[Heathkit] unbuilt kit values

[KHeck73 at aol.com]

Getting a off Heathkit topics, but for those  that need/ want a converter can 
check out the US government coupon website:  

https://www.dtv2009.gov/

I tried to order a coupon a few months  ago by answering honestly that I have 
cable service. I didn't get a coupon. I  just received my Comcast cable bill, 
and the price is going up $3/ month AGAIN.  I reordered a coupon stating no 
service, as I plan to dump cable. Maybe I'll get  satellite, but I'll see how 
well the converter box with an antenna works. I hear  the digital signals come 
through over the air better than analog (up to 90 miles  away?), so being near 
the East Coast I might get a reasonable number of channels  without a service.

-Karl.

In a message dated 10/6/2008 1:08:55  P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, 
kim.herron at sbcglobal.net writes:
We've seen the  same kind of thing here.  The antenna thing has been a real
boon to a  bunch of people. People spending hundred of dollars here to
replace an  antenna that should work just fine.  I've a friend that is a
chief  engineer for one of the TV stations and he's buys into every one of
these  things that comes along.  I think that he told he his station  spent
almost a third or a million bucks preparing for the millennium  changeover
scare (remember that?)that never happened.

Kim Herron W8ZV  
kim.herron at sbcglobal.net
1-616-677-3706

-----Original  Message-----
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[mailto:heathkit-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On  Behalf Of revcom at wbsnet.org
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 12:01 PM
To:  ronami at yahoo.com
Cc: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Heathkit]  unbuilt kit values


Ron....

Not necessarily  true.....

With the use of a digital to analog converter you can use ANY  TV even when
the conversion takes place.  All you will need is either  channel 3 or 4
analog capabilites or a analog A/V input.

The big scare  on digital conversion is WAY overblown.  No more different
than  subscribing to cable where you have to have a cable box, samo-samo.

Even  my antique Philco, 10"round CRT (circa 1954) set works fine on new
digital  stations with use of the box. (missing a few colors, hi)

Not sure if this  is a Zenith or not, it is a GR-271, with GRA504-21 and
GRA227 remote control  kit.

Rod
K0EQH




> If you want to sell your TV, do  it before Feb. 2009.
> That's when digital TV kicks in. It's already  pretty obsolete, but 
> after this it will be totally  obsolete.
>
> -- Ron  




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