Isn't Channel 1 not being used for TV because for all practical purposes, it is the 6 meter band that we do have access to?
TV Channels actually start with ... Channel 2 ... which is 54 to 60 MHz. I am a bit ahead of the curve for digital TV as we have been watching it for several years now. Even with the lower power that some stations were running at, we often were able to receive HDTV OK. But where I made a big mistake was misunderstanding the VHF frequencies. They are not going to refarm channels 2 -13 are they? Instead, VHF stations had an option to keep their analog VHF allocation, set up a temporary UHF digital allocation, and on changeover day, they will turn off the UHF digital station, turn off the analog VHF station, and turn on the VHF digital station. Two of our local stations made this choice. This means that we will probably have to buy VHF antenna in addition to our modest UHF corner reflector yagi that works well enough now. We can barely pick up the more distant VHF station on the UHF antenna, but the closer one is good enough. But I wonder if that will be consistently true when we try to pick up digital. The retired Chief Engineer from one of these stations is a long time ham and he explained that they will not have to run as much power with digital since signals seem to go farther than analog. It will be interesting. 73, Rick, KV9U Danny Douglas wrote: > Frankly, I expected the government to give us back the channel 1 TV > frequency, that they took away from us to make television to start with. > NOT > > Wouldnt it be wonderful had someone, anyone, reminded them of that. Maybe > the ARRL? > >
