Ditching Cable Television

[Rhianne]

No TW, that's not what I meant at all. I was referring to the range of frequencies that the digital signal is transmitted on, not the width of the channel. Should I get all technical? I have no working knowledge of the system changes in the US so perhaps I should have refrained from posting here.

I'm not a salesman.

[classicman]

Hi Rhianne - just make sure there are no WMD's in your antenna and you should be fine.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Rhianne

I was referring to the range of frequencies that the digital signal is transmitted on, not the width of the channel. Should I get all technical?

Yes. Making statements without the always required reasons why and numbers means the statement is probably hearsay. And that was why I was shocked when so many knew Saddam had WMDs. They *knew* without first learning 'always required' technical reasons why and the numbers.

The old analog system had channels 2 through 82. With digital, all frequencies above channel 69 were removed. Later channels 53 through 69 were removed.

Remember a recent FCC auction for the 700 Mhz band to cell phones and for a national safety system band? Newspaper reporters mostly had so much contempt for facts as to not report where that spectrum was coming from. That was channels 53 through 69 being removed from commercial TV use.

Digital stations operate on the same bandwidth per channel. Number of TV channels (frequencies) have been reduced from 81 to 51 channels.

Always first learn the numbers. Always have the technicals.

There is no digital antenna. The antennas no longer have to coveer the 700 Mhz and 800 Hhz frequency bands. Most digital stations are broadcasting in the 500 and 600 Mhz band.

Some stations (ie Philadelphia's Channel 6) stupidly stayed on their original frequency - 83 Mhz. So an antenna designed for 500 and 600 Mhz (most all other stations) must also include another design for 83 Mhz. So many had problems getting Channel 6 when the transistion finished.

[Rhianne]

Originally Posted by Rhianne

I have no working knowledge of the system changes in the US so perhaps I should have refrained from posting here.

[Clodfobble]

Don't let tw bum you out, Rhianne. He's just tw.

[skysidhe]

No, you should post here Rhianne. I like reading peoples posts.
Take TW with a grain of salt.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Or without the salt.

[skysidhe]

Or Mrs. Dash

[xoxoxoBruce]

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[skysidhe]

I like to do Mrs. Dash this way,,,,,

[tw]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Don't let tw bum you out, Rhianne. He's just tw.

And god damn, motherfucking, piss ass, honest. That means numbers.

There is no digital antenna. Salesman who sold a 'digital antenna' deserves to be hung from his balls. But we let bin Laden and pedophile priests go free. And did nothing. That's the softer side of tw.

[tw]

Originally Posted by Rhianne

I have no working knowledge of the system changes in the US so perhaps I should have refrained from posting here.

And, as noted earlier, the US uses a standard different from the rest of the world because a 1997 US Congress wanted to protect Zenith. Welfare to corporations resulted in a system not as robust as what exists elsewhere.

[classicman]

Put down the bottle, log off and go to bed.