As someone that works in the CATV industry... I'm truly looking forward to the analog-shutoff in February...
No more "ghosting" trouble calls due to ingress... Granted, those T/Cs will be less frequent but the problem of ingress/egress will still be present... Oh well :) I can tell you that our install volume for homes that have never ever had cable has jumper 400% since the coupon program ran out of money... 73s, AJ, K6LOR Boise, Idaho market On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 9:38 PM, <n...@no6b.com> wrote: > At 1/8/2009 08:02, you wrote: > >Tom, > > > > >I do like the suggestion about the pre-amp - I may give that a try this > >afternoon (if it isn't too cold in my attic!) and I'll report my results. > >(BTW - mine is not a "hardware store" variety, it's a Winegard that I > spent > >probably $70 on about three years ago.) > > Preamps aren't going to help if the problem is multipath distortion. From > what I've been told, the 8VSB format that our DTV uses has poor multipath > tolerance. Notice how there are no DTV Watchmans available. When Feb. 17 > arrives I won't be able to watch TV during my weekend walks anymore. > > I think DTV is like D-Star: on paper, & in good broadband path conditions, > digital will outperform analog. However, in many real-world scenarios > digital falls apart due to its intolerance of phase distortion. > > Bob NO6B > > >
