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Re:WGBH

<<On Mon, 10 Jun 2002 23:21:45 -0400, "Aaron 'Bishop' Read" <aread@speakeasy.net> said:

> You can indeed predict reception quite well using longley-rice calculations 
> and a good terrain TOPO map...we do it all the time at Broadcast Signal 
> Lab.

The software used by the FCC is available for free (under FOIA if
necessary).  I have a copy of the OET-61 program used by the FCC to
evaluate digital TV allotments (using the Longley-Rice model)
including the terrain and population databases; you can get the same
files from the OET Web page.

-GAWollman