[HoustonHam] Digital TV ??

[Chris Boone]

Again, doesn’t matter if it digital or analog....RF is RF....the antenna DOESN’T care...what works today will still work after 2/17/09

Though you could get a newer antenna that only picks up 7-51 which would be smaller since you don’t need 2-6 anymore (at least in Houston until someone files to put a LP analog on one of the channels..and it will happen...you can bet on it!) BUT if you change antennas to the ones that pick up only 7-51, you also lose the FM band (and there is talk about using channel 5 and 6 to expand the FM band for either LPFMs or digital FMs)....HD is only a HIGH DEF digital version of TV..your brother probably wont know the real thing either..LOTS of retail folks don’t know the truth...

Chris
WB5ITT
SBE Chapter 134 Freq Coordinator
(SBE=Society of Broadcast Engineers)...yes, I KNOW the truth about DTV/HDTV, etc

-----Original Message-----
From: houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Brian K. Gaskamp
Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 7:08 PM
To: Amateur Radio in Houston TX area
Subject: Re: [HoustonHam] Digital TV ??

I need to ask my brother who's employed in retail sales with HD TV and get 
the scoop.
Something just not adding up with all this HD stuff.