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KB2VXA > HDTV 14.10.11 16:34l 43 Lines 1802 Bytes #999 (0) @ WW
BID : 8180_VK6ZRT
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Subj: Re: G0TEZ > V vs. H
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Sent: 111014/1507Z @:VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC #:8180 [Boyanup] $:8180_VK6ZRT
From: KB2VXA@VK6ZRT.#BUN.#WA.AUS.OC
To : HDTV@WW
Hi Ian and all,
That's an odd one, having wide frequency spacing between the TV
transmitter and the translator makes sense while different polarization
doesn't. Could be the boffins like to confuse people. (;->)
Draw the obvious conclusion, Bob doesn't mention circular because:
1) Broadcast doesn't use it and
2) He doesn't do satellite work.
For what it's worth my favorite Aussie C&W station Tank FM in Kempsey,
NSW transmits vertically with 1KW ERP. No, I have no intention of
trumping Bob's DX records, they have an internet audio stream. (;->)
<chuckling> I used to have a BMF TV/FM antenna and rotor and I'm not a
Redneck, before cable came to town we needed them for the long haul. They
were common on bars (pubs to you) for the same reason I used one, sports
broadcasts in that market over yonder. On the other hand they have some
pretty decent directivity which comes in handy during band openings when
you need to separate dogs in the dogpile. Then there is a lesser known
use, with an analog cable ready TV switched to cable I got great
reception of ATV on 70cM.
Oh I remember those early dual band antennas, VHF is split with FM and
VHF Hi (2 way) between channels 6 and 7. Along came UHF and a different
sort of dual bander, nobody had a clue there are channels above 13. One
day in the TV shop I got a chuckle when a "little old lady" asked me what
that UFO channel was, you can guess the rest.
I leave you with the latest chuckle, TV antennas have gone the way of the
dodo, now we have HDTV antennas.
"Maaketing, it's all in the maaketing."
Yogurt (Mel Brooks in Spaceballs)
73 de Warren
Station powered by JCP&L atomic energy, operator powered by natural gas.
Message timed by NIST: 15:01 on 2011-Oct-14 GMT
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