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Seattle

WP:OR says that the Seattle repeater is now on channel 28. I haven't found a reference yet, but my box now has two of each subchannel, that is, the channel 16 and channel 28 version, and only the latter works. I don't see this on either kbtc.org or fcc.gov. Gah4 (talk) 07:43, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK, I found it. Change and reference will go in the article page. Gah4 (talk) 07:49, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Same Technical Alert says that Orcas Island transmitter changed from 28 to 18. This one seems not to be listed in the article, so I can't change it. Gah4 (talk) 08:02, 27 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

OK, what is the current state for Seattle? According to the FCC,^[1] they are broadcasting at high power (maybe 100 mile radius) from Tacoma on RF channel 28. I used to believe that it was a repeater on 28. If you can't believe the FCC, who can you believe? Gah4 (talk) 01:45, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

For another source, I tried Rabbitears.^[2] I think this says 27 for Tacoma and 28 for Seattle. Gah4 (talk) 02:30, 26 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

No comments on this one? Revert what the FCC says, but won't say why or why not? Gah4 (talk) 05:06, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

The FCC records often have errors, or they lag by months or years. I don't know why. Somehow Rabbitears usually gets it about right, as they did in this case: high power on 27 Tacoma, low power on 28 Seattle. That FCC map shows RF 28 in Tacoma, which probably hasn't been true since the analog days of 2009.

The reverting edit summary refers to a pending application for increased power on channel 27 Tacoma. It's listed along with the license for channel 27 here: https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?call=KBTC-TV 63.226.230.33 (talk) 08:26, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It seems that the difference is between publicfiles.fcc.gov and transition.fcc.gov, though I don't know that one is supposed to be better than the other. I think I just did a web search with site:fcc.gov. Gah4 (talk) 09:27, 28 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ "Contour maps". publicfiles.fcc.gov. FCC. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
^ "Digital TV Market Listing for KBTC". www.rabbitears.info. rabbitears. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

Tacoma

Since the main transmitter is in Tacoma, with a repeater in Seattle, it seems that Tacoma should be at least part of the area served. Also, from City of license it should be part of the area served. Gah4 (talk) 03:43, 18 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Seattle

The infobox mentions the Seattle repeater, but the repeater section in the article text doesn't. I am not sure if they consider Tacoma or Seattle to be the main market, but it seems that Seattle counts as a low-power repeater (on RF channel 28), with the main Tacoma station on 27. Gah4 (talk) 02:10, 14 August 2020 (UTC)[reply]

[ContourMaps-1] "Contour maps". publicfiles.fcc.gov. FCC. Retrieved 25 January 2020.

[2] "Digital TV Market Listing for KBTC". www.rabbitears.info. rabbitears. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

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