[mythtv-users] Quick and dirty workaround

PAUL WILLIAMSON pwilliamson at mandtbank.com
Fri Aug 6 08:27:50 EDT 2004


>>>> jra at baylink.com 8/5/2004 9:16:22 PM >>>
>>On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 12:29:49PM -0700, Bruce Markey wrote:
>> Low channels are more susceptible to interference so most cities
>> have either a channel 3 or channel 4 but not both.
>
>FWIW, the reason that most cities (in fact, all cities) do not have
>both is because there are minimum distance requirements for both
>same-channel and adjacent-channel frequency reuse, and they don't
>permit it.
>
>Cheers,
>-- jra

Jay,

I live right outside Buffalo, NY and we have broadcast channels on 
both 3 and 4.  I guess that means Buffalo does not fit into the "all
cities" 
category :-P  Then again, I heard this morning that a town two hours
south 
of Buffalo was put 3 hours east by calling it upstate...

Paul



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