Recent improvements made to the tower southwest of Holyoke have allowed for a better digital signal to be delivered to residents who utilize the free antenna TV service. — Andrew Nygaard | The Holyoke Enterprise
Signal improvements mean less interference to free antenna TV service
Changes have been in the works to make antenna TV viewing in the area better for residents.
The Region One Translator Association TV service provides free antenna TV to Phillips, Yuma and Sedgwick counties.
Ed Lake, owner and operator of RF Systems LLC, said improvements have been made to the Holyoke tower, which in turn have improved the signal to the Pleasant Valley and Haxtun towers.
Lake said that prior to the changes, the old system was a daisy chain of signals that traveled from Denver to Anton to Yuma and then to Holyoke. From there, the signal went to towers in Haxtun, Pleasant Valley and Sedgwick County.
Each of those hops along the chain was susceptible to interference. The new system gets a signal directly from the internet in Holyoke.
“That eliminates the interference between the towers,” Lake said. High speed fiber optic internet at the Holyoke tower was up and running last October, and the digital signal started being delivered after Thanksgiving.
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