02-23-2016, 03:15 PM
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Originally posted by terracore
ETA: H22 I'd love to hear more about these upcoming offerings.
Sure-- we have 2 channels ready to go, both are low power and run off of solar. Since we're running such low power, the beam will be concentrated at the HPP/Orchidland/Beaches area from Mountain View. Signal should be strongest in HPP. Channel 32.1 and channel 2.1.
One channel is set up with weather and a live-updating TV program guide (with a chill electronic music audio channel); the other I'm finishing up now with a low-budget loop of local news programming. I keep tweaking things though, so we'll see what the final product will end up being.
I've had 3 networks talk with me in the last month or so who are interested in entering the "Hawai`i" market, so there's opportunity for expansion with sub channels. I'm spending every extra cent I have on this project, so that is what dictates the complexity of the offerings.
The major delay I keep hitting is with something called the RF amplifier. I bought one used and it died after having a test-pattern up for about 2 days. A new one was set to arrive in mid-January, and the manufacturer told me there'd be a delay of at least 2 months. There's a very short list of amplifiers that meet both the FCC's criteria and can run off of DC/solar power. So that's where we're at with it.
The only promise I can make is that we'll be a little weird. :-)