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Message: [QUOTE="FOX TV, post: 45581, member: 4493"]Increasing the power !!Congratulations to you and TV FOOL for finding the error and correcting the database. Increasing the power levels of a transmitter is not just as simple as going to the transmitter and turning a knob to up the power output. Your maximum power levels depend on a lot of different variables, and each one contributes to the final chosen power level for your given channel assignment and coverage area and is regulated by the FCC.Then there is interference to other broadcasters to consider, and the actual assigned or physical coverage area that you need to cover with a signal. Any power not staying within your coverage area is actually considered as wasted, and could be better used by being directed into areas you are supposed to cover with that extra power, or in some cases to the vertical polarity for mobile/handheld TV. Antennas are custom designed for each application with different radiation patterns and power levels and other aspects to suit the variables listed above.Then there is the transmitter, the transmission line or waveguide that feeds the antenna, and finally the antenna itself. Does your transmitter have any extra power capacity, or is it running the FCC required 95% power level now with nothing left to give?  Will your transmission line handle more power? What is the maximum power that the antenna was designed for? All aspects of these items are custom designed by considering all of the above issues into the equation and coming up with a final configuration for the transmitter site.And then comes the issue of power usage because as we know, more power out means more power is used by the transmitter, and that has to also be considered when the electric bill comes every month. If you have a backup generator, is it capable of handling the higher power output of the transmitter, or will you have to replace it too, and can you pay for the extra fuel it will use running under increased load?Smart planners look ahead and try to build some extra capacity into their transmitter sites, but this extra capacity is expensive to add if you never use it, and some smaller broadcasters have to take these upgrades in small steps in order to not break the bank account.You can go to <a href="http://www.rabbitears.info">RabbitEars.Info</a> and find information on WYOU & WBRE with links to FCC licensing information or new construction permit assignments which can tell you if they have any plans to increase power or change antennas etc. Some of these stations may be in the planning stages to make changes even now, and sometimes just the planning stage itself can take many months. If they have applied for, and been granted permission to make changes, then all of that information is available on the rabbitears.info website.[/QUOTE]

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