What is a pulse spike? John Willkie _____ From: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Barry Brown Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 10:41 AM To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [opendtv] Re: Analog v Digital TV I wasn't talking about power spikes but rather pulse spikes. Remember, the Dish receiver needs 21 dB of attenuation to work with this signal, the Mits doesn't. On Jan 15, 2007, at 1:24 PM, John Willkie wrote: Power spikes/dips at the station are rare, but possible. Flashing or other problems between the transmitter power output and the antenna are also possible. However, dips are likely to affect all receivers just about the same, since data would be missing.