UHF is more robust than VHF (was Re: Digital TV receptionproblem)

Rick Levy rlevy@broadcastsignallab.com
Sat Jun 20 23:18:16 EDT 2009


>>
There was no doubling....  The actual output power is the same in both 
cases.<<

In terms of transmitter power output (TPO), yes.  But ERP doubles, since all 
the power goes into a single (H) polarization, rather than dividing between 
H and V (circular pol.).

Rick Levy
Broadcast Signal Lab, LLP
Cambridge, Mass.
www.broadcastsignallab.com
www.rfsigns.com




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