WTAE has been testing its long-in-the-works DTV repeater this week from 8-11:30
p.m. The repeater, located on the WQED tower in Oakland, is designed to
serve the East End and may also help some WTAE viewers with reception
issues on the South Side.
Director of Engineering Dave Kasperek wrote me earlier this week:
"So far it appears to meet, or in some ways exceed our expectations.
But WQED-TV's
tower work is not finished yet, so we are on hold for a fulltime launch within
(hopefully) a week or so. (Tower crew safety issues)
... Over
the air viewers interested in seeing if they can get us now need to rescan their
TVs or Converter boxes to find us on 4-3 & 4-4 (that's how they'll know it's
the repeater).
"
Posted
Oct 28 2009, 12:20 PM
by
Rob Owen