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KOCO Files DTV Application to Raise Antenna and Power

KOCO-DT filed an application this week to operate their DTV channel from maximum directional effective radiated power of 34 kW with an antenna height at 430 meters to a non-directional effective radiated power of 48kW

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6 Comments

  1. Bobarino
    Posted June 18, 2008 at 8:19 pm | Permalink

    What will the new antenna height be?

  2. kenny9966
    Posted June 19, 2008 at 12:56 am | Permalink

    Thank the Lord. KOCO is the only station i have problems with here in stillwater. All the other digital OKC channels come in just fine. I can even pick up the digital signals from kjrh and kotv from tulsa(With a top of line indoor antenna at that) but koco barely comes in. Loved to know the new height and if it will help the signal in stillwater. Im begging the FCC to approve this.

  3. eander2
    Posted June 21, 2008 at 9:31 am | Permalink

    I can’t help notice that other stations in the OKC metro are broadcasting at >100 KW. I can’t receive KOCO’s digital signal and I live in NE Norman. ..unfortunately I can receive all the “christian” content from KTBO and KPAX without problem. It is disturbing that a religion has a monopoly of the digital air ways in the metro. As far as digital being “better”, there are caveats as to the content and consistency of the signal quality. As long as the weather or no one is operating anything that produces even a weak radio signal in the immediate vicinity it is okay. Otherwise there is going to be allot of people who use antenna’s who are going to be less then happy in February of 09.

  4. rickster
    Posted June 22, 2008 at 9:10 am | Permalink

    eander2— I don’t agree. Digital is like the difference between black and white and color. It is incredible. AND I live in far South East Norman and get KOCO perfect ALL the time.

  5. Posted June 22, 2008 at 10:29 pm | Permalink

    I can get KOCO on my bedroom HDTV using a large VHF/UHF antenna that’s inside the attic of my 2-story home in southwest Stillwater. It is the weakest of all the digital stations (my Samsung has a “signal strength” feature) but the signal I can get is apparently just enough most of the time.

    However, my parents, who live a couple of miles south of Cushing generally cannot get KOCO using a VHF/UHF antenna that is mounted on a pole OUTDOORS. They have a Samsung that I bought for them last football season. Granted, that outdoor antenna is old and missing more than a couple of elements, but the other digital stations come in just fine using it. Using the Samsung’s signal strength indicator, it’s abundantly clear that KOCO is the weakest signal they get (same as at my house in Stillwater). I guess I’m going to have to get them another antenna, too . . . .

  6. Posted July 2, 2008 at 1:41 pm | Permalink

    kenny9966–

    You wrote that, in Stillwater, you “can even pick up the digital signals from kjrh and kotv from tulsa(With a top of line indoor antenna at that) but . . . .”

    What indoor antenna are you using? Make and model, please?

    Also, have you tried pointing that indoor antenna toward OKC and, if so, did it pick up the OKC stations well (other than KOCO, of course)?

2 Trackbacks

  1. By OTA co-channel problems - SatelliteGuys.US on June 12, 2009 at 2:00 pm

    [...] did help the other channels signal strength. Others in Stillwater report problems with KOCO-DT. HDTV In Oklahoma

  2. By OTA co-channel problems - SatelliteGuys.US on June 12, 2009 at 2:19 pm

    [...] the other channels signal strength. Others in Stillwater report problems with KOCO-DT via OTA. HDTV In Oklahoma

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