[BC] The HD Alliance is a good idea, but...

[Mark Bulla]

WNUV channel 54 (analog) in Baltimore, WPHL channel 54 (digital) in 
Philadelphia... Distance between transmitters? 96.5 miles.  The WNUV 
pictures are pretty noisy in NE Maryland.  A cable head-end in Delaware 
relocated their reception point of WNUV, so that they could get a usable 
signal - it still wasn't great.

Mark
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Mark D. Bulla - Chief Engineer
WNUV WB-54
2000 W 41st Street
Baltimore, MD  21211
t: 410-467-8854
f: 410-662-4886

 >The same thing has happened with WJAR channel 10 (analog, NBC O&O), 
 >Prov, RI and WTNH-DT channel 10 (digital, ABC), New Haven, CT.
 >
 >There's 90 about miles between the two transmitter sites. Channel 10 
 >analog's site is about 10 miles north of downtown Providence and 
 >channel 10 digital's about 80 miles southwest of downtown Providence. 
 >Unfortunately, a large part of the Providence ADI extends southwest - 
 >about 40 miles worth in fact - so a chunk of the Providence ADI is mid 
 >way between the two transmitters.  This happens to be Westerly, RI, a 
 >fairly large city in RI.
 >
 >Needless to say, analog channel 10 does not come well at all in 
 >Westerly these days....

 >Like I've said before, my (not quite) two year old daughter could 
 >probably do a better job of spectrum management then the FCC does.