Anyone heard from Dermot Nolan on this? ;^) -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of John Willkie Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 7:08 AM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: 20040722 Thundering Thursday Thanks (Mark's Monday Memo) Wow! The ATSC system reached for the high fruit on the trees, and now, in a = site that many people thought would never have reliable ATSC reception, even there, that fruit is within grasp. The only issue now is = longitudinally. Now, we need to find a tougher "acid test" of receivability. Where's = that shmo from Portland that said he couldn't get the Portland stations? John Willkie P.S. Still can't wait for Bob Miller to try COFDM reception there. Now that we have a working baseline to compare it with. -----Original Message----- From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mark Schubin Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 5:31 PM To: Multiple Addresses Suppressed Subject: [opendtv] 20040722 Thundering Thursday Thanks (Mark's Monday Memo) SPECIAL! DTT in the U.S. Works! Count me among the believers in the 5th-generation LG/Zenith ATSC = receiver! We just did a test, this morning, in my apartment, and I thought the news was too important not to release immediately. Present were two senior research engineers from LG Electronics in Korea, Bob Miller and an associate from Viacel, and Richard Bogner and an associate. Miller had arranged for the test in my apartment. The receiver was the LG LST-3100A. With a simple loop antenna, with NO care in the positioning, we were able to pull in seven DTT stations reliably. When I say "reliably," I mean not only that the pictures and sound were okay but that people could move around the room and I could move the antenna around without causing any breakup. It WAS possible for me to find an orientation where I could make it fail, but I really had to try, even on WNYW-DT, which could previously be received only with the antenna on the floor. That's a big jump from previously trying to find an orientation (and position) where I could make it work. For the first time, I could receive signals (six channels) from an antenna atop my TV, where I normally get analog channels. I received three channels reliably from New Jersey. We got the same results with the classic Radio Shack dual bow-tie with reflector, but other (fancier) antennas did not work as = well. The only channel I have previously received that I could not get this morning was (which we confirmed with a spectrum analyzer) off the air. Two of the other channels I could not receive are operating at very low power, and one has its transmissions beamed away from me. I now believe that any shmo with reception conditions similar to mine can simply take the receiver out of the box, connect a cheap loop antenna, stick it wherever it looks good, and start to receive ATSC signals from all full-power, full-pattern stations. There has been a breakthrough! YAY! Congratulations to LG/Zenith! Let the transition move forward! For the record, the channels I received were: WCBS-DT, WNBC-DT, WNYW-DT (which carries WWOR as a subchannel), WABC-DT, WPXN-DT, WNJN-DT, and WFME-DT. TTFN, Mark ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. =20 =20 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at = FreeLists.org=20 - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word = unsubscribe in the subject line. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.