Rural loses out in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21178376 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:24:06 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:24:06 EDT Re: Rural loses out http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21180853 guypd : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21180853 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:27:33 EDT Re: Rural loses out http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21180621 oztambo : 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........ ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21180621 Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:12:14 EDT Re: Rural loses out http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178990 tschmidt :
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178990 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 17:34:25 EDT Re: Rural loses out http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178769 BF69 :
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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178769 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:33:02 EDT Re: Rural loses out http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178745 guypd : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178745 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 16:26:17 EDT Re: Rural loses out http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178451 Lazlow : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178451 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 15:06:34 EDT Rural loses out http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178376 guypd : 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.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21178376 Sat, 27 Sep 2008 14:47:42 EDT