James Albro wrote: > The 30-foot above ground antenna standard is not a "red herring", > it's the only established and tested method for predicting TV > coverage. It doesn't predict success (or failure) with an indoor > antenna but there's no standard for predicting coverage to indoor > antennas, if only because home construction isn't standardized And furthermore, according to the French CSA, the outdoor 30' antenna height is the approved *international* standard for determining coverage. So it's not something that the nay-sayers can attribute only to the ATSC! I agree with everyone who wants to emphasize indoor reception. I agreed starting with Frank Eory's work, in his report to the ATSC, dated July 10, 2000. The fact of the matter is, what Frank was asking for in that report has by and large transpired. Reception is no longer limited to Ricean proagation channels, so the use of indoor antennas has been greatly enhanced. So the whole 30' hand-wringing can end. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.