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The OP link is a blog post, which includes links out to the primary resources (much more in depth than the BPS landing page). The video is a byproduct of my con
by geerlingguy 2y ago
The OP link is a blog post, which includes links out to the primary resources (much more in depth than the BPS landing page). The video is a byproduct of my conversations at NAB, and both are just preliminary... I've been working on a more in depth look at GPS and BPS (and other alternatives).
- kristopolous 2y agoI'm fighting through a cold so granted my reading comprehension is way down but at least in my diminished state I was reading through that and was baffled ... I'm sure the average reader who deals with broadcast signal electronics knows what's going on here but I just walked away from it confused. It looks like terrestrial broadcasters sending out time codes for triangulation?
- gblargg 2y agoI was amazed to not even find a Wikipedia article about BPS.
- kristopolous 2y agoI'm guessing the long term vision is phones and cars will receive broadcast television because traditional TVs are usually pretty stationary objects? It sounds like a hail mary. How many people use the fm radio transceivers in their smartphone? Maybe it's a total re-imagining of what to do with high power terrestrial band broadcasting?
- geerlingguy 2y agoOr a way to try to preserve ownership of some spectrum. IMO it may follow the same route as HD Radio adoption.
- kristopolous 2y agoI have that in my Hyundai Kona. It's fascinating to hear what's on those stations. I can't imagine simultaneous listenership numbers ever breaking 100. Every time I show someone I first have to introduce the concept of it existing. And these are technical people.
- eMPee584 2y agoquick, call in wiki support & take cover!