Mobile DTV on the cheap

[Chip Fetrow]

No station had higher digital power during the transition than they  
did in the end, unless they were on VHF and moved to UHF.

I think the confusion comes from the old analog power, and the much  
lower digital power.  "Digital gain" was supposed to allow for much  
lower power, but now look at what is gong on.  Many, if not most,  
stations have either applied for or already received power increases.   
Still, they don't have the coverage they once did.  If they did, I  
would have OTA TV at my house.

--chip

On Jan 17, 2011, at 9:26 AM, tacos-request at amrad.org wrote:

> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2011 14:06:17 -0500
> From: Bob Bruhns <bbruhns at erols.com>
> Subject: Re: Mobile DTV on the cheap
>
> I am still playing with a small VHF-UHF rotatable on an old lamp stand
> in a back room in Herndon.  Before the switch I could get WBAL, but
> since the switch, no.  I read that stations were running huge power on
> digital before the switch, and they dropped way back afterward - like
> 300 KW to 7 KW???   If so, that was bait and switch.
> [...]
>   Bob, WA3WDR