12/29: KQED DT9s Off Air
KQED’s Over the Air transmission from Sutro Tower in San Francisco has been interrupted as of apx 2:15pm. Technicians are working on the problem, but time needed for repairs is not known at this time.
Comcast Cable viewers are not affected by the OTA outage.
11/12: KQED, KTEH & KQET status reports
KQED-DT9 (San Francisco)
Fiber feeds to Comcast Cable, Astound Cable and AT&T U-verse normal.
Over-the-Air transmissions normal, operating at 98-100% power. 100% power = 710 kW.
KTEH-DT54 (San Jose)
Fiber feeds to Comcast Cable, DirecTV and Dish Network normal.
Over-the-Air transmissions normal, operating at 98-100% power. 100% power = 290 kW.
KQET-DT25 (Watsonville/Monterey)
Fiber feeds to Comcast Cable normal.
Over-the-Air transmissions normal, operating at 98-100% power. 100% power = 81 kW.
8/27 & 8/29: KQED OTA planned outages
Sutro Tower is currently conducting high level maintenance that requires the various TV stations to be off the air for a few hours overnight, on a rotating basis.
KQED’s scheduled outages will be early Friday morning 8/27 apx 12:30am-3am, and early Sunday morning 8/29 apx 12:30am-4am. Of course, reality can always interfere with the best laid plans, and the outages could be longer.
Many converter boxes and digital tuners will remember a missing signal during outages of this length. However some Over the Air (OTA) viewers of DT9.1,2,3 may need to “manually add” the channel back, or rescan, to restore KQED to their line-up after the outage.
This work will also affect satellite and cable providers who use KQED’s OTA signal. It will not affect Comcast Cable subscribers, or OTA viewers of KTEH and KQET.
8/12: KQED, KTEH & KQET status reports
KQED-DT9 (San Francisco)
Fiber feeds to Comcast Cable, Astound Cable and AT&T U-verse normal.
Over-the-Air transmissions normal, operating at 98-100% power. 100% power = 710 kW.
KTEH-DT54 (San Jose)
Fiber feeds to Comcast Cable, DirecTV and Dish Network normal.
Over-the-Air transmissions normal, operating at 98-100% power. 100% power = 290 kW.
KQET-DT25 (Watsonville/Monterey)
Fiber feeds to Comcast Cable normal.
Over-the-Air transmissions normal, operating at 98-100% power. 100% power = 81 kW.
Thurs 6/17: KQED back to full power at Sutro Tower
As of 11:30am, KQED’s signal from Sutro Tower is back to full power. All repairs in Master Control have also been concluded. Everything is back to normal.
Thurs 6/17: All programming streams restored
Repairs to the equipment in our Master Control area were completed at apx 11am, and all programming streams have returned to normal. Each of our 6 channels is now broadcasting its own schedule of shows.
Thurs 6/17: KQED DT restored to half power
KQED’s Over the Air signal from Sutro Tower was restored at apx 8:25am, and is currently transmitting at 25-50% power. ETA for return to full power not yet known. The 6/16 equipment failure problem in our Master Control Area, which is affecting the program streams for KTEH, KQED World, KQED Life, and KQED Kids continues (see posts below).
Thurs 6/17: KQED Off Air
KQED’s transmitter at Sutro Tower went off air during the early morning hours of 6/17. Time for repairs not yet known. KTEH and KQET are still transmitting the program schedule designed for KQED, as our equipment failure from yesterday has not yet been resolved (see post below)
Wed 2/17: KQET Transmitter restored
KQET’s transmitter on Fremont Peak was back on the air shortly after 1pm.
Over-the-Air transmissions normal, operating at 98-100% power. 100% power = 81 kW.
Fiber feeds to Comcast Cable normal.
Wed 2/17: KQET transmitter off air
KQET’s transmitter on Fremont Peak is off the air, as of 11:40am, for parts replacement. Time needed for repairs estimated to be approximately 2.5 hours.
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