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A Philadelphia DX Story
On Friday, June 12, 2009, my son and I witnessed one of the most interesting events of my forty-plus years of DXing. E-skip gave us the opportunity to see the sign-off of WPVI-6 analog TV in Philadelphia and the sign-on of WPVI-DT6 (at a distance of 1157 miles). Much of WPVI's noon newscast was devoted to the DTV transition. WPVI went off at 12:15 Eastern Time. At that time, a DTV information slide from WJAC-6 Johnstown, PA appeared briefly. In a matter of seconds, WPVI-DT's digital snow covered WJAC on the analog TV, while the Zenith DTT-901 digital converter's signal bar began to move. Soon afterwards, a few spurts of video were decoded from WPVI-DT6.
1101 Central Time
WPVI-6 newscast begins
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1114 CT
WPVI-6 preparing to sign off
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1114 CT
WPVI-6 preparing to sign off
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1115 CT
WPVI-6 analog is off
WJAC-6 Johnstown, PA appears
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1115 CT
WPVI-DT6 is on
WPVI-DT6's snow begins to cover WJAC-6
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Shortly after 1116 CT
WPVI-DT6 decodes
"DTV 6-3 WPVI-WX"
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