There's a ton more reading on the subject. Here's a starting point where you'll see the different standards for digital broadcast worldwide. Bottom line, if you have a STRONG digital signal, you'll be OK. Anything less, then all bets are off. That's not to say it won't work, it just becomes unpredictable.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_terrestrial_television Chuck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chuck Kelsey" <wb2...@roadrunner.com> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:37 AM Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV *really* work > Dynamic multipath interference, in which the delay and magnitude of > reflections are rapidly changing, is particularly problematic for digital > reception. While this just produces moving and changing ghost images for > analog TV, it can render a digital signal impossible to decode. The > 8VSB-based standards in use in North American ATSC broadcasts are > particularly vulnerable to problems from dynamic multipath; this has the > potential to severely limit mobile or portable use of digital television > receivers. Solving the problem might require that different standards be > adopted for mobile use. > > Chuck > >
