Not exactly true. Analog operation for TV in metro areas will cease in Feb 2009. LPTV and translators that are analog will be allowed to continue operating and currently have no sunset time.
------ Original Message ------ Received: Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:18:08 PM CST From: "Hap Griffin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Off Topic (but with on topic questions): NTIA propaganda > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: kf0m > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, January 06, 2008 11:01 PM > Subject: RE: [Repeater-Builder] Re: Off Topic (but with on topic questions): > NTIA propaganda > > >As far as freeing up spectrum, I think it is just semantics. Right now > almost all stations are running two TX on two different frequencies one > analog one digital. When they go all digital, the stations all go back to > one TX on one frequency so half of the channel frequencies currently in use > will be come unused and available. The fact that all those channel > frequencies were already allocated for TV use prior to starting the digital > conversion just seems to be forgotten in the propaganda. > > >John Lock > >kf0m at arrl.net > > Actually, there will be a huge amount of spectrum freed up. Currently, the > television allocation is from channel 2 through channel 69. After February > 2009, all analog operation will cease and all of the digital stations will > be occulying only the channels 2 through 51. Thus, eighteen 6-MHz channels > will be freed up, or a total of 108 MHz. > > Hap Griffin > WZ4O > > >
