WBZ 1030 on 103.3 HD2

[Scott Fybush]

Paul B. Walker, Jr. wrote:
> The limit for good reception all depends on the power level of the
> station.... 

In my experience, the limit actually depends much more on what is, or 
isn't, on the adjacent channels. (Which makes sense, considering that's 
where the HD data is actually traveling.)

I can pull in HD from class B WWHT 107.9 Syracuse, at about 70 miles, 
with my rooftop antenna and Sony XDR-F1HD tuner...but can't get a lick 
of HD from superpower B (100 kW) WYYY 94.5 Syracuse, less than a mile 
from WWHT. Why? Because while there's nothing in the way of WWHT's upper 
sideband (and the Yagi gets a reasonable null on WLKK 107.7, 45 miles in 
the other direction), WYYY's HD sidebands are smothered on both sides - 
on the low end by the HD of local WZNE 94.1, less than a mile from me, 
and on the high end by translator W234AZ 94.7, also less than a mile away.

This is especially true in the northeast, where just about everything is 
shortspaced these days.

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