It matters a lot when you're looking to purchase an antenna. All UHF/VHF antennas are a compromise. Get what you need or get both and run multiple feed-lines or an RF switch.
JS > -----Original Message----- > From: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Repeater- > buil...@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Thomas Oliver > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 9:51 PM > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV *really* > work > > It really does not matter what channel they are on as the tv's or > converter > boxes scan for all possible channels when you install them. > > plug and play. > > tom > > > > [Original Message] > > From: MCH <m...@nb.net> > > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > > Date: 3/6/2009 10:33:52 PM > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV > *really* > work > > > > You know, I was doubting the arguments posed by the government, but > I'm > > starting to think they were right. It's just too much for the > consumer > > to grasp DTV as it currently sits. I mean, if a *technical* bunch > like > > this can't understand how a "channel 2" station can be on "RF channel > > 25", what hope is there for the consumer? Maybe it should be > postponed > > indefinitely until the stations all get their original channels back > or > > they simply change they logo from "Channel 2" to "Channel 25" and > forget > > this alias "XX-Y" channel format. > > > > Joe M. > > > > Ken Decker wrote: > > > Good grief folks, how difficult is this? > > > > > > Checkout the website site below. For example: in San Diego it > shows > > > KPBS as channel 15-1. Click on the call letters. It shows channel > 15, > > > the former analog channel and what it still is identified as.. > Then it > > > shows (RF 30), that's the channel it's on in the digital > transition, > but > > > it identifies as Channel 15-1. > > > > > > The nice map also shows where the transmitter is located and a > > > engineering "SWAG" as to the signal level to expect. > > > > > > > > > The Digital TV Transition: DTV Reception Maps > > > > > > http://www.fcc.gov/mb/engineering/maps/ > > > > > > Ken > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > *From:* JOHN MACKEY <mailto:jmac...@usa.net> > > > *To:* Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > > <mailto:Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com> > > > *Sent:* Friday, March 06, 2009 12:41 PM > > > *Subject:* Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make > HDTV > > > *really* work > > > > > > What is the callsign of the (ch. 7) station we are talking > about? > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > > Received: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 12:35:36 PM PST > > > From: "Chuck Kelsey" <wb2...@roadrunner.com > > > <mailto:wb2...@roadrunner.com>> > > > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > > <mailto:Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com>> > > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make HDTV > > > *really* work > > > > > > > The same. > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "JOHN MACKEY" <jmac...@usa.net > <mailto:jmackey%40usa.net>> > > > > To: <Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com>> > > > > Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 3:28 PM > > > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make > HDTV > > > *really* > > > work > > > > > > > > > > > > > What frequency was channel 7 digital and frequency channel > 7 > > > analog? > > > > > > > > > > ------ Original Message ------ > > > > > Received: Fri, 06 Mar 2009 08:12:39 AM PST > > > > > From: wd8chl <wd8...@gmail.com > <mailto:wd8chl%40gmail.com>> > > > > > To: Repeater-Builder@yahoogroups.com > > > <mailto:Repeater-Builder%40yahoogroups.com> > > > > > Subject: Re: [Repeater-Builder] Somewhat OT - How to make > HDTV > > > *really* > > > > > work > > > > > > > > > >> Paul Plack wrote: > > > > >> > Jim, > > > > >> > > > > > >> > You might want to "READ IT AGAIN" yourself. Here's > where the > > > > >> > misunderstanding started. > > > > >> > > > > > >> > John wrote that if the digital is on a very different > frequency, > > > > >> > reception may be different. Your response was that if > your > > > antenna > > > > >> > worked on one, it should work on the other, "Period." > You > > > appeared to > > > > >> > have a misunderstanding. Don't get mad at people who > try to > > > help. > > > > >> > That's kinda why this place exists. > > > > >> > > > > >> No, that's not what I said. I said that if an antenna > works > on CH7 > > > > >> analog, it should work on CH7 digital, and if it doesn't, > the > > > problem is > > > > >> the source. > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! 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