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