I am not sure what this thread has to do with repeaters, but here goes. I found a list of my local stations with their digital "channel" numbers and the actual RF channel s they are transmitting on. You will find from this list that one has nothing to do with the other in most cases. I hope this solves the confusion!
Source http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/ for Zip 33414 Callsign - Virtual Chan - RF Chan WFLX - 29-1 - 28 WPEC - 12-1 - 13 WPXP - 67-1 - 36 WPTV - 5-1 - 12 WXEL - 42-1 - 27 WFGC - 61-1 - 49 WTCE - 21-1 - 38 WPBF - 25-1 - 16 WFOR - 4-1 - 22 WPBT - 2-1 - 18 WTVJ - 6-1 - 31 As you can see the digital stations are not at the same Freq, some are way off. Most of the VHF low stations moved to UHF so "6 is not really 6" (don't have a 7 here), and yes you read right, 12 went to 13 and 5 went to 12... dont ask!! Just my 2c YMMV - Rob - KS4EC --- In [email protected], "Paul Plack" <pl...@...> wrote: > > Jim, > > You might want to "READ IT AGAIN" yourself. Here's where the misunderstanding started. > > John wrote that if the digital is on a very different frequency, reception may be different. Your response was that if your antenna worked on one, it should work on the other, "Period." You appeared to have a misunderstanding. Don't get mad at people who try to help. That's kinda why this place exists. > > Quoted below for your convenience. > > Perhaps now we can all move on. > > 73, > Paul, AE4KR > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: wd8chl > To: [email protected] > Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 7:10 AM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV *really* work > > > JOHN MACKEY wrote: > > If the digital is on a very different frequency, then the frequency > > change is a reason why digital reception may be problematic. For > > example, if you are using a VHF antenna to try to receive > > a UHF digital signal, that will be problematic. > > 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. >
