Has anyone else here seen the bull put out by NTIA on https://www.dtv2009.gov/FAQ.aspx ===================================================== 1. What is the digital television transition?
At midnight on February 17, 2009, all full-power television stations in the United States will stop broadcasting in analog and switch to 100% digital broadcasting. Digital broadcasting promises to provide a clearer picture and more programming options and will free up airwaves for use by emergency responders. ===================================================== "will free up airwaves for use by emergency responders."??? The TV spectrum is being freed up by ANALOG stations and the SAME SPECTRUM will be reused by DIGITAL stations. The only spectrum being freed up by TV for PS use is on the 764 MHz + band. (two TV channels, I believe) and has nothing to do with a transition to digital. The same could have been achieved by simply moving those analog stations to other channels. 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? I would like to apply the same to 2M to get more spectrum out of it. If I take my 16 kHz analog signal and make it 16 kHz digital, will we be able to fit more repeaters in the band? (aside from the fact most will have no users) Joe M.
