great.  An antenna improvement 
might be the ticket.

-- 
Ron KA4INM