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02-19-2010, 11:48 PM
Well I've been looking through the forums so I figured I would join in the fun. Here's my story...
I remember in high school I would take our bowtie antenna and see what stations I could pick up just for the heck of it. (We lived in Mount Vernon, OH about 40 or so miles NE of Columbus at the time) I could sometimes pick up some Cleveland stations and even one from Detroit MI. We moved from that house to another one (same town). This one was on a hill and had a rooftop antenna. It was fixed pointing SW toward Columbus, giving us 5 channels from there with really good reception (4, 6, 10, 28, 34). One sunny Sunday afternoon (summer of 2003 I think) I was surfing and noticed that channel 4 had weird thin lines and a high pitched sound coming through. Also there was another picture interfering. I noticed we could now pick up a channel 5 where I saw a weather bulletin about a storm moving through. The weather map they showed looked like Florida. I did some online research and found out it was WPTV-5 in West Palm Beach, FL. I had no clue what was going on. I had no idea TV could travel that far. From then on I scanned and saw what all I could pick up. Now, 7 years later I've decided to get back into it (after seeing this site and some others) and I've started a new log. Over the past few days I've tried to think of all the stations that I had picked up back then and took them down and here's what I've come up with...
2 KBEJ (now KCWX) Fredericksburg, TX
2 WPBT Miami, FL <- of course! :D
2 KPRC Houston, TX
2 WESH Daytona Beach, FL
2 WDTN Dayton, OH
3 KIII Corpus Christi, TX
3 KSWK Larkin, KS
3 KSNW Wichita, KS
3 WEDU Tampa, FL
4 WCMH Columbus, OH
5 WPTV West Palm Beach, FL
5 WLWT Cincinnati, OH
5 KENS San Antonio, TX <-during that awesome Halloween aurora event in '03
5 WKRG Mobile, AL
6 WSYX Columbus, OH
7 WHIO Dayton, OH
8 WNPT Nashville, TN
9 WCPO Cincinnati, OH
10 WBNS Columbus, OH
12 WKRC Cincinnati, OH
15 WANE Fort Wayne, IN
16 WPTD Dayton, OH
17 WDEM-LP Columbus, OH
19 WOIO Cleveland, OH
19 WXIX Newport, KY/Cincinnati, OH
20 WDWB Detroit, MI
20 WBXX Knoxville, TN
21 WFMJ Youngstown, OH
21 WPTA Fort Wayne, IN
22 WKEF Dayton, OH
23 WVPX Akron, OH
24 WNWO Toledo, OH
25 WVIZ Cleveland, OH
26 WBDT Dayton, OH
27 WKBN Youngstown, OH
27 WBGU Bowling Green, OH
28 WTTE Columbus, OH
30 WGTE Toledo, OH
33 WISE Fort Wayne, IN
33 WYTV Youngstown, OH
34 WOSU Columbus, OH
36 WUPW Toledo, OH
45 WRGT Dayton, OH
45 WNEO Alliance, OH
49 WEAO Akron, OH
50 WOHZ-LP Mansfield, OH
51 WSFJ Newark, OH
53 WWHO Chillicothe/Columbus, OH
55 WBNX Cleveland, OH
61 WQHS Cleveland, OH
64 WSTR Cincinnati, OH
68 WMFD Mansfield, OH
Right now I'm using a Terk indoor amplified antenna and an Emerson DTV. Not the greatest setup I know but it'll get better :). Also we've got some weak tropo going on here as I type this giving me my first non-local logs:
41-WHIO-DT Dayton, OH (71 mi) #10
26-WBDT-DT Springfield, OH (72 mi) #11
39-WOCB-CD Marion, OH (33 mi) #12
50-WDTN-DT Dayton, OH (71 mi) #13
Hey not much but it's winter so I'll take anything!
I remember in high school I would take our bowtie antenna and see what stations I could pick up just for the heck of it. (We lived in Mount Vernon, OH about 40 or so miles NE of Columbus at the time) I could sometimes pick up some Cleveland stations and even one from Detroit MI. We moved from that house to another one (same town). This one was on a hill and had a rooftop antenna. It was fixed pointing SW toward Columbus, giving us 5 channels from there with really good reception (4, 6, 10, 28, 34). One sunny Sunday afternoon (summer of 2003 I think) I was surfing and noticed that channel 4 had weird thin lines and a high pitched sound coming through. Also there was another picture interfering. I noticed we could now pick up a channel 5 where I saw a weather bulletin about a storm moving through. The weather map they showed looked like Florida. I did some online research and found out it was WPTV-5 in West Palm Beach, FL. I had no clue what was going on. I had no idea TV could travel that far. From then on I scanned and saw what all I could pick up. Now, 7 years later I've decided to get back into it (after seeing this site and some others) and I've started a new log. Over the past few days I've tried to think of all the stations that I had picked up back then and took them down and here's what I've come up with...
2 KBEJ (now KCWX) Fredericksburg, TX
2 WPBT Miami, FL <- of course! :D
2 KPRC Houston, TX
2 WESH Daytona Beach, FL
2 WDTN Dayton, OH
3 KIII Corpus Christi, TX
3 KSWK Larkin, KS
3 KSNW Wichita, KS
3 WEDU Tampa, FL
4 WCMH Columbus, OH
5 WPTV West Palm Beach, FL
5 WLWT Cincinnati, OH
5 KENS San Antonio, TX <-during that awesome Halloween aurora event in '03
5 WKRG Mobile, AL
6 WSYX Columbus, OH
7 WHIO Dayton, OH
8 WNPT Nashville, TN
9 WCPO Cincinnati, OH
10 WBNS Columbus, OH
12 WKRC Cincinnati, OH
15 WANE Fort Wayne, IN
16 WPTD Dayton, OH
17 WDEM-LP Columbus, OH
19 WOIO Cleveland, OH
19 WXIX Newport, KY/Cincinnati, OH
20 WDWB Detroit, MI
20 WBXX Knoxville, TN
21 WFMJ Youngstown, OH
21 WPTA Fort Wayne, IN
22 WKEF Dayton, OH
23 WVPX Akron, OH
24 WNWO Toledo, OH
25 WVIZ Cleveland, OH
26 WBDT Dayton, OH
27 WKBN Youngstown, OH
27 WBGU Bowling Green, OH
28 WTTE Columbus, OH
30 WGTE Toledo, OH
33 WISE Fort Wayne, IN
33 WYTV Youngstown, OH
34 WOSU Columbus, OH
36 WUPW Toledo, OH
45 WRGT Dayton, OH
45 WNEO Alliance, OH
49 WEAO Akron, OH
50 WOHZ-LP Mansfield, OH
51 WSFJ Newark, OH
53 WWHO Chillicothe/Columbus, OH
55 WBNX Cleveland, OH
61 WQHS Cleveland, OH
64 WSTR Cincinnati, OH
68 WMFD Mansfield, OH
Right now I'm using a Terk indoor amplified antenna and an Emerson DTV. Not the greatest setup I know but it'll get better :). Also we've got some weak tropo going on here as I type this giving me my first non-local logs:
41-WHIO-DT Dayton, OH (71 mi) #10
26-WBDT-DT Springfield, OH (72 mi) #11
39-WOCB-CD Marion, OH (33 mi) #12
50-WDTN-DT Dayton, OH (71 mi) #13
Hey not much but it's winter so I'll take anything!