TV Translator Status
Below is a list of channels broadcast by the TV Translator on Mount Pisgah. You will likely get more channels than this on your antenna, but those extra channels are broadcast by other sources.
Tuesday July 10, 2026 @ 7:30am
TV Translation is now fully operational, after an overnight outage caused by mountaintop power equipment failure. An updated status page is now in service, with efficiency improvements to signal data collections now at 4 times per hour, new image creation now twice per hour, and a consolidated format which reflects channel level transmission bundling for bundles of channels which are actively being received at the County Admin facility.
Note ... Individual channel outages are out of scope for County transmission responsibilities, please contact the content provider for issues with single channel broadcasts.
593Mhz Broadcast
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569Mhz Broadcast
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509Mhz Broadcast
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581Mhz Broadcast
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605Mhz Broadcast
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479Mhz Broadcast
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557Mhz Broadcast
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521Mhz Broadcast
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491Mhz Broadcast
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545Mhz Broadcast
SNQ: — SEQ: — STR: —
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Signal Metric Definitions
1. SS (Signal Strength)
What it is: Raw power level of the RF signal measured at the receiver, typically displayed as a percentage or in dBm.
Analogy: Volume.
What it means: Indicates how hard the antenna or tuner is working. A high SS does not guarantee good picture quality—boosted noise or interference can still prevent proper decoding.
2. SNQ (Signal/Symbol Quality)
What it is: A measurement of how clearly defined the digital data is, often representing the Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR).
Analogy: Call clarity.
What it means: Usually the most important metric. It reflects how much usable, uncorrupted data is present above background noise. Low SNQ leads to choppy video or dropped audio.
3. SEQ (Symbol Quality)
What it is: The amount of correct or successfully error‑corrected data packets processed by the receiver over the last second.
Analogy: How much of the conversation you understand.
What it means: Represents stream stability. Healthy signals typically hold at 100%, but SEQ drops sharply to zero during total data loss, causing pixelation or a black screen.