§ 8-9. Operational standards.

The CATV system shall be installed and maintained in accordance with the highest and best accepted standards of the industry to the effect that subscribers shall receive the highest possible level of service. In determining the satisfactory extent of such standards the following among others shall be considered.

(a)

The system should be installed using all band equipment capable of passing the entire UHF and FM spectrum, and it shall have the capability of converting UHF for distribution to subscribers on the UHF band.

(b)

The system as installed shall be capable of passing standard color TV signals without the introduction of material degradation on color fidelity and intelligibility.

(c)

The system and all equipment shall be designed and rated for twenty-four (24) hour per day continuous operation.

(d)

The system shall provide a nominal signal level of two thousand (2,000) microvolts, measured across three hundred (300) ohms, at the input terminals of each television receiver.

(e)

The system signal-to-noise ratio shall be not less than forty (40) decibels.

(f)

Hum modulation of the picture signal shall be less than five percent (5%).

(g)

The system shall employ components having a VSWR of 1.4 or less.

(Ord. No. 1068 § 25.)