Mark's point is well made. The deterministic trellis reset (DTR) tool in the A-VSB kit is what is needed to run an SFN in 8VSB. This tool brings the trellis coding into proper sync in all the transmitters. Samsung and Rohde & Schwarz supported the investigation, but were not mentioned in the article. ION will be presenting a paper on the SFN work at the Oct 31-Nov 2 Broadcast Symposium. Al Limberg ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark A. Aitken To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:31 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: News: Single-frequency network proposed for over-the-air transmission in New York City Actually, not sure there is any loss of efficiency due to the use of A-VSB. Being that there are a number of tools, if one just uses the DTR (Deterministic Trellis Rest) with the other enablers for SFN (which are about synchronization, no addition bits that I know of), where is the penalty? What are the compatibility issues?