[HoustonHam] FW: [TV2on6m]

Brian K. Gaskamp ka5bkg at sbcglobal.net
Sat Apr 18 00:32:40 EDT 2009


I think I have heard that KBTX Ch. 3 went digital on the original date that 
was 1st talked about.
Lady I know said had to get a converter box said she can't see the station 
without the box.

73
Brian

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chris Boone" <Cboone at earthlink.net>
To: "'Amateur Radio in Houston TX area'" <houstonham at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 10:39 PM
Subject: Re: [HoustonHam] FW: [TV2on6m]


> Usualy low band TV stations use a batwing...its the only antenna that can
> cover the 6MHz b/w with a LOW SWR needed for analog TV....7 and above can
> use other design antennas but lowband TV usually are batwings...used to 
> know
> one of the TV engineers at KBTX....if they have gone digital only, they 
> may
> have dropped the TV3 antenna by now.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:houstonham-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Robert M. 
> Bratcher
> Jr.
> Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 1:23 PM
> To: Amateur Radio in Houston TX area
> Subject: Re: [HoustonHam] FW: [TV2on6m]
>
> What about the CH 3 antenna in the Bryan College Station area? I have
> no idea what kind of antenna they use on Ch 3. According to
> Antennaweb KTBX 3 has gone digital only on Ch 30.....
>
>
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