Simo-transmit systems... A solution to wide area coverage

Abstract

A small but significant number of simulcast systems now exist and have been operational for some time. While the basic concept is not really new, the applications of it are. System designers were faced with a promising technique which was backed by some promising theory, but very little proven performance. Therefore the first system designs were understandably both cautious and conservative. Through experience gained from these existing systems, larger, higher performance and more sophisticated systems are now being made operational. Caution and care have not been abandoned, but rather are now focused in the now better known and understood problem areas. These areas have been distilled to a point where they can be categorized and predicted with reasonable certainty. Of equal importance some anticipated problems failed to materialize as problems and actually turned out to be blessings in disguise.