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guypd

join:2008-05-08
Silver Springs, NY

Rural loses out

In our area, we live slightly closer to Rochester, than Buffalo. We watch the analog stations from Rochester.
However, we can not receive any of the digital stations from Rochester, only Buffalo.
Lazlow

join:2006-08-07
Saint Louis, MO

Re: Rural loses out

guypd

Have you checked over at tvfool to see if they are going to turn up the power after the switchover? Many stations are now only putting out a low power DT signal but will turn it up after the switch over. Here one station will be going from 100 to 800. Which I am assuming will greatly effect the range of the digital signal.

Personally, if they are going to do additional tests, I hope they do it here in St. Louis. It is a larger market and I would suspect that there is significant portion of the market that is OTA. Besides, I want that power increase on the one station that I do not get in digital.

guypd

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Re: Rural loses out

I looked at the charts on tvfool, and it looks like you might be right. They aren't going to be putting out anywhere near the power that they are now, with analog, but maybe between the slight increase, and moving from a UHF location that they currently have DTV, down to the VHF spectrum, we might see something.
I guess we will just have to see what happens in February.

BF69

join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN

said by Lazlow See Profile :

guypd

Have you checked over at tvfool to see if they are going to turn up the power after the switchover? Many stations are now only putting out a low power DT signal but will turn it up after the switch over. Here one station will be going from 100 to 800. Which I am assuming will greatly effect the range of the digital signal.
Most people don't get this point. They assume because they aren't getting in good signals NOW that in Feb they will contimue to get poor signal strrength. The reason for the poor signals is that the stations are having to carry both digital AND analog signals.

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Re: Rural loses out

said by BF69 See Profile :

The reason for the poor signals is that the stations are having to carry both digital AND analog signals.
That is not really the case. What will happen in Feb is some stations change channels and/or transmit power. In general cochannel and overload interference will be reduced. Even even after loosing channels 52-69 there will likely be less stations in a give market and digital is more efficient requiring less transmit power. This will be a boon to urban viewers close to transmitter that are having overload problems today.

/tom
oztambo

join:2007-12-08
Chula Vista, CA
hey, guypd

There ain't much in Rochester, so that means ya work for Xerox or Kodak, but I guess ya like snow...

I think ya in trouble but I have family in Rome and they are way worse off........

guypd

join:2008-05-08
Silver Springs, NY
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Re: Rural loses out

Actually, I grew up just outside of Rochester and now live about 40 miles from Rochester. I still have family in Rochester, though.
Several in my family have worked for either Kodak or Xerox. It is unfortunate, because Kodak has been downsizing and is continuing to downsize. Xerox is still going pretty strong, but with the way taxes are in NY, that is never a sure thing, anymore.
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