The improved digital signal will still be much lower power than the old analogue.

The old analogue transmitter was 1MW (one MegaWatt, or one million Watts) radiated power. The six new digital signals from Crystal Palace are listed as 200kW (200 thousand Watts). The six old digital signals (pre analogue switch off and digital retune) were 20kW.

So, digital power goes up, yes. In comparison to analogue, it's still less.

The power isn't the important thing with a digital signal though, it's the quality of the digital data received that makes the difference.

This post was last modified: 18-04-2012 08:25 PM by jollyrog.