03-07-80 v AGENDA
CITY OF ATLANTIC BEACH, FLORIDA
March 7, 1980
Call to Order
Invocation and Pledge to Flag
1. Approval of the Minutes of February 11, 1980
2. Recognition of Visitors
3. Correspondence
4. Advisory Planning Board
A. Meeting of March 4, 1980 re Jim Pastore representing Johann Enterprises
5. City Manager's Report
6. New Business
A. Community Presbyterian Church re Day Care Kindergarten
B. Authorization to execute contract with Department of Community Affairs
on Planning Act
7. Unfinished Business
8. Report of Committees
9. Action on Resolutions
A. Resolution #80-2 - Action of CATV Board
10. Action on Ordinances
11. Miscellaneous Business
12. ADJOURN
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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE ATLANTIC BEACH CITY
COMMISSION HELD AT THE CITY HALL ON MARCH 10,1980 AT 8:00PM V V
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PRESENT: William S. Howell, Mayor-Commissioner T T
Alan C. Jensen E E
James E. Mhoon D D
L. W. Minton, Jr.
Catherine G. Van Ness, Commissioners
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AND: Bill M. Davis, City Manager 0 E
Oliver C. Ball, City Attorney T C
Adelaide R. Tucker, City Clerk I 0 Y
NAME OF ONEN
COMMRS. N D S 0
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Howell. The invocation,
offered by Commissioner Minton, was followed by the pledge to the flag.
Approval of the Minutes of February 25, 1980
Jensen x x
Motion: The Minutes of the Regular Commission Meeting of February Mhoon x
25, 1980 be approved as submitted. Minton
Van Ness x x
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Advisory Planning Board
A. Meeting of March 4, 1980 re Jim Pastore representing Johann Enterprises
Commissioner Van Ness reported that the Advisory Planning Board had
met on March 4, 1980 and approved the plans submitted by Jim Pastore
representing Johann Enterprises.
Motion: Accept the Advisory Planning Board's recommendation and Jensen x
send the plans for a PUD application submitted by Jim Mhoon x
Pastore representing Johann Enterprises to a Public Hear- Minton 4 x
ing. Van Ness x x
Public Hearing was set for April 14, 1980 Howell x
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City Manager's Report
Mr. Davis reported that the City had been successful in securing a
garbage truck under the City of Jacksonville Bid that resulted in
an approximate savings of $5,000, and the truck was ordered. He also
advised that the five police cars have been delivered.
New Business
A. Community Presbyterian Church re Day Care Kindergarten
Mr. Davis read a letter from the Community Presbyterian Church
requesting a zoning variance for Community Presbyterian Church
Kindergarten from church kindergarten to day-care kindergarten. The
Mayor stated that only approval of the Commission was required.
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MINUTES Names of
MARCH 10, 1980 Commr s. M S Y N
New Business - continued
Jensen x x
Motion: Request be approved subject to the approval and final Mhoon x
licensing of the Florida Department of Health and Minton x
Rehabilitative Services. Van Ness x x
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B. Authorization to execute contract with Department of Community
Affairs on Planning Act
Mayor Howell advised receipt of a request for authorization to
execute the contract with the Department of Community Affairs.
This is a grant award of $7,475 under the State's Local Government
Comprehensive Planning Assistance Program. .
Jensen x
Motion: The Mayor and City Manager be authorized to sign the Mhoon x x
contract with the Department of Community Affairs. Minton x
Van Ness x x
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Action on Resolutions I 1
A. Resolution No.80-2 - Action on CATV Board
Mayor Howell presented and read in full Resolution No. 80-2,
a Resolution authorizing the Jacksonville Beaches CATV Board to r
award a non-exclusive= franchise to construct and operate a cable
television system within the City to Cox Cable of Jacksonville
Beaches, Inc.
Jensen x
Motion: Passage of said Resolution. Copy of Resolution No.80 Mhoon x
is attached hereto and made a part hereof. Minton x x
Van Ness x x
Before the vote was taken, the Chair recognized Mr. Fred Ahern, Jr. Howell x
representing Beach Telecable, Inc. . Mr. Ahern submitted a petition
to the Commission that was addressed to the CATV Board of The
Jacksonville Beaches for a rehearing of the matters heard at the
meeting of the CATV Board held in Neptune Beach City Hall on
February 28, 1980. A discussion followed on their request to throw
out the Cox Cable proposal, due to the fact Cox had offered a 54
channel that is not presently in production. Mayor Howell read a
telegram from Jerrold Electronics Corp. received on March 10,1980
stating that 400 MHZ (54 channel equipment) is in production today
and available for delivery. The Mayor instructed the City Clerk
to file the telegram for record. Mayor Howell then heartily recom-
mended to the Commission that they follow the recommendation of
the CATV Board and pass the Resolution. The question was put to
vote and carried unanimously.
There being no further business, the M. . .-c a •d the eetin_
adjourned.
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March 10, 1980
CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
We have been successful in securing a garbage truck under City of
Jacksonville Bid No. 8604-79/80 that will result in an approximate
savings of $5,000, and I have so ordered the garbage truck. It
comes equipped with a Loadmaster garbage section, a Caterpillar diesel
engine, and Allison automatic transmission. The combination should
result in an increase in mileage from 3.1 mpg to approximately 11 mpg.
The five police cars have been delivered and are currently being
outfitted to the standards of the Atlantic Beach Police Department.
Resp fully submitt-.
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City Manager
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WILLIAM S. HOWELL JAMES E. MHOON ALAN C. JENSEN L. W. MINTON, JR. CATHERINE G. VAN NESS
Mayor-Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner
BILL M. DAVIS OLIVER C BALL MRS. ADELAIDE R. TUCKER CARL STUCKI RICHARD HILLIARD
City Manager City Attorney City Clerk-Treasurer-Comptroller Chief of Police Director of Public Works
and Fire Department
RESOLUTION NO. 80-2
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE JACKSONVILLE
BEACHES CATV BOARD TO AWARD A NON-EXCLUSIVE
FRANCHISE TO CONSTRUCT AND OPERATE A CABLE
TELEVISION SYSTEM WITHIN THE CITY TO COX
CABLE OF JACKSONVILLE BEACHES, INC.
WHEREAS, the Jacksonville Beaches CATV Board (hereafter "Board")
was created by the Cities of Atlantic Beach, Jacksonville Beach and Neptune
Beach in an Interlocal Agreement dated March 12, 1979; and
WHEREAS, Resolution No. 79-3 dated February 26, 1979, and said
Interlocal Agreement imposed certain obligations upon the Board with
respect to conducting public hearings for the original issuance of franchises
as well as negotiating and approving a franchise agreement and recommending a
grantee for said franchise; and
WHEREAS, the Board has conducted numerous public hearings, employed
a professional consultant to assist it in the performance of its duties,
utilized to the fullest extent the assistance and staff of the City Manager
of Jacksonville Beach, devoted countless hours investigating and thoroughly
studying the entire matter and negotiated extensively with a number of qualified
applicants; and
WHEREAS, by resolution adopted February 28, 1980, the Board recommended
that it be authorized to enter into a cable television agreement with Cox Cable
of Jacksonville Beaches, Inc. , a copy of which resolution is attached hereto
and hereby made a part hereof,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Jacksonville Beaches CATV
Board be and the same hereby is authorized, pursuant to said agreement and
resolution, to enter into a cable television franchise agreemwnt with Cox
Cable of Jacksonville Beaches, Inc.
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Passed by the City Commission March 10, 1980
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PETITION TO CATV BOARD OF THE JACKSONVILLE BEACHES
FOR REHEARING
COMES NOW, BEACH TELECABLE, INC. , by and through its
undersigned attorneys and moves the Honorable Members of the
CATV Board of Jacksonville Beach, Florida, to grant to BEACH
TELECABLE, INC. , a rehearing of the matters heard at the meeting
of the CATV Board held in the Council Chambers of the City of
Neptune Beach, Florida, on February 28 , 1980.
IN SUPPORT OF THIS MOTION your. Petitioner would
show:
1 . That your Petitioner is entitled to a rehearing
as herein prayed for under the provisions of Chapter 120 .57 (2) (a) (2) ,
(portions of the Florida Administrative Procedures Act) ; that the
Florida Administrative Procedures Act is applicable to this matter
because the CATV Board is an agency specifically affected and
regulated by and subject to the provisions of the Florida Adminis-
trative Procedures Act .
2. Your Petitioner would show that the written proposal
of COX CABLE OF JACKSONVILLE BEACHES, INC. (hereinafter referred
to as "Cox Cable") , dated February 26 , 1980 , which as acted upon
by the CATV Board on February 28 , 1980 , was inconsistent with the
provisions of Mr. Wayne Bowers ' letter of February 8 , 1980 (see
Exhibit "A" attached hereto) and in that said letter of Cox Cable
and its presentation at the hearing on February 26 , 1980 , exceeded
the CATV Board' s expressed limitations on what proposals would
be considered at its February 26 , 1980 meeting; that your Petitioner
called this matter to the attention of the CATV Board by letter
dated February 27 , 1980 (see Exhibit "B" attached hereto) but
that noneL .c1es , the CATV Board 7roceeaed to consider the letter
of Cox Cable , dated February 26 , 1980 , and the presentation made
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substantive and procedural , under the Constitutions of the State
of Florida and the United States of America.
3. Your Petitioner would further allege that the
proposal of Cox Cable dated. February 26 , 1980 , which was acted
upon favorably by the CATV Board on February 28 , 1980 , involves
a substantial additional capital expenditure and outlay, going
far beyond the expenditure and outlay contemplated in and by
all of the said documents and proposals prepared by the CATV
Board; and that the CATV Board, in violation of its own consultant 's
report and standards , failed to take into consideration the said
additional expenditures and capital outlay, and failed further
to consider how the same might cause subscriber rates to be
affected in the future, substantially higher than estimated. The
problem of an over-estimation of revenue or an under-estimation
of costs "should be assessed in advance , since it will effect
the evaluation of that application in relation to the others
whose forecasts, may be more realistic" . (Refer to Evaluation
of Cable Television Franchise Applications report at page 22. )
Your Petitioner alleges that such failure to consider the
significantly greater expenditures and outlays of Cox Cable was
an unfair, unreasonable and arbitrary act. Your Petitioner alleges
that such action constitutes an unfair, unreasonable and arbitrary
action on the part of the CATV Board, that it denied your Petitioner
its rights of due process , both substantive and procedural , under
the Constitutions of the State of Florida and the United States
of America.
4 . Your Petitioner further alleges that because of
certain statements read into the record by members of the CATV
Board concerning the availab::_?ity of all component units of the
400 MHz - 52 Channel capacity cable television system, that in
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however, your Petitioner has information from major suppliers
of cable television equipment that shipment of 400 MHz - 52
Channel capacity cable television system equipment will depend
upon the availability of certain Hybrids from the Hybrid
Manufacturers and that these Hybl._us are now available only in
miniscule samples and that the failure, therefore , of the use
thereof is indeterminate. (See "xhib.L.t "C'' attached hereto,
copy of trade letter from C-Cor Elect. ) Further, your Petitioner
attaches to this Petition, as Exhibit "D" , a copy of a telegram
from Jerrold Electronics Corporation , which said Exhibit "D"
refers generally to the availability of 400 MHz - 52 Channel
capacity cable television equipment, and your Petitioner quotes
from that telegram:
"To summarize, we feel we are in a position
to know current industry developments on a
daily basis by virtue of our contact with
the integrated circuit suppliers . Although
we are aware that 52 Channel systems are under
development by other amplifier manufacturers ,
we are aware of none currently in production
at this time. "
Your Petitioner, therefore, alleges that the CATV Board acted at
its February 28 , 1980 meeting upon assumtions of fact, however
innocently arrived at, which said assumptions of fact; were
incorrect and untrue , material and significant assumptions of
fact, and which said assumptions were materially relied upon by
the CATV Board at its meeting of February 28 , 1980 ; and that,
therefore , your Petitioner is entitled in equity , under the Florida
Administrative Procedures Act, and under its rights to due process
of law under the Constitutions of the State of Florida and of
the United States of America to a rehearing in this matter and
an opportunity at said rehearing to bring to the attention of
this board what your Petitioner in good faith and verily believes
to be the correct facts concerning the present availability of
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February 8 , 1980
CERTIFIED MAIL - RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED
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Mr. J. T. Hendricks, Vice President
Beach Telecable, Inc.
25 South 2nd- Street
Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250
Dear Mr. Hendricks :
The Jacksonville-Beaches CATV Board has requested that I contact
you in writing concerning additional information and clarifica-
tion of your proposal to provide cJ,ole television service in the
Jacksonville Beaches area. Since you were at the Board ' s meeting
of February 5, 1980, you are generally aware of the objectives of
the Board in obtaining this information. The Board requests spe-
cifically that you respond with a written report of no more than
ten (10) pages . This report should include no written appendix,
but maps or charts can be included that may be necessary to ex-
plain any part of the basic written material. The Board desires
your response to the questions and comments contained in this
letter. The Board is not seeking new information on items not
covered in this request. You may, however, include new material
tf necessary to comply with a request made by the Board in these
questions and comments . Also, please note any changes in your
original proposal which may be required 1-.o make your initial pro-
posal consistent with this addendum. The original proposal sub-
mitted by you in September and this additional report will toget-
her constitute your plan of service for the Jacksonville Beaches .
The following questions and comments are grouped to facilitate
your responses in a concise manner:
I. - Programming.
The Board will requ? re that any system provide the fol-
lowing basic signal carriage and channel uses :
All Jacksonville television stations ,
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Mr. J . T . HendricKs -2- February 8 , 1980
Cable Satellite Public Affairs Network,
Entertainrent and Sporrs Programming Network,
Satellite Program Network ,
Thursday Baseball ,
UPI Newstime ,
Home Box Office ,
Home Box Office Take-2 ,
Financial News ,
National News ,
Radar Weather,
Local Origination,
Please confirm that your company plans to offer these basic sig-
nals . In addition , the Board requires as a minimum that other pro-
gramming be offered as follows :
WUFT - Gainesville ,
Calliope ,
Hospital Access ,
Free Movie Channel .
Please state whether your company will provide each of these sig-
nals . The Board also will require the franchisee to provide a
network fill capability to provide network programs to subscrib-
ers when the local stations pre-emnt a particular network program.
Please indicate or confirm whethe - you propose to provide this
capability. If you do intend to provide network fill , briefly
explain how this system will work and the anticipated quality of
the signals which will be imported to provide this capability.
2. Access Facilities .
After a specified period of studio time you propose a
fee schedule for non-commercial users of production
equipment and facilities . Do you feel that these charges
will discourage use of the facilities and , if so , how
will this be overcome in order to encourage the broadest
use of the access channels? Briefly state your company ' s
level of conmiitment to use of the access channels by local
public groups . Wha` will be the major duties of your
local origination staff? In the use of the governmental
acc _ss channel , how will governmental users be treated--
spezifically, will all three (3) municipal governments be
treated as a single entity or will Pach he !"Yranred sennr-
Mr. J . T . Hendrick._ February 8 , 1980
usual business hours to receive complaints and provide
customer service. Confirm that your company intends to
establish such an office.
4 . Underground Construction.
The Jacksonville Beaches Cable Television Ordinance re-
quires the installation of underground lines in those
sections of the Cities where existing utilities are under-
ground at the time of installation of the television
cables . The Board has clarified this provision to clear-
ly include the requirement that the cable television com-
pany. provide underground services in those areas of the
Cities where overhead distribution with underground ser-
vices now exist . In addition, the Board will require
that the cable television lines be placed underground in
the street right-of-way in those areas where the electric
utility now is serving customers overhead from rear lot
easements . You should also be a-aare that it is a stated
policy of the Jacksonville Beach Electric Department to
convert completely to underground distribution in those
areas of Jacksonville Beach and Neptune Beach within three
(3) blocks of the ocean. Please acknowledge your company' s
• understanding of these clarifications to the underground
construction requirements . If these procedures change
your anticipated amount of underground construction or any
other section of your application, summarize what these
changes will be. If one o:- more Cities desire underground
. construction in an area where it is not required, would
your company be agreeable to honoring such a request? If
so, under what conditions would you undertake this under-
ground construction?
5 . Construction Schedule.
During the entire franchising process , the Board has placed
significant importance on the schedule for completing con-
struction of the cable television system. To demonstrate
the importance of the construction schedule, the Board in-
tends to impose a penalty clause providing for a penalty of
$750 per day for inability to meet the stated construction
schedule, but in thi-. clause an inclement weather provision
shall be incorporated. In your proposal , you stated that
the entire Jacksonville Beaches system would be completed
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construction. The Ordinance requires that service be
made available to all areas with fifty (50) or more
dwelling units per street mile. What is the position
of your company on extending service beyond this require-
ment?
6 . Rate Guarantee.
The Jacksonville Beaches Cable Television Ordinance re-
quires that the initial cable television rates shall not
be .increased until system construction has been completed.
• Does your company propose to guarantee rates beyond this
minimum time period? If = ), explain the length of time
and the details of your rate guarantee.
7 . Franchise Fees .
The CATV Board and the three (3) Cities will incur cer-
tain regulatory costs during the first year after grant-
ing a cable television franchise . These costs will not
be off-set by franchise fees until late in the first
year based on current construction schedules . The Board
desires that the successful franchise applicant make an
advance payment of franchise fees up .to $6 , 000 to cover
these regulation expenses . Payments made in advance
would be credited to future franchise fee payments due
the Cities . State your company ' s position on providing
an initial franchise fee advance.
Ten (10) copies of your report should be delivered in person to
the Chairman of the Board at the meeting scheduled for Tuesday,
February 26 , 1980 , at 7 : 00 PM, in the Council Chambers of the Nep-
tune Beach City Hall . You should be prepared to make a verbal pre-
sentation of your report not exceeding fifteen (15) minutes at that
time. Your representative should also be prepared to answer ques-
tions on your report by members of the Board . The Board requires
that no additional or advance information be sent prior to your pre-
sentation of the report on February 26 , 1980 . Any request for
clarification of this letter must be placed in writing and presented
to me prior to February 19 , 1980 .
On behalf of the Board, to thank you in advance for
providing ths information ar'l clarf:.cation report. Your coopera-
tion throughout the franchising p..ucess has been appreciated.
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TELECABLF CORPORATION
25 South Second Street
Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250
February 27 , 1980
The Honorable John H. Futch
Mayor of Neptune Beach
City Hall
Neptune Beach, Florida 32233
The Honorable Billy Howell
flavor of Atlantic Beach
City Hall
Atlantic Peach, Florida 32233 HAND DELIVERY
The Honorable Guy R. Craig
Mayor of Jacksonville Beach
City Hall
Jacksonville Beach , Florida 32250
Dear Mayor Futch :
Beach TeleCable wishes to call to your attention the
fact that Cox Cable ' s presentation at the February 26, 1980 ,
Jacksonville Beaches CATV Board meeting was inconsistent with
the provisions of Mr. Bowers ' letter of February 8 , 1980 . Cox
materially changed their original proposal on items not covered
in Mr. Bowers ' request by now offering to build a 54 channel
capacity system with fully activated two-way capability. Neither
of these technical characteristics was included in their original
bid.
It should be pointed out that Beach TeleCable 's system
as originally designed provided for 45 channel capacity and is
a fully activated two-way stystem. Sinc:?. our orininal design
anticipated the development of 45 channel amplifying equipment
as stated in Section M-8 of our proposal, no change and no increase
in cost need be made to our bid. A 45 channel canacity by the
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It was our understanding of the Board 's ground rules
expressed in Nr. Bowers ' letter of February 8 , 1980 , that we
were to respond only to the points raised in that letter and
that the Board was not seeking new information as proposals on
items not covered in that letter. We write this letter solely
to advise you that in our opinion, Cox went outside and beyond
the bidding framework.
Sincerely yours ,
BEACH TELFCARLE, INC.
James T. F endri cks
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Dear Operator:
C-CGR has just announced the availability of 4C0 rtz equiprert. Our nears
release is given below In its entirety.
State Co1le ;e, PA -- Jars R. Fairer, President of
_ C.COR Electronics, Inc. announced that C-CDR is accepting
orders for 40 lift equipment now.
C-COR's 400 MHz equlpr nt will incluude trunk aacli-
Hers with an operational spacing of 22 r' and distribu-
tion an ,lifiers sirlilar in configuration to C-COR's D-560
series with a bandpass of 54-400 Keir.
This egt:iprient will have two-way capability and the
reverse system wits have a bandpass of 5-30 MHz. Ali main
line passives will have a frequency response for 5 to 400
MHz.
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Shipment of the equipment will depend upon the avail-
ability of 400 kHz hybrids from the hybrid rsanufacturers.
✓' The ptrforrance of the equiprent will be a function of
those hybrids.
Further details concerning the C-COR 400 KHz equiprent
. - will be available at the WCTA Convention in Dallas, Texas
May 18 -- 21 , 1980.
Our advertising agency wouldn't let me say all that I wanted to way about 400
Meter in the above radia release. rarer, since this is a letter with a
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gu --- albeit with zor. restr+r'nt.
{ There have been ;ao reports on '+00 #t t4 operation. One is the published paper
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IEEE Ttar.sact io On Cable Tetrvltlnn whtth s nu ear of vnu haus rsnuwtt0t(
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discussisn, which 1 would a,•,u enc;„er t�rrp��+`. ' ciupv ptrfcrrance. Tl;c
key to .atisfactory p rforr. nce Is the drastic rcd,.rtion of cascade. Qubiirrfi
from Switzer
Now do we handle the loading probler.77
1. We reduce the nu-ter of amplifiers in cascade.
Our present design snecifleatlorr Is thet 80t of our
• subscribers will be served by no pore than E trun4: *moli-
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furs, one bridyer arpiifier end two line extender ?moll-
, fieri in cascade. The rtaxirvm rr:pi 1f ler ct+scede to tiny
subscriber will be 12 trunk arTlI flers, one bridger and
two line extenders. Although the drt.torttkn intrndkiced
in each amplifier may bE somewhat gree,ter with the ad-
ditionai loading, the total cumulative distortion will
be no grater than that in present 25.35 cascaded a► ►11-
fler systems operating with fewer charnels.
With only 8 amplifiers normally end t2 amplifiers rot imam In your trunk cascade
spaced at 22 d (or 21 dB rraidng rl!owancc for diplex filters) at OD MMr,
trunk react, is doing to be half or less than current practice et 300 mitt. If
the linear distance is half, the area covered by a given hub or entenne site
exert be one-quarter. Therefore, be prepared to provide for at least four
tures as rtl ry hubs es you here been providing at 300 lift. if you were stretch-
ing it at 300 MHz you had better prepare for even more hubs than four tins
• as many.
Whet about NFC? It would be ttrprattfeel to consider 400 Writ system without
IRC. However, even with HFC which tero beats the carriers there Is a phe-
. norena of the 15.7 kH; side bends that are not harrnnically reiatece end cause r”
a beat pin-up. The third order Intermodu1:,t c,n components of these side bands
are expeeted to be at higher energy levels than conventional cross e++X+dulption
distortion. This was discussed by Jeffers it the SCTE meeting in Phoenix on r.
February 4, 1980.
Our taanufactur€ of 400 Mr cgulpnent is, of course, dependent upon the avail-
ability 0f the hybrids. At the present tir+e both TRW and Motorola are planning
to supply 17 d6 gain blocks scxmetire In the future. The future Is en indeter-
sat+iste heft for these manufacturers even with 30D t'9z !tens in sone configure-
tions s.a we are Laking the position of promising delivery of 4i0 MM: equipment
based on the delivery to us of ti ;! hybr`*,ls. Furthermore, there is ho announced
pians far a 400 i;z 53 db gate bl.,ck n='rded ,'or sone bridpar erg line extender
applications. We ,x111 provide a line extender in ot~r D-5D1 configuration that fit.
utttires two hybrtls. However, the brh ger function that requires a 33 dP gain
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