[NLRS] OT DTV answer?

[Phil Hejtmanek]

I bet 6 meters is going to be a whole lot quieter, once the analog stations go away.  I think anyone who parses through the channel allocations for DTV will find that there are going to be only a small handful of DTV's operating on channels 2 or 3.  This is because broadcasters found that low band VHF channels (2-6) are not very friendly to DTV signals, due to increased co-channel interference and increased levels of noise from powerlines and lightning.  Most stations (like channel 2 in Chicago, for example) that were given DTV channels in this range are fleeing to higher frequencies, for the final transition.

Incidently, the next big push for broadcasters will be "maximization."  This will result in a bunch of applications for higher DTV power levels, once the analog stations in the spectrum clear out.  


73,

Phil   kf9us


--- On Fri, 11/21/08, KB0NLY <kb0nly at mchsi.com> wrote:

> From: KB0NLY <kb0nly at mchsi.com>
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] OT DTV answer?
> To: "NLRS" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 10:34 AM
> Thank you John for that info and the links.  I have been
> wondering the same things and not finding much info on the
> net.  I think this is one of those OT subjects that most of
> us are wondering or curious about, doesn't hurt to put
> some knowledge in everyone's hands.
> 
> Now i understand better what the manual for one of these
> digital converter boxes was talking about, it mentioned for
> example if your used to watching channel 11 for your abc
> affiliate that the new digital signal from that station
> would still be on channel 11 after the transition.  I was
> under the impression that the frequency and assignment
> changes would also affect the channel numbers, but i guess
> they figured that they needed to keep that the same.  Makes
> sense, i think if you changed the channel numbers around
> here the older folks would drop over in their chairs trying
> to find the evening news or the afternoon soaps.  (no
> offense to the older crowd! :-)
> 
> On a radio related note, it will be interesting to see how
> 6m sounds once the transition is complete, but then the
> other posts this week about using those available
> frequencies for something else is bothersome.
> 
> 73,
> 
> Scott
> 
> 
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