Hi Joe.

05-Jul-03 14:04:00, Joe Nicholson wrote to Mike Ross


 -=>> Quoting Mike Ross to Leonard Erickson <=-

 MR>> As for the flat land, the "line of sight" distance increases a
 MR>> lot if the antenna site is elevated such as when erected on a
 MR>> mountain top.

 JN>  That was the beginning of the cable TV industry, in the 50's
 JN>  called CCTV or community TV, when a group of low-lying residents
 JN>  pooled resources and placed an antenna on the top of a mountain
 JN>  above their valley.

It's still called CATV  "Community Antenna TV" - even if the antenna is a
Satellite dish (or three) and the community is a city

I think CCTV is where you have a camera wired directly to the monitor
Closed Circuit TV.

 -=> Bye <=-

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