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Old 01-15-2009, 07:57 PM
John Pinckney John Pinckney is offline
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Digital DX?

Jerome,

TVDX does take on new meaning! Like, "Digital means being able to see the tramsmitting antenna from your receiving antenna , but not being able to decode the data!"

Yes, I've seen the TVDX pics on asssorted websites. But, whether it's packet collisions (Ruins VSB-8/ATSC) or pulse interference (Ruins COFDM which DVB-T uses), not to mention the pending switchover here in the U.S., I think we're all going to be saying, "It wasn't broke, was it???"

Also, Jerome, I don'y know about elsewhere in the world, but in the U.S., there are already universities which have scaled-back or completely dropped RF from their EE programs. So, as for your question about RF Engineers, I think we're literally dying off! Or, is it going to all-zeroes in this digital age?

Best...

John
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