[BC] FCC Deletes digital report from today's meeting

[r j carpenter]

But there is fading in skywave propagation, so the D/U ratio must vary all
over the map. How much fade margin must be allowed - for either the D or U
signal???

bob c.


From: Robert Meuser <Robertm at broadcast.net>
> The D/U for digital (any flavor) is around 16 - 17 db.

Mike McCarthy wrote:
> In an analog world where the D/U ratio is something like 40dB, your
> argument is correct.  In a digital world, the D/U ratio could be as
> little as 6 dB and there would be no problem receiving/decoding the
> signal. I can see where a NUMBER of arrays would be able to go omni with
> digital...day AND night..