On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 2:09 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks very much for the comments, Steve! Interesting that we'll lose > stations when the UHF to VHF transition takes place. > > How do you tell, before you purchase, which antenna will give you the most > "gain"? > > We'll have to look into the Channel Master 4228. Baltimore has a Channel 2, > but we don't watch it much. The channel I'm currently trying to get, that I > have lost except for the one TV with the Comcast box, is WETA, Channel 26, > from Washington, DC. We're in Baltimore, so I can - sort of - understand > that it's hard to receive. But it's on the list of stations we should be > receiving, but are not. > > Digital Channel 2 isn't on 2 it is on 38 according to Antennaweb.org. The channels numbers will be a legacy of the good old days that carry on even if they have nothing to do with the actual location of the channel. The boxes are now smart enough to call a station on channel 38 channel 2. The antennas only claim down to 7 because 2-6 is a separate band of frequencies right below the FM band that is to be removed from the other current VHF frequencies. You can get the audio for channel 6 on the low low end of the FM dial for the old analog transmitters. You can do this when you get near Philadelphia until the change over anyhow. < http://www.satelliteguys.us/directv-forum/103327-ota-digital-channel-assignments.html > -- John Duncan Yoyo -------------------------------o) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
