Archive for February, 2009
This could have been one giant leap…
Or one giant trip, stumble and fall. Today was supposed to be the big day we switch off those analog transmitters, and broadcast exclusively in digital from now on. Unfortunately, that isn’t happening today for all stations, but a few do get to make the switch tonight at midnight.
We will keep the analog signal on [...]
New insight on antennas
Bob Richardson, Director of Engineering from our corporate offices sent this summary of information on antennas. It has some really good information and I’m passing it along as Bob wrote it as a “guest blogger”.
In the current (March 2009) issue of the IEEE Spectrum magazine there is a good article about the technology leading to the [...]
Myths, Magic, and Reality
One question we get every week is “when are you going to increase power, or improve the signal”. The truth is no matter how much power a station transmits, the digital carriers remain virtually the same carrying zeros and ones. If you look back at the pictures of the “haystack” signal stations transmit, you can [...]
Wait and See; UPDATE!!
The DTV Delay Bill has passed and will be signed into law by the President. You can now reset your DTV countdown clock to June 12th for the transition to happen here in Raleigh. The coupon program will be back distributing coupons soon, but when you get it, run out and get your box right away. [...]
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