Dale Kelly wrote: > In principle such a wideband system makes sense but > as a practical matter, it's impractical :~)- for > several reasons: > 1. Wideband transmitters have significant power output > limitations and I'm not aware of any technology* that > can operate many channels wide with any amount of > power. > 2. TV transmitters that multiplex signals must > generally operate near the Class A mode (very linear) > to minimize intermodulation. That is also the least > efficient mode of operation. Agreed. Wide band means low Q by definition, therefore less efficient. However, the higher you go up the UHF band, the more practical this might be. Right? For example, suppose in a given market you're given channels 46-51, 663-693 MHz. That's to provide the somewhat typical 6 channels the smaller markets get. The efficiency of that transmitter would be higher than that of a single transmitter on Channel 2. It would be higher than a transmitter on Channel 6, but a little lower than a transmitter on Channel 7. But of course, the single point of failure is created. So then you need to back it up. Bert ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.