[time-nuts] TV Signals as a frequency reference

[Dana Whitlow]

I'e always been curious as to why TV stations did not lock at least
their in-house equipment to the network feed as  a means to avoid
spending money on frame syncs.  Remote coverage, on the other
hand, would of course open a new can of worms.

But compared to the cost of building and powering a TV station and
associated studios etc, a Rb or three cost a mere drop in the bucket
to buy and maintain, so I'm baffled as to why stations in general did
not at use them on a regular basis.

Dana


On Sat, Mar 31, 2018 at 12:43 AM, Hal Murray <hmurray at megapathdsl.net>
wrote:

> > As noted earlier, color burst references were a big deal a long time ago.
>
> Thanks.  I was fishing for something modern, maybe a bit clock out of the
> digital receiver.
>
> I'm assuming that the digital stream is locked to the carrier.  That may
> not
> be correct.
>
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