A USER'S GUIDE TO HDTV (High Definition Television Interference Scenario Model) 1 Introduction The HDTV program allows the user to create scenarios of interference generated by any mix of NTSC and DTV stations in a given area. The program maintains a catalog of DTV and NTSC stations based upon existing entries in the FCC TV database as well as a catalog for each user of the program. The user selects the desired and undesired stations from these catalogs to create a scenario. Scenario options include; 1 - Examine a single station coverage. Coverages for each station include; a. Longley Rice 50/50 b. Longley Rice 50/90 c. Longley Rice 50/10 d. FCC Curves 50/50 e. FCC Curves 50/90 2 - Examine the interference generated by a set of undesired stations upon the coverage of a single desired station. 3 - Create a composite plot of a set of stations or a region such as an entire state or set of states. The user can examine the catalog of NTSC and DTV stations generated from the existing FCC allotment table and existing FCC TV database but cannot modify any of these stations. The user can examine, add or delete stations from his user catalog. The user can browse catalogs by state, call sign, city or channel and can sort the list by these options. The user can display the data for a station that was used in creating that stations coverages listed above. Each of these capabilities will be described below. 2 Operational Procedures MENU 1 = Main Menu HDTV/NTSC Interference Study Version 1.0 18-Sep-96 13:42:26 **** To abort at any time, type :: and return**** Choose from the menu: 0 = Program Description 1 = List stations 2 = Display a station's input data 3 = Add an NTSC or DTV station 4 = Remove a station 5 = Run a study 6 = Quit Menu (List stations)? The default answers to each menu are contained in the parenthesis. In the above case, "List Stations" is the default answer. Select the number of the option you desire. Each option will be describe in the following sections. 1 - List Stations If you select 0, this users guide will be displayed. If you select 1 (List Stations), the following menu will appear. MENU 2 = List Stations Please select which catalog to list; 1 = List the FCC Catalog only. 2 = List my user Catalog only. 3 = List both the FCC and my Catalogs. Please enter your choice (List Both Catalogs) When the program starts, the FCC catalog and your user catalog of stations is read. Each or both can be displayed. If you choose 1, only those stations in the FCC catalog will be displayed. If you choose 2, only those stations in your catalog will be displayed. If you choose 3, all stations in both catalogs will be displayed. After making a choice, the following menus will appear in order. This allows you to order the list as you desire. MENU 3 = List Stations Please select how you wish to list the stations; 1 = List stations by state in the data base. 2 = List all states in the data base. Please enter your choice (List all States) If you choose 2, all of the stations in all states will be listed. If you choose 1, you will be prompted to enter the two letter state ID that you wish to list. The following menu appears to help you in this selection. Your catalog currently has entries for the following states. 1) AK 2) AL 3) AR 4) AZ 5) CA 6) CO 7) CT 8) DC 9) DE 10) FL 11) GA 12) HI 13) IA 14) ID 15) IL 16) IN 17) KS 18) KY 19) LA 20) MA 21) MD 22) ME 23) MI 24) MN 25) MO 26) MS 27) MT 28) NC 29) ND 30) NE 31) NH 32) NJ 33) NM 34) NV 35) NY 36) OH 37) OK 38) OR 39) PA 40) PR 41) RI 42) SC 43) SD 44) TN 45) TX 46) UT 47) VA 48) VI 49) VT 50) WA 51) WI 52) WV 53) WY 54) ** 55) ** 56) ** 1) State (XX) IF you enter "XX" then all states will be listed. Otherwise, type the two letter designator for the desired state. The next menu prompts you to select which station types to display. There are only two station types, NTSC and HDTV. MENU 4 = List Stations Please enter the station types you wish listed. 1 = List all HDTV stations. 2 = List all NTSC stations. 3 = List both HDTV and NTSC stations. Please enter your choice (List all ) After you make your selection, the following menu will appear. MENU 5 = List Stations How do you wish to sort your list? 1 = Sort by call sign. 2 = Sort by state. 3 = Sort by city. 4 = Sort by channel number. 5 = Sort by catalog. 6 = Do not sort. Please enter your choice (Sort by call sign) The example below shows the display if the user chose to display only NTSC stations for the state of Colorado (CO) and sort them by call sign. Please wait. Sorting catalogs. For State: CO NTSC Stations ID Name City State Chnl Owner ID Name City State Chnl Owner 1718) KBDITV BROOMFIELD CO 12 FCC 1755) KCEC DENVER CO 50 FCC 1764) KCNCTV DENVER CO 4 FCC 1788) KDEN LONGMONT CO 25 FCC 1809) KDVR DENVER CO 31 FCC 1842) KFCT FORT COLLI CO 22 FCC 1939) KJCT GRAND JUNC CO 8 FCC 1956) KKTV COLORADO S CO 11 FCC 1999) KMGHTV DENVER CO 7 FCC 2047) KOAATV PUEBLO CO 5 FCC 2125) KRDOTV COLORADO S CO 13 FCC 2126) KREGTV GLENWOOD S CO 3 FCC 2129) KREXTV GRAND JUNC CO 5 FCC 2130) KREYTV MONTROSE CO 10 FCC 2131) KREZTV DURANGO CO 6 FCC 2136) KRMATV DENVER CO 6 FCC 2137) KRMT DENVER CO 41 FCC 2156) KSBSTV STEAMBOAT CO 24 FCC 2233) KTSC PUEBLO CO 8 FCC 2247) KTVD DENVER CO 20 FCC 2253) KTVJ BOULDER CO 14 FCC 2261) KTVS STERLING CO 3 FCC 2278) KUBD DENVER CO 59 FCC 2288) KUSATV DENVER CO 9 FCC 2338) KWGNTV DENVER CO 2 FCC 2340) KWHD CASTLE ROC CO 53 FCC 2372) KXRMTV COLORADO S CO 21 FCC Each station entry has a catalog ID, Name, City, State, Channel(Chnl) and Owner. The catalog ID is that stations entry number in the entire catalog(the entire catalog is the sum of the FCC catalog and your user catalog). The name is the call letters of the station. The City, State and Channel are self explanatory. The owner shows whether this entry comes from the FCC catalog or your catalog. If one of the above entries were owned by user tas065, then "065" would appear under the Owner column. This completes the "LIST STATIONS" option from the main menu. 2 - Display a Station's input data We will now return to the main menu and describe option number 2 (Display a station's input data). This allows you to see the data used by the model to determine the stations coverage. These data items are the answers to the Communication System Performance Model (CSPM) program which uses the FCC curves and the Longley Rice method to create the coverages necessary for each station. MENU 1 = Main Menu Choose from the menu: 0 = Program Description 1 = List stations 2 = Display a station's input data 3 = Add an NTSC or DTV station 4 = Remove a station 5 = Run a study 6 = Quit Menu (Display a station's data)? When you choose option 2(Display a station's input data), the following question will be asked. Please enter the station name do display. :: to Abort, L to list stations. You should now enter the call sign of the station you wish to see the input data for. IF you type "::" them program will return to the main menu. If you type "L", the model will follow the steps described in section I above for "LIST STATIONS". When you enter the station name (Call sign), the following menu appears. MENU 6 = Display a Stations input data. Which coverage do you wish to see? 0 = Longley/Rice 50/50 1 = Longley/Rice 50/90 2 = Longley/Rice 50/10 3 = FCC 50/50 4 = FCC 50/90 Please enter your choice(0) Make your selection at this time. The program will then display the CSPM summary of data for that station. Below is an example display of station KOCE showing the Longley/Rice(Point- to-point irregular terrain model) 50/10 data. Communications System Performance Model Input Summary 17-Sep-96 10:07:18 ----------------------------------------- Process Filename: CS003Sep0296Z443.ques 1) Model: Point-to-point irregular terrain model 2) Output option: Field intensity 3) Length units: Metric (km and m) 4) Service Application: Broadcast 5) Results option: None FAX number: 000-000-0000 6) Location variability: 50.00 % 7) Time availability: 10.00 % 8) Situation variability: 50.00 % 10) Frequency: 689.000 MHz 11) Polarization: Vertical 12) Conductivity: .005 S/m 13) Dielectric constant: 15.0 14) Climate zone: Continental temperate 20) Transmitter name: KOCETV 21) Transmitter location: Latitude Longitude Deg N Deg W 33.9719 33,58,19.0 117.9492 117,56,57.0 22) Xmtr site elevation: 363.3 m 1192.1 ft 23) Xmtr ant ht AMSL: 462.00 m 1515.75 ft 23) Xmtr ant ht AGL: 98.66 m 323.69 ft 24) Transmitter radiation option: ERP 24) Effective Radiated Power: 5000000.0 W Effective Isotropic Radiated Power: 8202950.5 W 30) Transmitter ant horiz pattern: Directional 31) Directional ant reference azimuth: .0 deg E of N Horizontal directional pattern data Relative Gain Relative Azimuth Azimuth field to pattern (True N) (ref) radiation maximum No. (deg) (deg) (dB) (dB) --- ------- --------- ---------- 1 .00 .00 .06000 -24.44 2 10.00 10.00 .05500 -25.19 3 20.00 20.00 .05000 -26.02 4 30.00 30.00 .05100 -25.85 5 40.00 40.00 .05600 -25.04 6 50.00 50.00 .06400 -23.88 7 60.00 60.00 .06900 -23.22 8 70.00 70.00 .07000 -23.10 9 80.00 80.00 .06000 -24.44 10 90.00 90.00 .05000 -26.02 11 100.00 100.00 .17000 -15.39 12 110.00 110.00 .29000 -10.75 13 120.00 120.00 .39000 -8.18 14 130.00 130.00 .53000 -5.51 15 140.00 140.00 .65000 -3.74 16 150.00 150.00 .77000 -2.27 17 160.00 160.00 .89000 -1.01 18 170.00 170.00 .96000 -.35 19 180.00 180.00 1.00000 .00 20 190.00 190.00 .97000 -.26 21 200.00 200.00 .90000 -.92 22 210.00 210.00 .77000 -2.27 23 220.00 220.00 .62000 -4.15 24 230.00 230.00 .45000 -6.94 25 240.00 240.00 .33000 -9.63 26 250.00 250.00 .24000 -12.40 27 260.00 260.00 .15000 -16.48 28 270.00 270.00 .05000 -26.02 29 280.00 280.00 .05600 -25.04 30 290.00 290.00 .06000 -24.44 31 300.00 300.00 .05600 -25.04 32 310.00 310.00 .05200 -25.68 33 320.00 320.00 .04800 -26.38 34 330.00 330.00 .04700 -26.56 35 340.00 340.00 .05000 -26.02 32) Transmitter ant vert pattern: Beam tilt, directional Vertical directional pattern data Gain Relative relative field to pattern Elevation radiation maximum No. (deg) (dB) (dB) --- ------- --------- ------------- 1 -10.00 .11000 -19.17 2 -9.00 .11000 -19.17 3 -8.00 .11000 -19.17 4 -7.00 .11000 -19.17 5 -6.00 .11000 -19.17 6 -5.00 .13000 -17.72 7 -4.00 .15000 -16.48 8 -3.50 .17000 -15.39 9 -3.00 .22000 -13.15 10 -2.50 .33000 -9.63 11 -2.00 .52000 -5.68 12 -1.50 .74000 -2.62 13 -.75 1.00000 .00 14 10.00 1.00000 .00 40) Rcvr ant ht above ground: 9.10 m 29.86 ft 56) Corporate name: TA Services 57) Color option: Color 58) Scale option: No Scale 59) Quality option: High 60) Plot name: HUNTINGTON CA 62) Plot center: Latitude Longitude Deg N Deg W 33.9719 33,58,19.0 117.9492 117,56,57.0 63) Plot size: 350.00 km 217.48 mi 64) Plot Roads option: No Roads 66) Field intensity contour levels: 1) 64.00 dBuV/m 2) 74.00 dBuV/m 66) Contour Legend label: 66) Contour labels and colors: Contour levels Labels Colors -------------- ------ ------ 1 Less than 64.00 Less than 64.00 Blue 2 64.00 to 74.00 64.00 to 74.00 Green 3 Greater than 74.00 Greater than 74.00 Yellow 67) Political boundaries: County and State 68) Landmarks: None This completes the section "Display a Stations input data". We will now return to the main menu and describe the next option which is to add a station. 3 - Add an NTSC or DTV station Menu 1 = Main Menu Choose from the menu: 0 = Program Description 1 = List stations 2 = Display a station's input data 3 = Add an NTSC or DTV station 4 = Remove a station 5 = Run a study 6 = Quit Menu (Add a station)? After you have entered 3 and a return, the following menu will appear. MENU 7 = Add a Station NOTICE!! You may only add stations to your user catalog. Choices are; 1 = Add an NTSC Station. 2 = Add a DTV Station. 3 = Quit and return to main menu. Please enter your choice You may add stations only to your own user catalog. You may import a station that has already been run in the CSPM model, you may import a station's data from the FCC database into the model, or you may create the station from scratch by answering the CSPM questions as they are asked in this program. Each of these choices are shown in the menu below after you make your choice above. MENU 8 = Add an NTSC Station Choices are; 1 = Import an existing CSPM file into your catalog. 2 = Create and add a new station to your catalog. 3 = Import a station from the FCC TV database into your catalog. Please enter your choice If you are creating an HDTV station, you have an added option to the list above of using the FCC method of creating an HDTV station by matching the FCC 50/50 Grade B contour of an existing NTSC station. 4 = Use the FCC method to create an HDTV station from an existing NTSC station If you choose this option, the program will simply ask you for the call sign of the NTSC station you are matching your DTV station to. Please enter the NTSC station name from the catalog that you wish to create this DTV station with. :: to Abort, L to list stations. When you enter that station name, the program asks the channel of the DTV station. Please enter the channel number for this DTV station. After you enter the channel number, the program uses the method described in FCC document 96-317 (docket 87-268) to determine the ERP and pattern of the DTV station necessary to match the Grade B FCC 50/50 contour of the NTSC station. It then creates the 5 files needed for analyses in the future and adds this station to your catalog. Choice 1 = Import an existing CSPM file If you choose option 1(Import an existing CSPM file) then the following question will be asked. Please enter the CSPM filename to add.(ex. CS065Mar1293A.ques) You now type in the cspm filename that you wish to import. For example, CS000Oct0996A.ques The program reads that file and prepares to make the 5 CSPM runs for the catalog. The model will as what city and state the station is in so that it may add that to the catalog as well. These questions are shown below. Please enter the city this station is in (10 characters or less) Please enter the two letter State this station is in.(ex. CA) After you have answered these questions, the program makes 5 CSPM input files, even though one of them may be a duplicate. This is because the station type must be added to the file and the time, location, and situation variability factors must be appropriately set. The model will now give you the five filenames that it creates for the station such as that shown below Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096A.ques (Longley/Rice 50/50) Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096B.ques (Longley/Rice 50/90) Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096C.ques (Longley/Rice 50/10) Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096D.ques (FCC 50/50) Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096E.ques (FCC 50/90) Add another? (Y or N) You may add another or return to the main menu. OPTION 2 = Create and add a new station to your catalog If you choose option 2 of menu 8 above, the program will begin by asking the city and state name of the station. This is for the catalog entry. Then the model will begin to ask you the same questions that CSPM does. An example of this is shown in the following pages. Please enter the city this station is in (10 characters or less).Boulder Please enter the two letter State this station is in.(ex. CA) CO HP 720 Communications Systems Performance Model Version 3.0 10-Oct-96 06:16:49 *** NOTE *** Type :: to abort any question. Choose from the menu: H = Help D = Program Description C = Concise Dialog V = Verbose Dialog E = Edit Data S = Summary of Data P = Process Current Data Set R = Retrieve Old Data Set Q = Quit CSPM and return to HDTV Menu (Concise)? v Input your name and mailing address. Do you need instructions (Y or N)? n Enter name and address, one line at a time. ? Rob DeBolt ? 1)Rob DeBolt Name and address correct (Y or N)? y MODEL SELECTIONS Propagation models P = Discrete terrain model(ITM) F = FCC Curves S = Smooth Earth 1) Propagation model (ITM_Pt_to_Pt )? ENTER INPUT DATA FOR POINT-TO-POINT PREDICTION Prediction output parameter B = Basic transmission loss F = Field intensity P = Power density A = Available power S = Signal-to-noise power ratio 2) Output parameter (Field Intensity)? Units for distances and heights M = Metric (kilometers and meters) E = English (statute miles and feet) N = Nautical (nautical miles and feet) 3) Length units ( Metric - kilometers and meters)? Delivery of output results options. Selection Required input to produce plot -------------- ---------------------------------------- M = Mail only Resulting plot will be mailed to the address specified. (Higher quality/more costly) F = FAX only Resulting plot will be FAXed to the FAX number specified. (Lowest cost). B = Both Mail and FAX Resulting plot will be both Mailed and FAXed to you. 5) (Mail results only)? Service or application to which predictions will be applied Selection Output -------------- ----------------------------------- M=Mobile Prediction for % reliability B=Broadcast Prediction for % locations and time F=Fixed Prediction for % time (50% locations) U=User-defined Prediction for % locations and time (This selection affects how the statistics are computed) 4) Service (Broadcast)? Location variability ( .1 to 99.9 %) 6) Location variability (50.0 %)? Time availability ( .1 to 99.9 %) 7) Time availability (50.0 %)? Situation variability ( .1 to 99.9 %) 8) Situation variability (50.0 %)? SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERISTICS System frequency ( 20.000 to 20000.000 MHz) 10) Frequency ( 689.000 MHz)? TV Station type: H = HDTV N = NTSC 72) TV Station type(NTSC) Antenna polarization H=Horizontal V=Vertical 11) Polarization (Horizontal)? Ground conductivity ( .000 to 10.000 Siemens(mhos)/meter 0.001 for poor ground 0.005 for average ground 0.020 for good ground 5.000 for sea water 0.010 for fresh water 12) Conductivity( .005 S/m)? Dielectric constant ( 1. to 81.) 4.0 for poor ground 15.0 for average ground 25.0 for good ground 81.0 for sea and fresh water 13) Dielectric constant (15.)? Climate zone 1=Equatorial 2=Continental subtropical 3=Maritime subtropical 4=Desert 5=Continental temperate 6=Maritime temperate overland 7=Maritime temperate oversea 14) Climate(5)? TRANSMITTER CHARACTERISTICS Transmitter site name (up to 50 characters) 20) Transmitter site name (DWPTV)? DBLDR Type site lat (followed by optional N or S and then a carriage return) and site lon (followed by optional W or E and then a return) for each of the sites. Inputs of the form X,Y,Z imply degrees, minutes and seconds Inputs of the form X.Y imply decimal degrees Examples; 39,25,22.5N or 39.42N or 39,25,22.5 or 39.42(implies North) 105,32,12.6W or 105.54W or -105,32,12.6 or -105.54 or 105,32,12.6 or 105.54(implies west) Transmitter location 21) Latitude( 26.5889 deg or 26,35,20.0 dms)? 40,00,00 21) Longitude( 80.2119 deg or 80,12,43.0 dms)? 105,17,00 From the terrain data base, the elevation at this site = 1675.0 m Xmtr site height above mean sea level ( 1675.0 to 5000.0 m) 22) Xmtr site elev( 1675.0 m)? Xmtr antenna radiation center height above sea level( .5 to 20000.0 m) To change to other units, type; AGL = Above ground level. AMSL = Above mean sea level. HAAT = Height above average terrain. after you enter the height value. Ex: 1000 feet(meters) above ground level as 1000FAGL for feet above ground level 1000MAGL for meters above ground level 1000AGL for current units above ground level 1000 for current units above ground level Ex: 1000 feet(meters) above mean sea level as 1000FAMSL for feet above mean sea level 1000MAMSL for meters above mean sea level 1000AMSL for current units above mean sea level Ex: 1000 feet(meters) above average terrain as 1000FHAAT for feet above average terrain 1000MHAAT for meters above average terrain 1000HAAT for current units above average terrain 23) Xmtr height AGL( 306.0 m)? 100 Select option to define total radiated power T = Transmitter output power, transmitter line losses, and transmitter antenna gain I = Effective Isotropic Radiated Power (EIRP) - the radiated power relative to an isotropic antenna E = Effective Radiated Power (ERP) - the radiated power relative to a dipole antenna (Note: ERP will be converted to EIRP for the calculations. 24) Radiation option (Effective Radiated Power - ERP)? Maximum effective radiated power - ERP ( .1 to 5000000.0 W ) 24) ERP ( 100000.0 W )? 1000 Transmitter antenna pattern: O = Omni D = Directional 30) Transmitter antenna pattern (Omnidirectional)? Transmitter antenna vertical pattern: O = Omni B = Beam tilt, directional 32) Transmitter antenna vertical pattern (Omnidirectional)? RECEIVER CHARACTERISTICS Rcvr antenna radiation center height above ground( .5 to 3000.0 m) 40) Rcvr height AGL(9.1 m)? OUTPUT SELECTIONS Corporation Name (up to 40 characters) 56) Corporation name (TA Services)? Color or black & white format for plots Selection Output -------------- ------------------------------- C=Color Plot generated in color B=Black&White Plot generated in black&white 57) Plot Color (Color)? Color plots may be plotted to scale or not. Selection Output -------------- ------------------------------- S=Scale Plot generated on clear overlay material and mailed to you. N=No Scale Plot generated on small paper and mailed to you. 58) Scale option (No scale)? Color plots may be High or Medium quality. Selection Output -------------- ------------------------------- H=High quality Plot generated on pen plotter (more costly-high quality paper) M=Medium quality Plot generated by paint jet printer. (less costly-lower quality paper) 59) Color quality (High))? Plot name (up to 40 characters) 60) Plot name (Proposed Site)? Boulder Station From 1 to 10 field intensity contour levels may be specified in dBuV/m. Enter only a carriage return to end the list. Values may range from -200 to 100 dBu. 66) Field intensity contour levels (dBuV/m): 64.0 74.0 Contour 1 (dBuV/m)? The contours can be labeled and (optionally)colored. The labels are limited to 20 characters in length. The colors are limited to 10 characters. Valid Colors are; BLACK RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE TURQUOISE ORANGE PURPLE BROWN GRAY MAGENTA LIME CLEAR 66) Field intensity (dBuV/m): Contour levels Labels Colors -------------- ------ ------ 1 Less than 64.0000 Less than 64.0000 Purple 2 64.0000 to 74.0000 64.0000 to 74.00 Orange 3 Greater than 74.0000 Greater than 74.00 Clear Contour 1 label (Less than 64.0000 ) ? Contour 1 color (Purple ) ? Contour 2 label ( 64.0000 to 74.00) ? Contour 2 color (Orange ) ? Contour 3 label (Greater than 74.00) ? Contour 3 color (Clear ) ? Type of plot input from which plots will be generated Selection Required input to produce plot -------------- ---------------------------------------- B = Boundaries Plot generated from boundaries (N Lat., S Lat., W Lon., E Lon.) D = Dimension Plot generated from plot size (km or mi) and center location point (lat lon) 61) Plot Input (Dimension, Center Coordinate)? Center of plot 62) Latitude( 40.0000 deg or 40, 0, .0 dms)? 62) Longitude( 105.2833 deg or 105,17, .0 dms)? Length of one side of the plot area ( 15.0 to 600.0 kilometers ) 63) Plot size ( 350.00 km)? 100 Political boundaries to be included in plot: S = State boundaries C = County and state boundaries N = No boundaries 67) Political boundaries (County and state)? Roads to be included in plot: N = No roads R = Roads(Interstates,U.S.routes,State routes 64) Plot roads option(No Roads)? Landmarks to be included in plot: L = List current set of landmarks D = Delete a landmark A = Add a landmark C = Change a landmark Q = Quit 68) Landmarks (Q)? INPUT FOR POINT-TO-POINT PREDICTION IS COMPLETE Do you want a summary of the input data (Y or N)? y Communications System Performance Model Input Summary 10-Oct-96 06:19:35 ----------------------------------------- 1) Model: Point-to-point irregular terrain model 2) Output option: Field intensity 3) Length units: Metric (km and m) 4) Service Application: Broadcast 5) Results option: Mail only FAX number: 000-000-0000 6) Location variability: 50.00 % 7) Time availability: 50.00 % 8) Situation variability: 50.00 % 10) Frequency: 689.000 MHz 11) Polarization: Horizontal 12) Conductivity: .005 S/m 13) Dielectric constant: 15.0 14) Climate zone: Continental temperate 20) Transmitter name: DBLDR 21) Transmitter location: Latitude Longitude Deg N Deg W 40.0000 40, 0, .0 105.2833 105,17, .0 22) Xmtr site elevation: 1675.0 m 5495.4 ft 23) Xmtr ant ht AGL: 100.00 m 328.08 ft 24) Transmitter radiation option: ERP 24) Effective Radiated Power: 1000.0 W Effective Isotropic Radiated Power: 1640.7 W 30) Transmitter ant horiz pattern: Omnidirectional 32) Transmitter ant vert pattern: Omnidirectional 40) Rcvr ant ht above ground: 9.10 m 29.86 ft 56) Corporate name: TA Services 57) Color option: Color 58) Scale option: No Scale 59) Quality option: High 60) Plot name: Boulder Station 62) Plot center: Latitude Longitude Deg N Deg W 40.0000 40, 0, .0 105.2833 105,17, .0 63) Plot size: 100.00 km 62.14 mi 64) Plot Roads option: No Roads 66) Field intensity contour levels: 1) 64.00 dBuV/m 2) 74.00 dBuV/m 66) Contour Legend label: Field Intensity(dBuV/m) 66) Contour labels and colors: Contour levels Labels Colors -------------- ------ ------ 1 Less than 64.00 Less than 64.0000 Purple 2 64.00 to 74.00 64.0000 to 74.00 Orange 3 Greater than 74.00 Greater than 74.00 Clear 67) Political boundaries: County and State 68) Landmarks: None Do you want to process this data (Y or N)? y Data processed Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096K.ques Choose from the menu: H = Help D = Program Description C = Concise Dialog V = Verbose Dialog E = Edit Data S = Summary of Data P = Process Current Data Set R = Retrieve Old Data Set Q = Quit CSPM and return to HDTV Menu (Quit)? Now that you have created an input CSPM file for the station, you would choose option "Q" above. The program will create the same 5 CSPM files as described above and enter them into the catalog. Control of the program will then return to the main menu. OPTION 3 = Import a station from the FCC TV database into your catalog. Choosing option 3 of menu 8 above allows you to import a station's data from the FCC database into the CSPM model. This will first involve a search of the FCC database for the station name that you enter. You may shorten the list of stations found by ignoring translators or non-licensed stations or you may look at the entire database. The example below ignores translators and non-licensed stations and shows how you might import a station from the FCC database into your catalog. Do you wish to ignore translators?(Y or N) y Do you wish to ignore non-licensed stations?(Y or N) y The program will now ask you questions about the search to be made in the FCC database. You may search by call sign or by a distance around a reference latitude/longitude. The example below uses the radius search method and displays all stations that fit the user defined search parameters. Institute for Telecommunication Sciences TV Find Version 4.0 18-Sep-96 16:01:39 Choose from the menu: H = Help D = Program Description C = Concise Dialog V = Verbose Dialog E = Edit Data S = Summary of Data P = Process Current Data Set Q = Quit CSPM and return to HDTV Menu (Verbose)? You may search a frequency range within a given radius from a reference point or search for a call- sign. 1) Search by call sign ? [N] Enter the two letter abbreviation for the state you want. If you don't want any particular state enter 'XX'. 1) State(CO)? Units for distances and heights M = Metric (kilometers and meters) E = English (statute miles and feet) N = Nautical (nautical miles and feet) 2) Length units ( Metric - kilometers and meters)? Distance from reference site to terminal site (.000 to 1000 km) 3) Distance ( 100.000 km)? Reference site latitude, enter as decimal deg(X,Y) or deg,min,sec (must be between 16.00 and 70.00 degrees north) 4) Ref site lat ( 40.0000 deg or 40, 0, .0 dms)? Reference site longitude, enter as decimal deg(X,Y) or deg,min,sec (must be between 60.00 and 175.00 degrees west) 5) Ref site lon ( 105.0000 deg or 105, 0, .0 dms)? Enter the minimum channel of the channel range that you want. It must be greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 69 6) Minimum channel( 2)? Enter the maximum channel of the channel range that you want. It must be greater than or equal to 2 and less than or equal to 69 7) Maximum channel(23)? 4 Do you want a summary of the input data (Y or N)? n Do you want to process this data (Y or N)? y Please wait. Processing . . . Do you want a short or a full listing? (S or F) f Data base last updated Sep 04, 1996 18-Sep-96 16:01:39 Call- Ch City State Lati- Longi- Service Pwr Dist Bearing ID Sign tude tude Status (dBk) ( km ) (deg) 1 KWGNTV 2 DENVER CO 39.7331 105.2367 TV LIC 20.00 35.89 214.3 2 KCNCTV 4 DENVER CO 39.7300 105.2339 TV LIC 20.00 36.04 213.7 Rad Ref ID Call- Dir Beam Zone Pol Off HAAT Cen Az Ant. Ant. Sign Ant Tilt set (m) (m) (deg) Make Type msl 1 KWGNTV N Y 2 H Z 0 2342 0 2 KCNCTV N N 2 H - 0 2462 0 After displaying the stations that met your search criterion, the following menu will appear allowing you to import one or more of these stations. Do you wish to; 1 = Import one or more stations into your study, or 2 = Return for another search(or quit) As an example, we will import the second station (KCNC) into our catalog. The program asks; Please enter the ID numbers of the stations that you wish to import. Enter one number per line. Press the RETURN key on an empty line to end import list. We enter 2 (KCNC is the 2nd in the above list) The program will output the following messages. Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096A.ques (Longley/Rice 50/50) Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096B.ques (Longley/Rice 50/90) Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096C.ques (Longley/Rice 50/10) Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096D.ques (FCC 50/50) Your CSPM input file is CS065Oct1096E.ques (FCC 50/90) This station is now in your user catalog for any future scenarios. Control of the program returns to the main menu. This completes the ADD STATION OPTION. We will now return to the main menu and describe the next option 4 - Remove a station Menu 1 = Main Menu Choose from the menu: 0 = Program Description 1 = List stations 2 = Display a station's input data 3 = Add an NTSC or DTV station 4 = Remove a station 5 = Run a study 6 = Quit Menu (Remove a station)? If you wish to remove a station from your catalog, select option 4. The program will display the following message. NOTICE!! You may only delete stations from your user catalog. Please enter the station name to remove.(ex. WROB) At this point, enter the call sign of the station to remove. The program will remove that station from your catalog and prompt you with, Remove another? (Y or N) You may remove others by typing Y or return to the main menu by typing N. This concludes the description of "Remove a station". We will now describe the next option of the main menu. 5 - Run a Study A "study" consists of producing a coverage plot of either a single station coverage or a plot of interference from a list of undesired stations to a desired station. You begin by choosing the desired station. You then create a list of undesired stations with the help of the program. This list is then submitted to the program for analysis. The result is a plot of areas of "no interference" or "interference" and the area, population, and households within each of these areas. The criterion for determining interference is described in FCC document 96-317 (docket 87-268) Menu 1 = Main Menu Choose from the menu: 0 = Program Description 1 = List stations 2 = Display a station's input data 3 = Add an NTSC or DTV station 4 = Remove a station 5 = Run a study 6 = Quit Menu (Run a study)? If you wish to run an interference scenario, select option 5. The following menu will appear. Menu 9 = Run a study Study options include; 1 = Single HDTV or NTSC station coverage 2 = A reference station interfered by one or more other stations 3 = State/Regional coverage composite 4 = Return to main menu Please enter your choice ( 1) Each of the options in the above menu will be described. Option 1(menu 9) = Single HDTV or NTSC station coverage This option allows you to see the coverage of a single station from the catalogs. This coverage will be FAXed to you or you may create an HPGL or an ASCII file of the coverage to down load to your site via ftp or via our bulletin board. This will be discussed further below. After selecting option 1 from the above menu, the following question is asked. Please enter the station name. :: to Abort, L to list stations. You may now type the station call sign or "L". If you type "L" then the program transfers to the "List Stations" option of the main menu so that you may list the stations. After typing the call sign, the following menu appears; Menu 10 = Single station coverage. Which coverage do you wish to see? 0 = Longley/Rice 50/50 1 = Longley/Rice 50/90 2 = Longley/Rice 50/10 3 = FCC 50/50 4 = FCC 50/90 Please enter your choice Each station has 5 coverages stored. You may select which of these coverages to send. After selecting the desired coverage, the following menu appears. Menu 11 = Single station coverage. Delivery of output results options. Selection Required input to produce results --------------------- ---------------------------------------------- L = List to terminal Resulting area and population figures only will be listed on your screen only. F = FAX only Resulting plot, area and population figures will be FAXed to the FAX number selected. A = Both FAX and ASCII Resulting scenario analysis will be FAXed to you and an ASCII file of the cell values will be created for you to down load. H = Both FAX and HPGL Resulting scenario analysis will be FAXed to you and an HPGL file of the plot will be created for you to down load. 1) (FAX results only)? The program wants to know what to do with the coverage. The above options are described below. Choice 1 from menu 11 = List to terminal Choose L from the above menu (menu 11). This option will give you only the area and population numbers. They will be listed to your screen. No other output will be generated. If you choose L from the above menu, the following will be similar to what you will see. Please wait. Beginning study now. Your scenario analysis filename is RS065Oct1896A.ques The population and area data will be listed to your screen. This may take several minutes. Grade A Coverage Area: 3110. sq km Population: 1517000. Households: 539000. Grade B Coverage Area: 2520. sq km Population: 135000. Households: 31000. The scenario analysis filename listed above (RS065Oct1896A.ques) tells you the name of the file which controls this scenario. It is composed of your account number (065 in this case), the date (Oct1896) and the scenario number (A). The maximum scenario number is Z999. If you choose to create an ascii or hpgl file, the name of the file will be this scenario filename with an "asc" or "hpgl" extension rather than a "ques" extension. Control will then return to the study options menu shown as menu 9 above. Choice 2 from menu 11 = Fax results only Choose F from the above menu (menu 11). This option will fax the results of your study to you. The program will ask you to verify the fax number as shown below. Fax number (303-497-3680 ) Y or N ? (Y) If you answer N, it will ask you to enter the fax number. The program will then ask for the name to put on the fax cover sheet. Please enter your name ( ) Type the name you wish to appear on the cover page. The program will then output the following. Please wait. Producing and Faxing plot now. This may take several minutes. The plot will be FAXed to you. Control will then return to menu 9 above. Choice 3 from menu 11 = Fax results and create an ASCII file Choose A from the above menu (menu 11) This option will ask the same questions as option 2 above. Then it will output something similar to that shown below. Producing ASCII file now for you to down load. When the next menu appears, your ASCII file will be created. The full path name for your ASCII file is /taservice/ascii_files/065/RS065Oct1896B.asc It takes the program several minutes to create the ascii file. When it has finished, control returns to menu 11 above. The ascii file is stored in the directory /taservice/ascii_files/??? where ??? is your account number. The filename of the ascii file is shown in the message to you. When menu 9 appears again, you may continue or exit the program and TA Services and ftp back into our computer to down load the ascii file. Choice 4 from menu 11 = Fax results and create an HPGL file Choose H from the above menu (menu 11) This option will ask the same questions as option 2 above. Then it will output something similar to that shown below. Producing HPGL file now for you to down load. When the next menu appears, your HPGL file will be created. The full path name for your HPGL file is /taservice/hpgl_files/065/CS003Sep0496Z814.hpgl It takes the program several minutes to create the hpgl file. When it has finished, control returns to menu 11 above. The hpgl file is stored in the directory /taservice/hpgl_files/??? where ??? is your account number. The filename of the ascii file is shown in the message to you. When menu 9 appears again, you may continue or exit the program and TA Services and ftp back into our computer to down load the ascii file. This concludes the options from menu 11. We will now describe option 2 of menu 9 above (A reference station interfered by one or more other stations) . Option 2(menu 9) = A reference station interfered by one or more other stations Menu 9 = Study options Study options include; 1 = Single HDTV or NTSC station coverage 2 = A reference station interfered by one or more other stations 3 = State/Regional coverage composite 4 = Return to main menu Please enter your choice ( 2) This is the most widely used option in the program. The reference station is identified by its call sign and can be from either the FCC catalog or your user catalog. After selecting the desired station, the program asks you for the call sign of the desired station. Please enter the Desired station name. :: to Abort, L to list stations. At this time, you type the call sign of the desired station. The example below uses WPTV as the desired station. WPTV After typing this, the program verifies that such a station exists in one of the catalogs and then it asks you how you want to enter the list of undesired stations. The following menu appears; Menu 12 = Reference station interference Do you wish to; 1 = Hand enter the undesired station names from the catalogs, 2 = Search the catalogs for possible interfering stations. Please enter your choice. Each of these choices will be described below. Choice 1(menu 12) - Hand enter the undesired station names from catalogs. The list of undesired stations is a list of call signs. If you know what stations you are interested in examining the interference from, this option is the best choice. After selecting "1" from menu 12, the program will begin to ask you to enter the call signs of the undesired stations, one at a time, one to a line. When you are finished, hit return on an empty line. After selecting choice 1 from menu 12 above, the following question is asked. Please enter the Undesired station number 1 name. :: to Abort, L to list stations, Return on blank line to end list. At this point, enter the station call sign of the 1st undesired station. For example, WTVY. wtvy Now the program will ask for undesired station number 2. Please enter the Undesired station number 2 name. :: to Abort, L to list stations, Return on blank line to end list. If we now hit return without entering any call sign, the program will now begin the interference study. The program will ask you if you wish to turn off the FCC method of clipping all interference contours by the FCC 50/50 curves. If you say "Y", then you will see interference contours for the entire area of analysis, even beyond the protected Grade B contours limit. The program asks; The FCC method clips the interference contours with the FCC 50/50 curves. You may select to turn this option off for this study. Do you wish to turn clipping off? (Y or N) (N) After entering Y or N, the program will ask you what to do with the results as shown in the next menu. Delivery of output results options. Selection Required input to produce results --------------------- ---------------------------------------------- L = List to terminal Resulting area and population figures only will be listed on your screen only. F = FAX only Resulting plot, area and population figures will be FAXed to the FAX number selected. A = Both FAX and ASCII Resulting scenario analysis will be FAXed to you and an ASCII file of the cell values will be created for you to down load. H = Both FAX and HPGL Resulting scenario analysis will be FAXed to you and an HPGL file of the plot will be created for you to down load. 1) (FAX results only)? Make your choice from the above. The program will then ask for the name of the study. This will be put in the upper right hand corner of the plot. Enter the plot name for this study.(Interference study ) The program will then ask you to verify your fax number (if you chose options F, A, or H). Fax number (303-497-3680 ) Y or N ? (Y) The program will then ask for the name to put on the fax cover sheet. Please enter your name ( ) Now the program will do the analysis and give you the scenario control filename. Your scenario analysis filename is RS065Oct1896B.ques Producing and Faxing plot now. This may take several minutes. If you chose option "A" then the following will appear. Producing ASCII file now for you to down load. When the next menu appears, your ASCII file will be created. The full path name for your ASCII file is /taservice/ascii_files/065/RS065Oct1896B.asc If you chose option "H" then the following will appear. Producing HPGL file now for you to down load. When the next menu appears, your HPGL file will be created. The full path name for your HPGL file is /taservice/hpgl_files/065/RS065Oct1896B.hpgl Control then returns to the study options menu (menu 9). Choice 2(menu 12) = Search the catalogs for possible interfering stations. After selecting choice 2 from menu 12, the program will search the FCC and your catalogs for all stations which could be interferers. The criterion for this judgement are listed in FCC document 96-317 (docket 87-268). These are stations within 400 km of the desired station which are either co, adjacent, or one of the taboos if the desired is UHF. The program will then list these station as shown below. The program will then need to know how you wish to enter stations from this list into your list of undesired stations. Each of these choices are described below. Menu 13 = Study options ID Station City State Channel Type Owner Bear Dist(km) Dist(mi) 83 WTVJ MIAMI FL 6 NTSC FCC 192.45 119.36 74.17 111 WCPXTV ORLANDO FL 6 NTSC FCC 338.99 240.02 149.14 172 DWRXYTV TICE FL 5 HDTV FCC 278.27 158.68 98.60 Do you wish to; 1 = Select one or more stations from the list into your study. 2 = Select all NTSC stations from the list into your study. 3 = Select all HDTV stations from the list into your study. 4 = Select all displayed stations into your study and make. one contour of total interference. 5 = Select all displayed stations into your study but make, separate contours for HDTV and NTSC interference. 6 = Return to previous menu Please enter your choice For our example, the three stations (WTVJ,WCPXTV,DWRXYTV) are potential interferers with WPTV. The 5 choices shown above are; Choice 1(menu 13) = Select one or more from this list into the study. If you choose this option, the following question is asked; Please enter the ID numbers of the stations that you wish to import. Enter one number per line. Press the RETURN key on an empty line to end import list. As an example, let us select WTVJ and DWRXYTV from the above list. We type; 83 (return) (this is station WTVJ above) 172(return) (this is station DWRXYTV above) (return) (return on an empty line-terminates selection) The program will now ask you if you want to turn clipping off and it will ask you what to do with the results. These questions and options have already been described in choice 1(menu 12) above and in other above sections. Choice 2(menu 13) = Select all NTSC stations from the list into your study. If you select "2" from menu 13, then stations wtvj and wcpxtv will be chosen automatically for you into your study. The program will now ask you if you want to turn clipping off and it will ask you what to do with the results. These questions and options have already been described in above sections. Choice 3(menu 13) = Select all HDTV stations from the list into your study. If you select "2" from menu 13, then station dwrxytv will be chosen automatically for you into your study. The program will now ask you if you want to turn clipping off and it will ask you what to do with the results. These questions and options have already been described in above sections. Choice 4(menu 13) = Select all displayed stations into your study and make one contour of total interference. If you select choice 4 from menu 13, all the listed stations will be selected for your study. The plot will consist of two areas: areas of no interference and areas of interference. There will be no distinction as to who is interfering. There will be only interference or no interference areas with their associated area, population and household numbers. Option 5 makes a distinction between HDTV and NTSC stations in its interference contouring. Choice 5 = Select all displayed stations into your study but make, separate contours for HDTV and NTSC interference. If you select choice 5 from menu 13, all the listed stations will be selected for your study. The plot will consist of three areas: areas of no interference, areas of HDTV interference, and areas of NTSC interference. The area, population and households will be shown in the legend. It is important to note that those areas which have both NTSC and HDTV interference will be shown under the NTSC contour. The HDTV Interference contour shows only the non-duplicated interference introduced by the HDTV stations. This concludes the description of menu 13. We will now return to menu 9 and describe option 3 (State/Regional coverage composite). Option 3(Menu 9) = State/Regional coverage composite Menu 9 = Study options Study options include; 1 = Single HDTV or NTSC station coverage 2 = A reference station interfered by one or more other stations 3 = State/Regional coverage composite 4 = Return to main menu Please enter your choice ( 2) A state or regional coverage map is created by creating a list of station call signs to plot. This list is generated from the FCC and user catalogs by selecting stations from lists generated by user selection criterion. These steps will be described below. You begin by selecting option 3 from the above menu. The next step is to select the states of interest. The program asks; For state number 1,please enter the two letter state abbreviation. Press RETURN without entering to end list. Press :: to Abort, ? to list state abbreviations. 1) State (XX) If you type ? to obtain a list of state abbreviations, the program displays them as shown below. AK = Alaska AL = Alabama AR = Arkansas AZ = Arizona CA = California CO = Colorado CT = Connecticut DC = Washington(DC) DE = Delaware FL = Florida GA = Georgia HI = Hawaii IA = Iowa ID = Idaho IL = Illinois IN = Indiana KS = Kansas KY = Kentucky LA = Louisiana MA = Massachusetts MD = Maryland ME = Maine MI = Michigan MN = Minnesota MO = Missouri MS = Mississippi MT = Montana NC = North Carolina ND = North Dakota NE = Nebraska NH = New Hampshire NJ = New Jersey NM = New Mexico NV = Nevada NY = New York OH = Ohio OK = Oklahoma OR = Oregon PA = Pennsylvania RI = Rhode Island SC = South Carolina SD = South Dakota TN = Tennessee TX = Texas UT = Utah VA = Virginia VT = Vermont WA = Washington(State) WI = Wisconsin WV = West Virginia WY = Wyoming PR = Puerto Rico GU = Guam VI = Virgin Islands AB = Alberta (Ca) BC = British Columbia (Ca) MB = Manitoba(Ca) NB = New Brunswick(Ca) NF = Newfoundland (Ca) NT = Northwest Terratory(Ca) NS = Nova Scotia(Ca) ON = Ontario(Ca) PE = Prince Edward Island(Ca) QU = Quebec(Ca) SA = Saskatchewan YU = Yukon(Ca) BJ = Baja(Mx) CH = Chihuahua(Mx) CL = Coahuila(Mx) NL = Nuevo Leon(Mx) SO = Sonora(Mx) TA = Tamaulipas(Mx) 1) State (XX) CO (as an example, we type CO = Colorado) For state number 2,please enter the two letter state abbreviation. Press RETURN without entering to end list. Press :: to Abort, ? to list state abbreviations. 1) State (XX) You can continue this process until you have generated a list of states of interest. Now we must select stations from the catalogs with the current criterion of limiting the search to the states selected above. The program gives us a running count of the number of stations selected. There are currently 0 stations in your list. The program displays the menu which allows us to modify this selected list. Do you wish to; 1 = Display Current list 2 = Add to Current list 3 = Delete from Current list. 4 = Accept current list. 5 = Zero list and Restart. 6 = Abort and return to main menu. Please enter your choice (Display) 2 As this example shows, we choose to add to the list. There are currently 0 stations in your list. Do you wish to; 1 = Add NTSC stations from your catalog 2 = Add HDTV stations from your catalog 3 = Add NTSC stations from the FCC catalog. 4 = Add HDTV stations from the FCC catalog 5 = Add a station by call sign only. 6 = Return to previous menu without adding. Please enter your choice (Return ) 3 We can select all NTSC stations from the FCC catalog or from our catalog which are in the states selected. We can select all HDTV stations from either catalog, or we can hand enter by call sign the list of stations. In this example, we choose all NTSC stations from the FCC catalog which are in the state of Colorado. As shown below, this is a list of 27 stations. We now must select which of these 27 stations we want in our composite plot. The menu below helps us make this selection. There are currently 27 stations in this list. Please select one of the following choices. Do you wish to; 1 = Display the list. 2 = Select the entire list into your list. 3 = Select from the list by number. 4 = Select from the list by name. 5 = Return to previous menu without selecting. Please enter your choice (Display) 1 In this example, let us display the 27 stations we must select from. This is option 1. The display below is created. NTSC Stations Name City State Chnl Owner Name City State Chnl Owner 427) KTVJ BOULDER CO 14 FCC 429) KBDITV BROOMFIELD CO 12 FCC 431) KWHD CASTLE ROC CO 53 FCC 433) KKTV COLORADO S CO 11 FCC 435) KRDOTV COLORADO S CO 13 FCC 437) KXRMTV COLORADO S CO 21 FCC 439) KWGNTV DENVER CO 2 FCC 441) KCNCTV DENVER CO 4 FCC 443) KRMATV DENVER CO 6 FCC 445) KMGHTV DENVER CO 7 FCC 447) KUSATV DENVER CO 9 FCC 449) KTVD DENVER CO 20 FCC 451) KDVR DENVER CO 31 FCC 453) KRMT DENVER CO 41 FCC 455) KCEC DENVER CO 50 FCC 457) KUBD DENVER CO 59 FCC 459) KREZTV DURANGO CO 6 FCC 461) KFCT FORT COLLI CO 22 FCC 463) KREGTV GLENWOOD S CO 3 FCC 465) KREXTV GRAND JUNC CO 5 FCC 467) KJCT GRAND JUNC CO 8 FCC 469) KDEN LONGMONT CO 25 FCC 471) KREYTV MONTROSE CO 10 FCC 473) KOAATV PUEBLO CO 5 FCC 475) KTSC PUEBLO CO 8 FCC 477) KSBSTV STEAMBOAT CO 24 FCC 479) KTVS STERLING CO 3 FCC There are currently 27 stations in this list. Do you wish to; 1 = Display Current list 2 = Add to Current list 3 = Delete from Current list. 4 = Accept current list. 5 = Zero list and Restart. 6 = Abort and return to main menu. Please enter your choice (Display) 4 We can continue to add, or delete stations by name, catalog id number or type. When we have finally finished our list creation, we select 4 (accept). The program creates a simple composite plot of all these stations. Control then returns to the main menu. Choose from the menu: 0 = Program Description 1 = List stations 2 = Display a station's input data 3 = Add an NTSC or DTV station 4 = Remove a station 5 = Run a study 6 = Quit