At 1/5/2008 22:02, you wrote: >Has anyone else here seen the bull put out by NTIA on ><https://www.dtv2009.gov/FAQ.aspx>https://www.dtv2009.gov/FAQ.aspx >===================================================== >1. What is the digital television transition?
>An analog allocation is 6 MHz. A digital allocation is 6 MHz. >How is digital saving spectrum? > >As there are some broadcast types here, maybe someone can explain the >technology used where X analog stations using 6 MHz each will be more >efficient by the same number of stations using 6 MHz each. Is this that >new math they are using? While a DTV signal uses the same bandwidth, several "channels" can be carried on one signal (I think they used to call this a channel "bouquet", don't know if the term is still in use). So we will end up with the same amount of spectrum used for TV but with many more channels. Bob NO6B
