[opendtv] Re: 5th gen receivers

  • From: "Manfredi, Albert E" <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "OpenDTV (E-mail)" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 18:24:17 -0500

Bob Miller wrote:

> And they report perfect reception from 200 Watt
> transmitters at 30 miles. Think what you could
> do with a 200 Watt 8-VSB transmitter, 60 miles
> right?

No. A 3 dB gain doubles the coverage area, not
the range.

The mabb report very clearly shows the coverage
of COFDM in a real world deployment. They have a
very handy color-coded coverage map.

Bert
 
 
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