[NJARC] Be the first on your block!

[JOE CRO]

Please let me ask this question, since I'm rather uninformed about the new 
converter boxes, etc, and I don't watch much television.

Let's say that (for argument sake) my television set consists of a generic 
10 YO "K-Mart" 19" color television with a pair of rabbit ears on top for an 
antenna. Will television stations still be broadcasting, just in digital? In 
other words, with a converter box I'll still be able to pluck signals out of 
the aether.

Scenario #2: I own a late model cable ready TV set, but operate it off of a 
pair of rabbit ears and don't have cable. Is this TV "converter ready" since 
it's a late model set?

Please excuse my ignorance on the subject. I'm just trying to get afew 
things clarified.

Best Regards and thanks in advance for any advice on what to do.

Joe Cro N3IBX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <TrainBee at aol.com>
To: <njarc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 8:04 PM
Subject: Re: [NJARC] Be the first on your block!


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> Hello everyone and Happy New  Year,
>
> While we are on this subject, I must admit that  I am ignorant about what 
> to
> look for in a converter box.  I sent my request  for a converter box and 
> got
> the same message as everyone else, wait for the  coupon.
>
> OK, so what I would like to know is, what is  available out there over 
> this
> basic box?  What can I receive with my  outdoor antenna over what I 
> receive
> now?  Bells and whistles and  such.
>
> I have not seen anything regarding antennas in  the converter box site. 
> The
> current TV antennas are broad banded, what  kind of reception can be 
> expected
> with this new band?
>
> Thanks,
> Joe Devonshire
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 1/3/2008  4:32:57 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> manualman at juno.com writes:
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> Joe,  I don'ts need no converter box either; I gots the cable. Even if I
> didn't, I  can see and watch my neighbor's TV through one of the bedroom
> windows. Just  need for them to turn up the volume. Hey, 75 meters is
> always entertaining in  a pinch.
>
> Pete, wa2cwa
>
> On Thu, 03 Jan 2008 16:05:16 -0500 "JOE CRO"  <n3ibx at verizon.net> writes:
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>> Pete - To me, that's no  bargain! I guess I'll have to reconnect the
>> VCR and
>> watch  reruns of teh Miltom Berle Show, and "I love Lucy", etc., in
>> B&W,  of
>> course! For the news and weather I can use the AM radio, until they
>> take
>> that away from us.
>>
>> Did I hear somewhere  that someone or something is working on that?
>>
>> Just call me the  supreme LUDDITE!
>>
>> Best  Regards,
>>                       Joe Cro N3IBX
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