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----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Chuck McCown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 11:33 AM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DTV transition..... FACT or FICTION? > I know one group of farmers and townsfolk that had an ad hoc translator > committee that paid for parts and repairs. > It wasn't a legal entity, just a group of folks that pooled donations to > keep it alive. > They would have an annual meeting and fund drive. One year nobody was > interested in coming to the meeting due to a particularly interesting > football game. > The guy in charge went up to the translator, waited for the kick off and > pulled the plug while the ball was in the air. > People came to the meeting. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D. Ryan Spott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:21 AM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] DTV transition..... FACT or FICTION? > > >>I used to live in a small town in Northern California. >> >> Every few months, one of the 4 translators they had running on the >> ridgetop would get crystal-clear while the other 3 would be fuzzy as >> hell. >> >> Finally I asked the locals about it. It seems you are not a local in >> that town unless you have been there at least 20+ years. The locals told >> me that the "good translator" is used for whatever sporting season it >> was! >> >> So Baseball was on Channel X so it got the good translator that season, >> then when football started on channel Y it would get the good translator. >> >> I love small towns! >> >> ryan >> >> Chuck McCown wrote: >>> Perhaps the question was a little more general. >>> A TV translator is nothing more than a repeater. >>> For example channel 6 would be received, "translated" to channel 55 and >>> retransmitted. >>> >>> Normally they were VHF in and UHF out. Low power. 2 to 200 watts. >>> >>> Out west, where we have lots of mountain ranges and valleys, this is the >>> way >>> TV got piped around. >>> Some special tax districts were formed to finance the operations of >>> translator installations. Many small towns would have a building on a >>> nearby hilltop with a half dozen translators inside. In some cases >>> translators were daisy chained 3 or 4 deep. >>> >>> In other areas, groups of TV broadcasters got together and financed the >>> translators. >>> >>> I would suspect that even if a translator operator isn't going to change >>> to >>> HDTV, they will most likely feed the input of their translator with a >>> signal >>> derived from and HDTV signal. That will produce much better quality >>> than >>> they ever had before. >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:02 AM >>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DTV transition..... FACT or FICTION? >>> >>> >>> >>>> The R&O states what each type of station is and what it does. >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- >>>> Mike Hammett >>>> Intelligent Computing Solutions >>>> http://www.ics-il.com >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------- >>>> From: "CHUCK PROFITO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:55 AM >>>> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> >>>> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DTV transition..... FACT or FICTION? >>>> >>>> >>>>> George, >>>>> What do you mean by term 'translator'(is that the brunette between the >>>>> blond >>>>> and redhead?) >>>>> >>>>> Chuck Profito >>>>> 209-988-7388 >>>>> CV-ACCESS, INC >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> Providing High Speed Broadband >>>>> to Rural Central California >>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>>> On >>>>> Behalf Of George Rogato >>>>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:31 AM >>>>> To: WISPA General List >>>>> Subject: [WISPA] DTV transition..... FACT or FICTION? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I was talking to one of the tv stations engineers out here on the >>>>> coast. >>>>> He has a translator here. >>>>> >>>>> I asked him how soon would we be seeing the DTV conversion. >>>>> >>>>> His answer is, not any time soon and we must have mis understood the >>>>> situation. >>>>> >>>>> Translators are EXEMPT from having to go digital, and to boot, he >>>>> said, >>>>> out of 8,000 broadcasters nation wide, only 25% or so HAVE to convert, >>>>> all the others, on translators, don't have to. >>>>> >>>>> Anyone else hear this or know differently? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> George >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> ---- >>>>> WISPA Wants You! 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