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JB Antennaman · 06-26-2009, 09:31 AM

If you read my posts - as to how the signal is transmitted and how the signal works, you would know that it is not the FCC's fault.

What you propose would make some stations into super stations.

They would be so powerful that you would not be able to receive other stations because the stations closest to you would over power the other stations.

You have to have some compassion for the poor fool that lives near a television transmitter. He has no choice in what he can receive - because either he built his house in the wrong place or the television station chose his place to build their antenna.

The FCC does make small allowances if it is necessary to give the stations additional power, if it is justified.

What you are asking - would cost the television station millions of dollars a year when you figure a energy consumption of about $18,000 a day for the transmitter at their present power level of some stations. Thats $6,570,000 a year in electricity for their transmitter now, vs. $9,855,000 for your idea.

Television stations are run on revenue, the revenue comes from used car dealers and burger joints and furniture stores. There is only so many ways to slice the pie before you get to the point of where there is nothing left.

You can only ask so many dollars per a commercial from a advertiser - before the price of the advertisements gets to high and the advertiser has to leave and go elsewhere.

A car dealer in Pittsburgh is not going to want to pay to transmit to Punxsutawney Pennsylvania - just because you like to watch their news reports. He is out to sell cars and he knows that you will not drive 80 miles to come to his show room to buy a used car or a new car and so he doesn't care if you can get their signals because it is of no benefit to him.

Where as I do drive to Pittsburgh and the dealers all knows me by name due to the fact that I was in the used car business for a number of years and I bought new and used cars off those dealers and they know that I am going to come back and they know that I am going to refer all my friends to do business with them in the future.

But people refuse to spend their money wisely and don't always listen to what I have to say and they will go to car lot X and pay $1000 more for the same vehicle - because they want it today and they don't have the cash to pay it in full and they don't care how much it costs, just how much is the monthly payment.

If you are in the market area of the stations you are having problems with, I would be more than willing to suggest a pre amplifier that would help your cause and a more sensitive antenna, and rotor that would help to position your antenna properly.

But if your goal is to watch The Wheel of Fortune from a station 100 miles away in the middle of a mountain range in Colorado, it's not going to happen.

06-26-2009, 09:31 AM	#2
JB Antennaman Mork from Ork Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 567	If you read my posts - as to how the signal is transmitted and how the signal works, you would know that it is not the FCC's fault. What you propose would make some stations into super stations. They would be so powerful that you would not be able to receive other stations because the stations closest to you would over power the other stations. You have to have some compassion for the poor fool that lives near a television transmitter. He has no choice in what he can receive - because either he built his house in the wrong place or the television station chose his place to build their antenna. The FCC does make small allowances if it is necessary to give the stations additional power, if it is justified. What you are asking - would cost the television station millions of dollars a year when you figure a energy consumption of about $18,000 a day for the transmitter at their present power level of some stations. Thats $6,570,000 a year in electricity for their transmitter now, vs. $9,855,000 for your idea. Television stations are run on revenue, the revenue comes from used car dealers and burger joints and furniture stores. There is only so many ways to slice the pie before you get to the point of where there is nothing left. You can only ask so many dollars per a commercial from a advertiser - before the price of the advertisements gets to high and the advertiser has to leave and go elsewhere. A car dealer in Pittsburgh is not going to want to pay to transmit to Punxsutawney Pennsylvania - just because you like to watch their news reports. He is out to sell cars and he knows that you will not drive 80 miles to come to his show room to buy a used car or a new car and so he doesn't care if you can get their signals because it is of no benefit to him. Where as I do drive to Pittsburgh and the dealers all knows me by name due to the fact that I was in the used car business for a number of years and I bought new and used cars off those dealers and they know that I am going to come back and they know that I am going to refer all my friends to do business with them in the future. But people refuse to spend their money wisely and don't always listen to what I have to say and they will go to car lot X and pay $1000 more for the same vehicle - because they want it today and they don't have the cash to pay it in full and they don't care how much it costs, just how much is the monthly payment. If you are in the market area of the stations you are having problems with, I would be more than willing to suggest a pre amplifier that would help your cause and a more sensitive antenna, and rotor that would help to position your antenna properly. But if your goal is to watch The Wheel of Fortune from a station 100 miles away in the middle of a mountain range in Colorado, it's not going to happen.