You have described a "satellite-fed translator." Whether to call a station a translator versus an LPTV station is largely a matter of what you want to call yourself. An LPTV station can retransmit (with consent of the licensee) and a translator can originate. If local origination is more than 2 minutes per hour, a letter should be sent to the FCC. John Willkie > -----Original Message----- > From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Craig Birkmaier > Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 5:20 AM > To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [opendtv] Re: Slim pickins in Gainesville > > None of these are affiliated with any full power > stations. Equity Broadcasting seems to be focused > primarily on serving the Hispanic market, which > has been a hotbed of activity for LPTV stations. > I do not know why these stations are listed as > TX, as they will not be used as translators, but > rather to pull down content from the satellite > that Equity uses to distribute programming from > their operations center in Little Rock. > > Regards > Craig > > At 5:30 PM -0500 11/29/06, Manfredi, Albert E wrote: > >Tom Barry wrote: > > > >> But I have two PCHD cards each with two inputs. Maybe I'll just put 4 > >> antennas in the attic, pointed in 4 directions. I certainly have no > >> intention of putting up a tower (rental) and I just signed up for Cox > >> broadband without any cable TV at all. The web page didn't mention it > >> and I forgot to check for a discount if I got limited basic. I might > >> revise this part later. > > > >Tom, that FCC site mentions these rather > >powerful translators. I'd be very curious what > >they're there for. If there's any justice, they > >should be to relay the missing common OTA > >stations in Gainesville, like NBC, CW, MNT, and > >whatever. This is how the powerful ones are > >listed. Note also the decent antenna heights. > >Maybe someone knows what they're for: > > > >W22DB 22 + TX CP MOD GAINESVILLE > >FL US BMPTTL-20050804ACI - 131202 > >150. kW DA 0. m 118.1 m 96.5 m N 29 > >28 23.10 W 82 35 20.60 1019813 19.63 km > >12.20 mi 249.00° TIGER EYE LICENSING, LLC > > > >W29CV 29 Z TX LIC GAINESVILLE > >FL US BLTTL-20050907ABX - 125853 > >15. kW DA 0. m 114. m 90. m N 29 > >25 5.00 W 82 32 57.00 1054467 19.53 km > >12.13 mi 227.70° ROBERT A. NAISMITH > > > >W56EJ 35 - TX APP WILLISTON > >FL US BMPTTL-20050705AAQ - 129987 > >150. kW DA 0. m 290.2 m 246. m N 29 > >21 32.00 W 82 19 43.00 1032096 20.86 km > >12.96 mi 160.68° EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION > > > >NEW 45 - TX APP OCALA > >FL US BNPTTL-20000828BHQ - 130761 > >150. kW DA 0. m 244.2 m 200. m N 29 > >21 32.00 W 82 19 43.00 1032096 20.86 km > >12.96 mi 160.68° NATIVE COUNTRY BROADCASTING > >CORPORATION > > > >W56EJ 56 - TX CP WILLISTON > >FL US BNPTTL-20000831CCZ - 129987 > >20. kW 0. m 127.9 m 105. m N 29 > >24 11.00 W 82 27 3.00 1028189 15.58 km > >9.68 mi 198.37° EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION > > > >W63DB 63 + TX LIC WILLISTON > >FL US BLTTL-20050722AGM - 129169 > >150. kW 0. m 127.9 m 105. m N 29 > >24 11.00 W 82 27 3.00 1028189 15.58 km > >9.68 mi 198.37° EQUITY BROADCASTING CORPORATION > > > >There are also applications for some low-power > >DTT stations, but that's different. I didn't > >include those. I'm surprised that a market like > >Gainesville doesn't have some larger OTA TV > >market they can easily feed from. Antennaweb is > >singularly unhelpful for Gainesville. > > > >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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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.