[BC] TV in Western (Muskegon) Michigan,

[Tom Spencer]

What about a converter at the TX site?  Same analog STL, etc.  Jumping 
from 38+ to 49 and analog to digital with present box?  Are there such 
animals out there that can easily be moved that far?  Plus the changes 
to the exciter(s)?   I'd think at a minimum the stuff out on Mill Iron 
Rd. would be all that would have to be ASTC.  As long as what's coming 
off the antenna meets the standard, that's all, right?

The FCC shows the -LD as an omni, BTW, at 15 kW ERP.  and the 51 dBu 
curve as better than the 74 dBu curve of the analog 33.8 kW DA...

The DTV  entry

http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=168800

The CA entry

http://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/tvq?list=0&facid=33869

Interesting - the DTV has a different FAC ID than the analog?

I think I'd also be doing everything I could to get classed as a "Must 
carry" station.  Not being on Comcr; er Comcast, the local Cable system 
in Muskegon, might be a negative...

OTOH, folks are cutting the cord, so maybe...

Craig Bowman wrote:

> For the sake of argument lets say the same antenna pattern will work for 
> a the digital authorization and the transmitter is solid state and of 
> current enough vintage that it can be converted to digital and make 
> power you are looking at $40,000 to $120,000 depending on your power 
> level and encoder.

-- 
Tom Spencer