so, these (non-existant) white space devices are more sensitive than a quite real HP spectrum analyzer? Amazing! Do they do dishes and windows and stop on a dime, giving nine cents change, too? John Willkie -----Original Message----- >From: John Shutt <shuttj@xxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Oct 3, 2007 9:05 AM >To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: Microsoft, Philips Offer New White Space Test >Results > >Al, > >I believe your testing in DC, because I've seen it here in Lansing with >ATSC. > >However, I will stand by what I said, in that I find it almost impossible to >have a null on the pilot that is -114 db, yet have that signal recoverable a >few feet away. > >What you described is a pilot that was maybe -80, dB and recoverable a >couple of hundred yards away. Any WSD with sensitivity for pilot down >to -114 dB would have still detected a carrier, even if you couldn't see it >on an HP Spectrum Analyzer. > >John > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Allen Le Roy Limberg" <allimberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > >> One could drive a hundred yards or so from good reception to abysmal >> reception. The transmission antenna heights are pretty low for some DC >> area >> stations, and the terrain is pretty much hill and dale. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.