Bert - I do not have access to DVB/COFDM to test. Do you now believe that you can get equivalent after-FEC throughput (spectral efficiency) with 8vsb using non-directional antennas at the same power and spectrum width? - Tom Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > Bob Miller wrote: > >> Doesn't almost everything except 8-VSB and M/H? I was >> responding to the antenna on each ear for mobile 8-VSB or >> M/H reception I thought. > > You need an antenna for COFDM just as you do for QAM or VSB. The shape > and size are more a function of wavelength than anything else. > > In the early days of 8T-VSB, it was the p*ss-poor multipath compensation > performance of the receivers that made it seem like VSB required a > different antenna, or more accurate aim, or whatever. Those days are > gone, at least for the better receivers. > > Besides which, when John Shutt receives XM-Radio, as far as I know, ALL > he is getting is QPSK, single frequency, from the satellite. No COFDM. > Or do you guys have terrestrial stations in Lansing these days, John? > > 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. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.