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Originally Posted by Gama
There will be NO more towers. Digital TV doesnt work the same way.
You would need to increase RF Power to fix issues.
And Yes, digitals always give more troubles.
Well, its all OFF now, and geez, the power consumption droped by 100,000 Watts, and you can actually hear yourself talk in the Transmitter Hall.
Theo
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Hi Theo
It sounds like you work at the transmitter. I haven't been to a transmitter for 35 years so they are probably quite different now. In Melbourne that was before color and I went up to the station with my little VSB colour transmitter to show some of the tech's one night
Having built TV transmitters I can agree with the drop in power consumption that Digital TV brings to the transmitters, No more inefficient linear amps! If this saving in power is used to up the transmitted power by 10 db the service I get would be more reliable.
However the only way I will get a more reliable service is a closer line of sight path which means more towers. At present I lose signal with rain or other atmospheric disturbance. Even with a mast and masthead Amp. I don't even get the analogue on rabbits ears
Don't get me wrong I love DTV's advantages but I hate it when the program cuts out just when you are about to find out "who dun it". At the moment with the parallel analogue service a noisy picture can get you the answer.
Barry