[opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
- From: "Allen Le Roy Limberg" <allimberg@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 7 Nov 2005 09:23:38 -0500
No separate downleads. A separate IF for each tuner at the masthead. All
are reflexed on the same co-ax downlead. Power for the tuners and control
signals are also reflexed on the same co-ax.
Al
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From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:15 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: White paper from CEA
> Al Limberg wrote:
>
> > Not so. Every appliance has its own tuner at the
> > antenna. But antenna elements are shared even if
> > they arecombined differently by each tuner.
>
> True enough. Actually, I was considering saying
> "either a dedicated antenna for each receiver, or
> multiple downleads, one dedicated to each receiver."
>
> But it still seems cumbersome, compared to being able
> to add receivers to the mix without having to go back
> to the masthead every time you do so.
>
> For apartment buildings, this could be impractical.
> But even in individual homes it can get clumsy, I
> think. Not something you'd want to do when you add
> a new box to your setup in late January in Minnesota,
> for example.
>
> I agree that in terms of SNR and easing the job of the
> receiver down below, a tuned antenna amp at the mast
> is a good idea. But I also think there are, as always,
> all those other considerations.
>
> Bert
>
>
>
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