On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 09:21:46AM -0800, D. Ryan Spott wrote: > I used to live in a small town in Northern California. > > Every few months, one of the 4 translators they had running on the > ridgetop would get crystal-clear while the other 3 would be fuzzy as hell. > > Finally I asked the locals about it. It seems you are not a local in > that town unless you have been there at least 20+ years. The locals told > me that the "good translator" is used for whatever sporting season it was!
For the most part, you're not a local around here unless you have either lived through the great depression here, or you were raised by locals. In Maine, there are a few low power tv stations that appear to be religious channel repeaters. None are near me, so I can't confirm. > So Baseball was on Channel X so it got the good translator that season, > then when football started on channel Y it would get the good translator. > > I love small towns! > > ryan > > Chuck McCown wrote: > > Perhaps the question was a little more general. > > A TV translator is nothing more than a repeater. > > For example channel 6 would be received, "translated" to channel 55 and > > retransmitted. > > > > Normally they were VHF in and UHF out. Low power. 2 to 200 watts. > > > > Out west, where we have lots of mountain ranges and valleys, this is the > > way > > TV got piped around. > > Some special tax districts were formed to finance the operations of > > translator installations. Many small towns would have a building on a > > nearby hilltop with a half dozen translators inside. In some cases > > translators were daisy chained 3 or 4 deep. > > > > In other areas, groups of TV broadcasters got together and financed the > > translators. > > > > I would suspect that even if a translator operator isn't going to change to > > HDTV, they will most likely feed the input of their translator with a > > signal > > derived from and HDTV signal. That will produce much better quality than > > they ever had before. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:02 AM > > Subject: Re: [WISPA] DTV transition..... FACT or FICTION? > > > > > > > >> The R&O states what each type of station is and what it does. > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> Mike Hammett > >> Intelligent Computing Solutions > >> http://www.ics-il.com > >> > >> > >> > >> -------------------------------------------------- > >> From: "CHUCK PROFITO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 10:55 AM > >> To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DTV transition..... FACT or FICTION? > >> > >> > >>> George, > >>> What do you mean by term 'translator'(is that the brunette between the > >>> blond > >>> and redhead?) > >>> > >>> Chuck Profito > >>> 209-988-7388 > >>> CV-ACCESS, INC > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Providing High Speed Broadband > >>> to Rural Central California > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > >>> Behalf Of George Rogato > >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 8:31 AM > >>> To: WISPA General List > >>> Subject: [WISPA] DTV transition..... FACT or FICTION? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> I was talking to one of the tv stations engineers out here on the coast. > >>> He has a translator here. > >>> > >>> I asked him how soon would we be seeing the DTV conversion. > >>> > >>> His answer is, not any time soon and we must have mis understood the > >>> situation. > >>> > >>> Translators are EXEMPT from having to go digital, and to boot, he said, > >>> out of 8,000 broadcasters nation wide, only 25% or so HAVE to convert, > >>> all the others, on translators, don't have to. > >>> > >>> Anyone else hear this or know differently? > >>> > >>> > >>> George > >>> > >>> > >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>> ---- > >>> WISPA Wants You! 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