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If you’ve had trouble receiving KAKE’s digital free over-the-air signal, there’s a good reason. As of October 9, 2008 KAKE-DT (RF UHF Channel 21 – Virtual Channel 10.1) reduced its operating power from 850kW ERP (Effective Radiated Power) to 89.5kW ERP as part of the transition to our final digital RF channel. At 11:59pm on February 17, 2009 we will turn off this transmitter, on RF UHF Channel 21, forever. At 12:00am on February 18, 2009 KAKE-DT will be broadcast on RF VHF Channel 10 (Virtual Channel 10.1) with an initial power of 28.25kW ERP. Within a few weeks, KAKE-DT should increase to 56.5kW ERP, its final full-power allocation. Don’t be alarmed by the smaller 56.5kW ERP on VHF Channel 10, compared to 850kW ERP on UHF Channel 21. It requires more power on UHF to have the same reach as VHF. The coverage area of KAKE-DT will be as large on Channel 10, as it was on Channel 21. |
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Be sure you are trying on VHF channel 10...not the old temporary digital signal location on UHF channel 21.www.kake.com/blogs/dtv/15771967.html
Make sure you have a VHF antenna. Set-top antennas with amplifiers also boost the noise floor, that sometimes blocks reception, since the tuner has a strong signal but can't clearly lock onto it due to the higher noise level and multipath. I'm 20 miles away from the transmitters at Colwich, and get KAKE using a VHF only dipole rabbit ears (<$10...two extendable rods) in my basement. The signal strength is better now than before on channel 21, using both amplifed, and non, set-top UHF loop antennas. The bottom line is usually the antenna. Keep tweaking!