Analog broadcasting inside the house from a pc.

[Electronic M]

IIRC there is like 3 different conflicting sets of rules*. Some based on power, others based on distance, and interference...I always check that there are no other analog or digital stations receivable on the channel I want to use so no one in the ~1 block range I can transmit is bothered with interference. It is all cable and sat in my neighborhood but you never know who is using OTA in a bedroom or kitchen.

*Depending on which you break they either turn off the TX and warn you, destroy the TX and or fine you.

[Jody Thornton]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

IIRC there is like 3 different conflicting sets of rules*. Some based on power, others based on distance, and interference...I always check that there are no other analog or digital stations receivable on the channel I want to use so no one in the ~1 block range I can transmit is bothered with interference. It is all cable and sat in my neighborhood but you never know who is using OTA in a bedroom or kitchen.

*Depending on which you break they either turn off the TX and warn you, destroy the TX and or fine you.

Of course, there is no one any longer broadcasting television on this analog spectrum, so there would really be no longer any nearby TV stations (at least on the VHF channel range, no?)

[jr_tech]

No. VHF high band and VHF low band is very much in use for (digital) television broadcasting.

jr

[svhs]

Originally Posted by jr_tech

No. VHF high band and VHF low band is very much in use for (digital) television broadcasting.

jr

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[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by Jody Thornton

Of course, there is no one any longer broadcasting television on this analog spectrum, so there would really be no longer any nearby TV stations (at least on the VHF channel range, no?)

DTV OTA broadcasts use the same carrier channel assignments and most of the channels that Analog NTSC did. There are two VHF DTV carriers viewable in my area. One is channel 5 (it or a close-by low band FM interfere with channel 6) and the other the other is Channel 8. I use a Zenith IIRC DT-900 DTV box in manual mode to tell me what RF (not virtual) channels each carrier is on and have a chart (it's at home presently so no pic till later) of what carriers I can detect (even the ones I can't watch)

The UHF band is pretty packed with DTV stations (IIRC between 20 and 50 is the worst).
I have a decent number of pre-1964 VHF only sets so I have transmitted on VHF primarily CH2, 7, 9, 11, 13 (some of my mods are fixed channel, and some of my equipment has died or been swapped so things have varied). I have some gear that can do UHF and I'd like to test my UHF tuners so I may go UHF soon (finding a good empty channel could get fun )....I have one device that can do beyond UHF 83...I may have to make a Channel 84 if any of my continuous tuners can receive it.

[jr_tech]

FCC tally of stations within a 75 km radiusof Pewaukee:

https://transition.fcc.gov/fcc-bin/t...his+Page%2FTab

Can you detect most of them?

jr