Posted by Bob Miller on 01/02/06 14:05

Sal M. Onella wrote:
> "Roy L. Fuchs" <roylfuchs@urfargingicehole.org> wrote in message
>
> < snip >
>
>> Most, if not all HDTV broadcast signals get assigned to channel slots
>>that are exclusive to that broadcaster and locality. Usually an
>>unassigned UHF slot. You circumstance should never be confronted,
>>much less be a problem.
>
>
> So far, I don't have any digital-to-digital co-channel interference, but I
> have two strong distant digital stations that are being hurt by local
> analog co-channel interference. KNBC-DT in Los Angeles is on Ch 36,
> along with a low-power TV station in San Diego. Same with KCAL-DT
> on Ch 43.
>
> While they are not in the same locality, the reach of 8VSB is so great, I
> think the FCC needs to rethink the tools they use to establish territories.
>
>
Rethink suggest there was thought in the first place. The FCC was told
by the boss, Congress to find enough spectrum so that every broadcast
analog station could have a duplicate digital.

So they found it, case closed.

Our broadcast TV network should be redesigned totally and our modulation
and compression codec rethunk in the process.

Bob Miller

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