Mark Schubin wrote: > > in > > Europe they use translators all over the place, as any > > decent OTA infrastructure would do. > In the U.S., as of June 30, there were 4,491 TV translators: http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DOC-260747A1.doc Well, that's a good point, in the sense that there are almost three translators for every full-power station, *overall*. But I was responding to a specific comment by Bob Miller, who used the low-power Euro broadcast model as an example of how omni antennas can work. If you look at the low-power OTA countries of Europe, two examples of which would be France and Italy, you will find that translator sites, where each site transmits most or all of the national networks, are very close together. Like, as the crow flies, between less than 20 to maybe 30 miles apart. For example, the Empire State Building transmitters would not be expected to cover Long Island, in a Euro scheme. Long Island would have a few translator sites of its own. These are TRANSLATOR sites, not the much smaller scale urban SFNs, which typically consist of 2 or 3 towers. And they are scattered throughout the country, to provide coverage. 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.