[opendtv] Re: 5th gen receivers

Bob Miller wrote:


> 
> And you are complaining about power levels? You need more power than 
> they do in the UK where COFDM is used? 

**I** am not complaining ... people halfway or 5/8 way between
here and Chicago are. At 11 miles, 1 kW is just fine, completely
fine, for indoor recption. At 50 miles it is hopeless.


> I thought that COFDM needed more 
> power.

It does.

> We should LOWER the power levels in the US with 8-VSB to the 
> average power level in the UK or ONE kW.

And then nobody in the fringe could ge reception.





> And they report perfect reception from 200 Watt transmitters at 30 
> miles. 

With indoor simple antennas? **at 25 mB/sec in their 8 MHz cxhannels? I 
think not. I had no trouble getting one of our stations 16 miles
away with 1 kW and a 180 foot tower. 200 watts at 30 miles will be
fine with a good antenna outdoors and a transmitter tower high
enough to be above the horizon. And note .... if 200 watts works
with COFDM, 100 watts will work with 8-VSB. You simply can't get
aroound this ... COFDM at the same bitrate per Hz takes twice the power.


Doug McDonald



 
 
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