[opendtv] Re: Broadband DTV interferers
- From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:56:00 -0800
That's what I get for relying on what a prospect told me earlier in the day.
Thanks for the information, James.
John Willkie
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De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
nombre de James Albro
Enviado el: Monday, January 28, 2008 6:47 PM
Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Broadband DTV interferers
Well, not exactly.
Dona Ana county in NM is in the El Paso, TX market.
Roosevelt, Quay, Union and Curry counties are in the Amarillo, TX market.
Lea county is in the Lubbock, TX market.
The rest of NM (and part of AZ and CO) is in the Albuquerque market.
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From: "John Willkie" <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 8:20 PM
Subject: [opendtv] Re: Broadband DTV interferers
> The entire state of New Mexico is a single television market. Salt Lake
> City, Cheyenne, Wy and Denver tv markets extend into multiple states.
>
> John Willkie
>
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> De: opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] En
> nombre de Dale Kelly
> Enviado el: Monday, January 28, 2008 4:50 PM
> Para: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Asunto: [opendtv] Re: Broadband DTV interferers
>
> Bert wrote:
>> If you want to serve those areas with a USEFUL OTA service, then you are
>> far better off deploying translators from the nearest large market. As
>> broadcasters do, at least sometimes. Yes, maybe even on-channel
>> repeaters,
> in some cases.
>> NO, these would certainly not qualify as SFNs, and that's hardly just
>> semantics, Craig.
>
> Current FCC rules, including those for DTV, do not allow for the use of on
> channel repeaters to extend a stations licensed coverage area. As Craig
> knows, or should know, the licensed area is not defined by the markets
> actual size. As you say, translators are the only solution.
>
> The entire western U.S. consists of Markets *much* larger than the
> coverage
> capabilities of individual stations and the thousands of translators
> deployed only partially fill in the coverage gaps. Salt Lake City is the
> extreme example but Denver is close in size and many other markets share
> such problems.
>
> Major markets in the east would certainly be more suitable for SFN
> operations but the technical issues, as well as defining an ROI, are major
> impediments. However, zealots seldom, if ever, consider such minor issues.
>
>
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