What channel are they actually on? Joe M.
Gerald Pelnar wrote: > There was a problem in Florida with this. Channel 6 analog moved to UHF DTV > and kept channel 6-1. the new channel 6 DTV apparently put themselves up as > 6-1 (supposed to be a UHF channel number). Confused a lot of receivers for a > while. > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Gerald Pelnar > McPherson, Ks > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Joe" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 8:42 AM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV *really* work > > >> Only if they are on RF channel 7 after the switch. Some stations wanted >> to keep their identity, such as "Channel 2, New York City". When they >> switch to HDTV they may call themselves "Channel 2-1" but their RF >> frequency may be 33 or something else. Their Virtual Channel will be >> 2-1, but the RF channel will be 33-1. >> >> For example, your channel 5 WEWS analog will be going to RF channel >> 15. They will continue to use the Virtual Channel number 5-1 for >> identification. Look at: >> <http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/> >> and plug in your Zip Code. >> >> Can the FCC make this just a little more confusing? >> >> 73, Joe, K1ike >> >> >> wd8chl wrote: >>> I should be able to use any normal TV antenna. If it works on analog Ch >>> 7, for instance, it should work on digital ch 7. Period. If it doesn't, >>> there is something inherently wrong with the medium. >>> Again, RF is RF. The antenna doesn't care how it's modulated. >>> >> >> >> >> ------------------------------------ >> >> >> >> Yahoo! Groups Links >> >> >> >> > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
