WBZ 1030 on 103.3 HD2

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I think your results are a little out of the ordinary... how many people
have a top notch tuner and rooftop antenna? So to say your results are
normal would be unfair;)

Paul Walker

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 5:56 PM, Scott Fybush <scott@fybush.com> wrote:

> 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.
>
> s
>