Nobody seems to believe me when I say that the repack will improve the signals of many of the remaining stations. There are several reasons for this, including the fact that adding vertical polarization or increasing power becomes much cheaper when the reimbursement fund is paying for at least some (and likely most) of your other expenses. Additionally, the repacking algorithm attempted to minimize interference between stations, so there is often more breathing room and, thus, more room to increase power than there was before. Where it likely won't be helpful is with LPTV stations, since those were not protected in the process.
But in your case, other stations will likely improve as well. WFLI will go from 500 kW to 550 kW, but will also add 350 kW of power in the vertical plane and move down in frequency from channel 42 to 23. WTCI already moved to a top-mounted antenna a few years back, but will increase the power on that from 160 kW to 200 kW (likely to be only minimal improvement there, but still an improvement) with only a small change in frequency. WDEF and WELF requested no additional improvements for whatever reason, but WRCB and WTVC both requested additional power despite not being repacked. The one that might be significantly more difficult is WNGH moving to channel 4, but they accepted a pile of cash to make that move.
- Trip
