There will still be TV channels 2-6 on DTV. There is a Channel 2 in Harrisburg, PA. It's not as if Broadcast is going to give up that spectrum.
Besides, it's fun to "DX TV stations", and is a good beacon system to tell you when the band is up. Joe M. Ray_Vaughan_99 wrote: > --- In Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com, Mike Morris WA6ILQ > <wa6...@...> wrote: > >> But for the first time in my lifetime 6m will get >> better - channels 2, 4, and 5 are going off the >> air (until the FCC sells that spectrum). > > Or some new stations take over that spectrum. I think it's stupid > that we will be one of the last countries to try to do TV on lowband. > We'll forever still need 3 band TV antennas. The rest of the world > gave up on lowband TV because of ducting.