I think you have it backwards, Craig. COFDM needs higher power to reach same radius, which makes it a worse co-channel interferor to other signals than QAM or 8VSB. Al Limberg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Birkmaier" <craig@xxxxxxxxx> To: <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 4:40 PM Subject: [opendtv] Re: COFDM and equalization > At 6:35 AM -0700 4/20/04, Doug McDonald wrote: > > > Our town is an > >excellent example: we are right on the boundary > >of a certain Fox dtv station, and 3 dB really > >does make a big difference: people on the > >east side of town seem to be unable, normally, > >to get it: but with a 0.5 dB NF preamp I have tried > >at a couple of places, instead of a 4 dB NF preamp, > >they get it. Thus, 3 dB more transmitter power > >and it would work ... and with COFDM, the > >edge would move about 4 miles west: to the edge > >of town, and very very few would get it. Thus, > >POWER REALLY DOES MATTER, and our town shows why > >we made the right choice. > > As I recall that station is not licensed to serve your market. > > More power just means that their signal will encroach on more ares > that are not in the market for which the station is licensed. > > If my recollections are incorrect, I apologize in advance. > > Regards > Craig > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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.