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[blairy]

Last week I had the pleasure of staying at a mates unit in Thredbo.

Only digital reception he gets is ABC and SBS.  The opinion of the seven blokes there that week was that there is a transmitter or whatever at the top of the mountain and the commercial channels simply need to hook into that and all will be good.

Suggested it's a bit more complex than that...

What is required to get all digital FTA channels in Thredbo (and indeed similar places)?

Thanks
Blairy

[mtv]

blairy, on Sep 17 2010, 07:59 PM, said:

Last week I had the pleasure of staying at a mates unit in Thredbo.

Only digital reception he gets is ABC and SBS. The opinion of the seven blokes there that week was that there is a transmitter or whatever at the top of the mountain and the commercial channels simply need to hook into that and all will be good.

Suggested it's a bit more complex than that...

What is required to get all digital FTA channels in Thredbo (and indeed similar places)?

Thanks
Blairy

Individual transmitters for each network, a combiner (if using a common antenna array), microwave/satellite/off-air links to receive the feeds from each network's distribution point, sufficient power-supply to run it all (plus back-up power generator), telemetry system to monitor systems/transmitters, linked back to the networks' master control, cabling, connectors, etc.

Oh.... and the money to fund it all.

[alanh]

blairy,
The reality is that currently there is at Eagles Nest Restaurant MT CRACKENBACK NSW;
ABN 33 Digital
SBS 30 Digital
Analog
SBS31
ABN34
CTC40
WIN43
CBN46

All horzontally polarised.
The commercials will be on air prior to 30th June 2012.

AlanH

[Crowley]

You can't be skiing hard enough if you awake enough to watch TV, a few more runs down Highnoon dodging the boarders will fix that

blairy, on Sep 17 2010, 07:59 PM, said:

Last week I had the pleasure of staying at a mates unit in Thredbo.

Only digital reception he gets is ABC and SBS.  The opinion of the seven blokes there that week was that there is a transmitter or whatever at the top of the mountain and the commercial channels simply need to hook into that and all will be good.

Suggested it's a bit more complex than that...

What is required to get all digital FTA channels in Thredbo (and indeed similar places)?

Thanks
Blairy

[htnut]

alanh, on Sep 17 2010, 11:43 PM, said:

All horzontally polarised.
The commercials will be on air prior to 30th June 2012.

AlanH

Do you how much before 30th June 2012? I have tried asking the stations but they do not reply to my emails
Analogue reception in Thredbo is shocking, especially channel 7

[Digital Penetration]

Why is this in the ACT Viewer's forum?