Ask DBSTalk: L186 - OTA local 08-01 gone

[Redster]

This is a new one for me,, it may be the station has done something overnight but thought I would mention. My OTA local WISH-DT 08-01, 08-02 and 08-03 had a weird issue this morning. The main channel 08-01 has a blank green screen. The sub channels are there and look fine. I went through all my other locals and with the exception of 059-01 and 04-01 gone,, they look fine. I first did a card reboot - natta, then I rescanned DTV's - natta. Rescan didnt pick up my FOX 059-01 channel either (this is a first, I always get this channel). Last option was to power cord reboot , let it sit for 5 mins - still naata, and still no 059-01. I am not surprised about chan 4,, its a flaky signal but 08 and 059 have always worked. Thoughts ? My signal strength when I scan for OTA's is around 90 - 100 consistently. An amplifier might help attic antenna for ch 4 but the rest have always been okay. Advice always welcome. :confused:

[boylehome]

This is a new one for me,, it may be the station has done something overnight but thought I would mention. My OTA local WISH-DT 08-01, 08-02 and 08-03 had a weird issue this morning. The main channel 08-01 has a blank green screen. The sub channels are there and look fine. I went through all my other locals and with the exception of 059-01 and 04-01 gone,, they look fine. I first did a card reboot - natta, then I rescanned DTV's - natta. Rescan didnt pick up my FOX 059-01 channel either (this is a first, I always get this channel). Last option was to power cord reboot , let it sit for 5 mins - still naata, and still no 059-01. I am not surprised about chan 4,, its a flaky signal but 08 and 059 have always worked. Thoughts ? My signal strength when I scan for OTA's is around 90 - 100 consistently. An amplifier might help attic antenna for ch 4 but the rest have always been okay. Advice always welcome. :confused:
I have experienced this in my area from time to time. I found that the the stations are testing or are experiencing technical difficulties.

[Redster]

works for me,, that should mean that its a temporary thing,, hopefully. :rolleyes:

[Mark Lamutt]

A solid green screen usually indicates that the local station is having transmission problems. We used to see that in Denver all the time as each station got up and running.

[reboot]

similar experience here in Indy Area:

WISH-DT (CBS) - cannot lock on main or sub-channels. (Get NOTHING)
WTHR-DT (NBC) - Locks on Main and Sub-Channels but CANT RECORD or use skip forward, backwards.

Also when changing Channels, The desired channel will be black screen for up to three minutes before it finally appears.

[Redster]

yep reboot. WTHR has been having issues since L184. I have a bug report in on it with the station info. Hopefully the programmers can contact them to find out what is happening. The tech at the station said nothing changed on their end. Ch 8 just dropped out this morning,, maybe they are updating something. Though at 6 am , I could get both 8-02 and 8-03 okay, just 8-01 out.

[oxy8384]

Coincidence? Not sure exactly when this started - many weeks ago, at least. Probably tied to L186....

I can actually go into the Local Channels section and manually add 08-01 (channel 55, for me) and it works fine until I turn the box off....