[Kenwood] RE: [Heathkit] OFF TOPIC QUERY

[Jack/NA7RF]

Actually, Steve, I think the whole reason for these "bad" decisions by 
the FCC is to force over-the-air TV stations out of business so the 
spectrum space can be auctioned to help pay off government debt. 
Conspiracy theories abound ;>)

Jack, NA7RF

Steve Harrison wrote:
> At 06:41 PM 10/1/2006 -0700, you wrote:
>> Not so! HD channels are both VHF and UHF (up until last March I worked 
>> for a Reno TV station and helped but their VHF HD channel on the air). 
>> And don't hold you breath on the 2009 shutdown date for analog channels. 
>> I think there will be a real uproar when folks realize that they will be 
>> forced to acquire new sets on some certain date. Congress will likely 
>> back off on their ill-conceived mandate on shutdown of the analog 
>> channels when their constituency gets excited.
> 
> Obviously, what everybody else is hoping for is that 99.99% will be on
> cable by then.
> 
> Which makes me wonder just what the heck is the whole point of all them TV
> stations spending all that money on all that HD junk, when there'll be
> almost nobody to watch them except out in the boonies. Just about everybody
> in cities is already on cable or using them lil dinky DishTV thingies.
> 
> We're not even gonna bother shelling out the moolah for a HDTV just for
> cable, let alone to watch the two or three remaining on-the-air stations we
> can receive here in southwestern Connecticut.
> 
> Steve, K0XP
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