It really does not matter what channel they are on as the tv's or converter boxes scan for all possible channels when you install them.
plug and play. tom > [Original Message] > From: MCH <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 3/6/2009 10:33:52 PM > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV *really* work > > You know, I was doubting the arguments posed by the government, but I'm > starting to think they were right. It's just too much for the consumer > to grasp DTV as it currently sits. I mean, if a *technical* bunch like > this can't understand how a "channel 2" station can be on "RF channel > 25", what hope is there for the consumer? Maybe it should be postponed > indefinitely until the stations all get their original channels back or > they simply change they logo from "Channel 2" to "Channel 25" and forget > this alias "XX-Y" channel format. > > Joe M. > > Ken Decker wrote: > > Good grief folks, how difficult is this? > > > > Checkout the website site below. For example: in San Diego it shows > > KPBS as channel 15-1. Click on the call letters. It shows channel 15, > > the former analog channel and what it still is identified as.. Then it > > shows (RF 30), that's the channel it's on in the digital transition, but > > it identifies as Channel 15-1. > > > > The nice map also shows where the transmitter is located and a > > engineering "SWAG" as to the signal level to expect. > > > > > > The Digital TV Transition: DTV Reception Maps > > > > http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/ > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* JOHN MACKEY <mailto:[email protected]> > > *To:* [email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]> > > *Sent:* Friday, March 06, 2009 12:41 PM > > *Subject:* Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV > > *really* work > > > > What is the callsign of the (ch. 7) station we are talking about? > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > Received: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:35:36 PM PST > > From: "Chuck Kelsey" <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > To: <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV > > *really* work > > > > > The same. > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "JOHN MACKEY" <[email protected] <mailto:jmackey%40usa.net>> > > > To: <[email protected] > > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>> > > > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:28 PM > > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV > > *really* > > work > > > > > > > > > > What frequency was channel 7 digital and frequency channel 7 > > analog? > > > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > > > Received: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:12:39 AM PST > > > > From: wd8chl <[email protected] <mailto:wd8chl%40gmail.com>> > > > > To: [email protected] > > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV > > *really* > > > > work > > > > > > > >> Paul Plack 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. > > > >> > > > >> No, that's not what I said. I said that if an antenna works on CH7 > > > >> analog, it should work on CH7 digital, and if it doesn't, the > > problem is > > > >> the source. > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG. > > Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.8 - Release Date: 3/4/2009 12:00 AM > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > >
