The FCC is doing testing for the use of broadband wireless in the space
between TV channels. See
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2250638,00.asp.
The challenge is kind of like BPL: preventing interference with any adjacent
digital channels. From my reading, it looks like they are trying to
, time and I don't
remember exactly everything it was used for, but the idea is not new.
73, Skip KH6TY
- Original Message -
From: Rud Merriam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2008 3:47 PM
Subject: [digitalradio] TV Whitespace Testing
The FCC
On Sunday 20 January 2008 03:54:39 pm kh6ty wrote:
I think it was also used for timing signals
at one time. Seems that there used to be a way to pull down the top of the
screen scan and see the information.
That wasn't white space, that was the VITS. Vertical Interval Test Signal.