[Coco] S-video Prospects...

[Kevin Diggs]

Stephen H. Fischer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> I will have to find the right time to take the pictures as the AD723 is in
> use many hours of the day displaying DTV pictures on my RCA TV.
> 
Can you elaborate on this? Did you build your own HDTV tuner?

> Many of the DTV San Francisco stations are off the air a lot just now so I
> might be able to do it soon.
> 
They went down shortly before the Orange bowl. Had to watch that on 
NTSC; now an experience that I can barely stand (and I am not talking 
about the picture detail in HDTV or any crap like that - it is the lack 
of noise and multi-path crap that is virtually impossible to avoid in 
NTSC in an urban environment). If you go to KQED's (SF PBS) web site and 
go to the HD schedule you will see a note about "the antenna for system 
b" failing. This took KGO, KQED, and K-some-station-I-don't-watch off 
the air. They are all down again today (3rd day in a row and yes they 
come back up at night ... those that still have antenna anyway). One can 
only assume that they are replacing whatever blew up today.

> There are a huge number of antennas on Sutro and when there is trouble with
> one it affects several stations at once and many times all the DTV stations
> must be shut down for worker safety. There are 11 DTV Stations transmitting
> from the tower. I cannot find the analog count, each of those has main and
> backup antennas.
> 
The now retired former transmitter supervisor at KGO has a web site that 
has a PDF containing antenna locations on Sutro. His name is Ray Herring.

> Lots of complaints about the possibility of missing the Rose Bowl in HD.
> 
They managed to "get it up" during the game. 7-1 went down about 15 
minutes after it was over though. Can you do me a huge favor? Can you 
contact the station and inquire about how they managed to get their DTV 
signal up for the game? I am dieing of curiosity to know how they did 
it. Don't mention my name. They don't like me. The crack about them 
needing to remember to straighten the coat hanger they use as a 
transmission antenna (for NTSC VHF 7) may have made them mad. Another 
jab to make sure it is metal probably did not help either. If you are a 
football fan you could add a thank you for them doing whatever they did 
to get that really hyped game on the air.
> 
> Stephen H. Fischer
> 

					kevin