[Amps] Amplified TV Antenna

Jim Barber audioguy at q.com
Fri Jul 6 13:54:17 PDT 2012


A related "gotcha":
Many people are under the impression that OTA television is now strictly 
UHF, and lots of UHF-only "HDTV ready" antennas are sold. It isn't true, 
though. There are still stations operating ATSC on channels 2-13. 
(54-216mHz)

Now why many or most stations chose (or were directed) to give up their 
long-standing VHF channels and move to UHF for their ATSC transmitters, 
I don't know. Completely OT, but I'd like to know just because I like to 
know these things. Less steel and aluminum in the air for a given ERP?

73,
Jim N7CXI

On 7/6/2012 1:08 PM, donroden at hiwaay.net wrote:
> Quoting Robert Morris <robrk at nidhog.net>:
>
>> And if you go to Radio Shack, the kid will tell you need a digital antenna
>
> Tell the kid he needs a digital examination... maybe they will find his head.
>
> Don W4DNR
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