UHF Digital TV Radio Propagation Measurements: Fixed Reception Coverage Studies

This paper presents the results of a extensive measurement campaign used to address the coverage study for a UHF signal to be used on the deployment of digital TV reception in Brazil. An experimental measurement setup was assembled and the received signal from a transmitter installed on the roof top of a 70 meter height building was measured in several points of the test environment. The results were compared with the most used coverage models and have shown which one of them presented the best behavior. Also the effect of antenna height was studies and compared with prediction models. This will allow better implementation of the foreseeing digital TV systems.