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smdp1 · 06-26-2009, 11:45 PM

3 quick things....
1. they were paying for the higher power analog electricity and a digital transmitter at most stations, now they have cut off the analog....thus savings...even if they up the power to 1 Megawatt for most stations in my area (most are and were uhf)

2. As for the cci, it was very bad here last year with some channels being occupied by 3 different stations in 3 different directions and yet with the right antenna I could separate them out....if I had lived closer to my closest DMA it wouldn't have been a problem anyway as even the closest of the major news networks is 60 miles out and I had no trouble sorting them out. Also supposedly the higher power analogs were already setup to avoid interferance so even if they ran 100% of the old power levels there still shouldn't be a problem as rf is rf whether digital or not doesn't matter when cci is involed.

3. They missed a really good opportunity here to expand viewing areas without increasing power levels if all stations had stuck with their original analog assignments and were allowed to keep their old power levels.

now for a question,
Why is a radio station operating on a .2MHZ bandwith allowed to run 100kw when a tv station on a higher frequency (WSMV rf 10) is only allowed 60kw on 6MHZ bandwith....now anyone who has ever fooled with rf at all knows that the more power you can focus on your primary frequency the better the efficiency of the transmitter and the farther you can reach (old cb addict)....the rest is just wasted....well that tells me is that when an fm radio station is pumping 100kw in to .2MHZ its a more powerfull transmission by far than 60kw on 6MHZ bandwidth where the power is spread over the whole dang band width...and AM at that which takes a little more juice to overcome the associated interferance issues....

my point: increasing the power of a tv station is NOT absurd as long as it is at least 120 miles away from the nearest full power station on the same uhf channel and 200 miles for vhf channels....simple...seen it done on full power analog here for years.

06-26-2009, 11:45 PM	#9
smdp1 digital DX'n is alive Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Greenhill, AL. Posts: 658	3 quick things.... 1. they were paying for the higher power analog electricity and a digital transmitter at most stations, now they have cut off the analog....thus savings...even if they up the power to 1 Megawatt for most stations in my area (most are and were uhf) 2. As for the cci, it was very bad here last year with some channels being occupied by 3 different stations in 3 different directions and yet with the right antenna I could separate them out....if I had lived closer to my closest DMA it wouldn't have been a problem anyway as even the closest of the major news networks is 60 miles out and I had no trouble sorting them out. Also supposedly the higher power analogs were already setup to avoid interferance so even if they ran 100% of the old power levels there still shouldn't be a problem as rf is rf whether digital or not doesn't matter when cci is involed. 3. They missed a really good opportunity here to expand viewing areas without increasing power levels if all stations had stuck with their original analog assignments and were allowed to keep their old power levels. now for a question, Why is a radio station operating on a .2MHZ bandwith allowed to run 100kw when a tv station on a higher frequency (WSMV rf 10) is only allowed 60kw on 6MHZ bandwith....now anyone who has ever fooled with rf at all knows that the more power you can focus on your primary frequency the better the efficiency of the transmitter and the farther you can reach (old cb addict)....the rest is just wasted....well that tells me is that when an fm radio station is pumping 100kw in to .2MHZ its a more powerfull transmission by far than 60kw on 6MHZ bandwidth where the power is spread over the whole dang band width...and AM at that which takes a little more juice to overcome the associated interferance issues.... my point: increasing the power of a tv station is NOT absurd as long as it is at least 120 miles away from the nearest full power station on the same uhf channel and 200 miles for vhf channels....simple...seen it done on full power analog here for years. __________________ my antenna is bigger than yours...lol couldn't resist Last edited by smdp1; 06-27-2009 at 12:05 AM.