[TowerTalk] New TV antennas

[Roger (K8RI)]

Jim Brown wrote:
> On Sat, 16 May 2009 04:01:22 -0400, Roger (K8RI) wrote:
>
>   
>> Even here in Michigan we will have at least two active digital stations 
>> on Ch 2.  Nation wide I believe there will be on the order of 20-30. 
>>     
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> That is not accurate. Most broadcasters are abondoning Ch 2-6 channels 
>   
That map is quite different from the FCC channel listing I looked at 
about a month ago. Although they do have channel 2 showing up in the 
Kalamazoo area.

There was a table showing present, or rather pre-change date channels 
before they changed the date and the  projected channels. That to was 
quite different than what I have seen on the FCC page.

They also had a Saginaw station with is currently about 12 miles from 
me, *currently* located in Badax which is way over in the thumb.
> because, during the first years of DTV, they learned that the impulse noise 
> in this frequency range seriously degrades DTV performance. 
That used to be a problem but I doubt it is much of a one at present 
except maybe in Chicago.  The big problem is propagation which could be 
a big problem with digital.