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QUERY Command
The ATSC-8 is able to Query the tuned channels once they have been set up so you can view
the signal strength of each frequency. This could be especially helpful if you aren’t seeing
channels that you’d expect to or need to adjust your input antenna.
Figure 88 - Query Command Results
In Figure above you can see the following:
Channel 9 is not tuned
(lock=none)
Channel 25 is tuned and showing details of all the programming available on that digital
channel.
You can see:
Signal Strength (ss)
Signal to Noise Quotient (snq)
Signal Quality (seq)
Bit and Packet rates (bps & pps)
Lock = none
Signal Strength
SnR
Signal Quality %
Bit & Packet Rate