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Eight/KAET Reception

Transmission Technical Information | Translators owned by Eight | Reception FAQs

Transmission Technical Information
· Picture (Visual) carrier of 181.26 MegaHertz
· Sound (Aural) carrier of 185.76 MegaHertz
· The SAP is located exactly 78670 Hertz above the Sound carrier
· The PBS Satellite is GE 1 located at 103 degrees west.
· The PBS Schedule X is located on Telestar 402R C-band transponder 18.
· PBS station feeds are Ku-band and are digitally encoded.


Arizona translators carrying Eight/KAET

Eight owns and operates these translators:
· K47GQ Channel 47 Ash Fork, Williams, Grand Canyon
· K42AC Channel 42 Clarkdale, Cornville, Cottonwood, Prescott Valley
· K14KK Channel 14 Flagstaff
· K55DB Channel 55 Prescott, Chino Valley
· K03FB Channel 3 Show Low, Lakeside, Pinetop, Snowflake, Taylor
· K43IB Channel 43 Globe, Miami (Community TV Project)

Translators that are owned and operated by other local entities:
· K52EU Channel 52 Brewer's Hill (White Mtn. Apache Tribe)
· K02HR Channel 2 Bullhead City/Katherines Landing (Mohave County)
· K47IK Channel 47 Camp Verde, Cornville, Rimrock, Verde Valley (VV TV Club))
· K09WV Channel 9 Carrizo (White Mtn. Apache Tribe
· K32DW Channel 32 Chloride (Mohave County)
· K49GE Channel 49 Kingman (Mohave County)
· K31GZ Channel 31 Lake Havasu City (Mohave County)
· K49BX Channel 49 Martinez Lake (Wellton-Mohawk Irr. District)
· K42EU Channel 42 Oatman covering Bullhead City, Fort Mohave, Mohave Valley, Topock, Needles, CA, Laughlin, NV
· K36FZ Channel 36 Meadview (Mohave County)
· K19CX Channel 19 Yuma
· K61AX Channel 61 Yuma, Wellton - Mohawk Valley (Wellton-Mohawk Irr. District)
· K09WY Channel 9 Whiteriver/Seven Mile Rim (White Mtn. Apache Tribe)


Reception FAQs

· Are you receiving Eight from a Cable System? If yes, please contact your local Cable Company.

· Where are you watching us? (Phoenix, Flagstaff, Verde Valley, etc...?) If you are watching one of our Translators (Channel 55, 42, 66, 47, 3) the translator may have failed. If one of our translators has failed, we will be repairing it as soon as possible. Many of the translators in Arizona, California and New Mexico that carry Eight are not owned by Eight. We will try to contact the translator owner, if known.

· Do you have a second TV? Is Eight OK on that TV?

· Are you having difficulty receiving other stations? Do your neighbors receive Eight OK? If yes, you may have a problem, but not necessarily your TV, maybe your antenna, maybe electrical interference.

· Do you have an antenna on the roof?
If yes, is it OK? are the antenna wires ok? Frequently a strong storm will cause damage to outside antennas. Is the antenna still pointing in the correct direction. We find the most common cause of reception problems to be an outdoor antenna that the wind has moved, pointing it in the wrong direction.

· Are you seeing Eight's picture OK, but the sound does not match the picture? Is your TV a stereo TV?
You may be hearing Eight's SAP (Second Audio Program) For selected programs, it's DVS (Descriptive Video Service). On the TV remote control, look for a button labeled SAP, or Bilingual, or MTS, or Second Audio. Press that button a couple of times, you should be able to find the proper sound to match the picture.