[mythtv-users] ATSC 3.0 in SF Bay area?

[Douglas Peale]

On 7/3/21 5:37 PM, Gary Buhrmaster wrote:
> On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 10:41 PM Douglas Peale <Douglas_Peale at comcast.net> wrote:
>
>> This is in San Jose, this is with an antenna pointed at Sutro Tower (I have line of sight).
> There is a low power station transmitting on
> OTA TV RF channel 6 from Loma Prieta Peak,
> owned by Venture Technologies Group
> (FCC license KBKF) and had been primarily
> used as a FM station due to an artifact that
> TV channel 6 has abuts the low FM range
> that can typically be tuned by FM radios
> (and therefore was a lingering analogue
> lower power TV station that had to convert to
> digital by mid-July).  In order to keep their
> FM station on the air, the company developed
> a solution to broadcast ATSC 3.0 and their
> analogue FM station.  It is currently operating
> under a temporary special use permit for
> transmitting both its analogue FM station
> and digital ATSC 3.0 signal.
>
> As you see, it currently has a test channel
> being broadcast.  Since their goal appears
> to primarily be to continue their FM broadcasts,
> it is not clear what they will do in their next
> steps.
>
> There is still no word on when a ATSC 3.0
> lighthouse (with real channels) will move
> forward in the San Francisco/San Jose/Oakland
> market, although it appears it may be a SFN
> (Single Frequency Network) rollout (based
> on some engineering work that is reportedly
> being performed by PMG);  Given the region's
> geography, a SFN makes some sense
> (although implementation can get tricky).  If
> you listen to the press releases, maybe
> something later this year (although given the
> processes and approvals, it could take longer,
> a lot longer).
>
>> There is another channel that both tuners receive, 38.1 which is flagged AVC by both tuners.
> That channel is standard ATSC 1.0, and I actually
> expect the current virtual channel is 38.2, "Skylink".
> While the primary channel ATSC 1.0 encoding is
> MPEG2 (per FCC standards), secondary channels
> have some flexibility IRT encoding per later ATSC
> 1.0 updates, so AVC is being used.  Only more
> recent TV sets can actually decode it, but it must
> work well enough for that particular broadcasters
> viewers.
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Thank you. I also found this just before your post showed up: 
https://sfbayatsc.koherence.com/index.php/2021/06/28/nextgen-tv-arrives-in-the-bay-area/#more-350

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