Look on the bright side ... all those Solid State Amplifier
pallets hitting the market, just waiting to be put on 6, 2
and 220 !!
73, Dick, W1KSZ
On Sat, Aug 3, 2013 at 9:37 AM, Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:
> Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2013 07:26:29 -0700
> From: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com>
> To: "amps@contesting.com" <amps@contesting.com>
> Subject: Re: [Amps] Shortwave Returns? [Was: testing the biggest one]
>
> I for one will miss the OTA broadcasts once they are gone. They
> had much better picture quality than this compressed "stuff" we
> get via cable or satellite.
>
> All one need do is tune in an NFL Football Game on an OTA HD
> channel and find the same game on ESPN or the NFL channel.
> Switch between them and the difference is striking. Especially
> on a large screen !!
>
> 73, Dick, W1KSZ
>
> ## OTA digital TV is the real deal. 1080 P.
> Digital cable TV + telco VDSL TV is only 720 P.
> Digital satellite TV gets compressed 2-3 times b4
> you ever get it. You are being sold a bill of goods.
> Once the screen is big enough, like 46 inch, then you can
> see the difference. I cant see any difference on a 32 inch screen.
>
> ## I don’t think digital OTA is going away anytime soon. Why would
> it. Then you are held to ransom by the cable-telcos + satellite.
>
> ## analog TV OTA has now been replaced by digital TV OTA.
> Dunno what happened to all the old analog TV vhf + uhf freqs.
> They all appear to be dead air around here..at least ch 2-13.
>
> Jim VE7RF
>
>
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