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HDTV Talk => Madison Stations => Topic started by: FreeTV on December 12, 2009, 09:40 am



Title: WMTV antenna/transmitter upgrade
Post by: FreeTV on December 12, 2009, 09:40 am
Update on WMTV's power increase...

The tower crew arrived on Monday 12/7, had to wait out the snowstorm, and began rigging the tower Friday 12/11.  The new DTV antenna should arrive the week of December 14th.

Frequent updates at http://www.twitter.com/WMTVtech


Title: Re: WMTV antenna/transmitter upgrade
Post by: Jam Pro on December 13, 2009, 11:32 pm
Hey Tom, you must have had the best seat in the house for watching the Rayovac fire.  ;D

FYI my signal strength drops from the high 70s to low 60s (S/N ~22dB, from ~30dB) when you're operating at reduced power.  I run out of error correction about five times a second at those levels.  Normally I get a virtually perfect (corrected) stream.

I live practically in the shadow of your tower, so when you install the new antenna, I'd be much obliged if you phased it for...oh, maybe a -45 degree beam tilt.  ;)