[Scan-DC] Digital tv/radio

[b_thom at juno.com]

-- "Andrew Clegg" <w4jecom at w4je.com> wrote:
Channel 37 (608-614 MHz) is not allocated to TV. It is allocated instead to radio astronomy for continuum observing, and to low-power medical telemetry devices that must coordinate with the radio astronomy service. There are no TV stations (analog or digital) allowed on Channel 37.

Cheers,
Andy

I never noticed that. Wouldn't there be right much noise surrounding this radio astronomy band, though? I read an article a few years back about the extents to which the NRAO has to go to limit noise in its vicinity.

... Googling ...

Found it. What a killer app. From February 2004:

http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/12.02/quiet.html

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