One of the nice things about the USB receivers is that using a laptop you can record what you got, breakups and all. So a single individual could go to one of those locations and record 10 minutes or so to show quality was good with few breakups, or not.
Having done that, try changing channels without antenna fiddling and show the results of that also.
But it might be a useful experiment. - Tom Dale Kelly wrote:
Bert wrote: "The Sinclair test results I was referring to, and results also from Oak Technology, are available here:" That's very close to how I recall it. However, I participated in one full day of the approximately three days of testing and concentrated on the urban high signal level sites. I do recall the apartment reception just as described but as being very fragile when achieved; as was VSB reception when achieved at any of the sites I tested. At street level, when VSB reception was achieved, often passing traffic disturbed it. At the majority of those high RF level sites, the COFDM receiver was stable regardless of traffic conditions or antenna orientation. Again, I see no way that this issue will be retested short of a drastic failure to perform after the analog shut down. As I stated at the beginning of this discussion a few days ago, 8VSB reception has improved to the point that we should simply get on with it - but then we see real world reports from those like Stephen Long, who is no novice. How will the average viewer deal with this issue? In our cloud we so often overlook the needs of end user. I do believe that if you take your notebook to Baltimore with a USB 5th Generation 8VSB RX, you will achieve pretty good reception, but as with the original tests, long term stability can not be judged. BTW, can replicate the original 45KW signal level by placing a 10db pad on the antenna input. We eagerly await your report. BTW, your comments on the likely performance of current COFDM receivers is speculation, most are likely using the same front ends as are currently used in 8VSB sets. However, consider that during the MSTV tests, a COFDM receiver with no front end filtering performed about on par with Zenith's "cold fusion" type receiver - a model with specifications unknown as far as know. However, they do have a history.... Dale----------------------------------------------------------------------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.
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