Follow this link. http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html
It states that a UHF antenna should be sufficient. Of course this is a
.gov website and probably should be viewed with skepticism.
Corky
Louise Power wrote:
You guys (not just you, Gill) are not getting it. The broadcast of
analog TV signals will be no more as of March 1, 2009. Your rabbit
ears will be useless. It's not the frequencies, it's the fact that it
will be broadcast digitally. As Mark Minton said: "It is a different
set of frequencies, *_but it is also digital rather than analogue,
which is the important change. Your old rabbit ears would be useless."_*
**
For additional information, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_television
> Date: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 20:21:52 -0500
> To: texascavers@texascavers.com
> From: gi...@worldnet.att.net
> Subject: [Texascavers] Rabbit Ears
>
> At 05:54 PM 1/4/2008, Minton, Mark wrote:
> > Don Cooper said:
> > >I'm wondering if my old rabbit ears will work with digital - as I
> > understand its a different set of frequencies....
> > It is a different set of frequencies, but it is also digital
> > rather than analogue, which is the important change. Your old
> > rabbit ears would be useless.
>
> You gotta have some kinda antenna. I'm guessing that if the
> frequencies are different, they will be a whole lot shorter. That
> means all ya gotta do is chop your rabbit ears off a to be a lot
shorter also.
>
> --Ediger
>
>
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