[opendtv] Re: Multi-Unit Dwellings and ATSC
- From: dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx
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- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 09:28:00 -0700
" The rule applies to antenna users who live in a multiple dwelling unit
building, such as a condominium or apartment building, if the antenna user
has an exclusive use area in which to install the antenna. "Exclusive use"
means an area of the property that only you, and persons you permit, may
enter and use to the exclusion of other residents."
It seems to me that there could still be a lot of issues regarding the
height requirements and the availability of "exclusive use" areas.
Dan
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[opendtv] Re: Multi-Unit Dwellings and ATSC
Without addressing the rest of this, the FCC has a reasonably good fact
sheet about what may NOT be prohibited re installing an outdoor OTA
antenna:
http://www.fcc.gov/mb/facts/otard.html
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 11:58 AM, <dan.grimes@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm curious as to how the transition to ATSC will work out for multi-unit
dwellings.
If I understand correctly, OTA, and more specifically ATSC, was designed
to use an outdoor antenna. I also understand that it is every person's
right (as in legally cannot be prohibited) to install an antenna to
receive OTA. I'm not sure if this only applies to single-family dwellings
or multi-unit dwellings as well.
Either way, I'm not sure that a multi-unit dwelling owner wants an
exterior antenna for every unit, thus, a single, central antenna would be
installed and a distribution system delivers the signal. If that system
is converted to cable, as so many are, then the units will not be able to
receive OTA.
Remember that most here on this board specifically state that ATSC is
designed to be used with an exterior antenna on a 50' mast. So do the
residents of a unit have the right to erect one? Or are residents of
multi-unit dwellings forced to use rabbit ears which may or may not work?
Dan
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