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Originally Posted by be236
Looking at this info, it doesnt look right:
Digital CP (solid): 22.1 kW ERP at 610 m HAAT, Network: Fox
vs. Analog (dashed): 316 kW ERP at 610 m HAAT, Network: Fox
I cant imagine the Digital signal got reduced by 10-fold down from 316kW to 22.1??? Did they put in an extra period by mistake?? You'd think they need to boost the digital/UHF channel higher.
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nope thats right for the numbers. With digital they can supposedly cover the same area with less power. This is mainly on VHF only. UHF they can go up to 1 million watts and a fair amount of them do. Here in Minneapolis we have 7 stations on UHF Digital (3 that were VHF analog)
out of those 7 3 are at full power (CW, CBS, My)
PBS & ABC are at 3/4 of that (750Kw)
The other 2 (Ind & 2nd PBS) are much lower (250Kw & 50Kw)
on VHF Fox & NBC dropped dramatically. FOx is at 21Kw whereas NBC is at 27.1Kw
I've seen digital outputs that are only 1000 watts...as an example low powered digital is 15000 watts max