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Are you ready????
I am ready to quit hearing about how to plug in a wire into an obsolete box.
On the news they have a special segment covering the ...

...oh geez never mind.

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Looks like no major stations in Seattle/Portland/Los Angeles will be shutting down analog today.

ABC/NBC/PBS will be shutting down analog in the Spokane / Yakima / Tri-Cities areas.

are they gonna play the national anthem at midnight? with a flag.. or the Indian with trash?

the best part. wed for wheel of fortune, jeopardy and price is right they are gonna get a million calls that they are off the air and something is wrong.

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If I had an antenna, I would; but I can only transmit on 160 meters.
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DE K7MHI

I prefer the Indian Head. Unfortunately I doubt there are any operational Monoscopes at TV stations anymore.

All those funky markings etched into the Monoscope were very useful back in the days when TV transmitters had to be constantly adjusted due to tube degradation.

This is probably a dumb question but what are the VHF freqs that the analog channels were on going to be used for?

Most or all of the digital channels are on UHF aren't they?

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3) Cut with an axe.

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Most VHF stations were loaned UHF channels so they could simulcast prior to the transition. After the transition many of them will reclaim their VHF channels (more range for less power as compared to UHF). At least this should hold true for highband VHF channels 7-13. Talk around town says that lowband stations won't be going back. Of course channel 2 is the worst because it is the most prone to impulse noise from electrical motors. Impulse noise on analog simply means a few static lines across the screen. On digital it wreaks havoc because it drives the bit error rate up so high that the picture will intermittently freeze and have a lot of issues with pixellization artifacts roaming all over the screen. Personally I'd take the analog noise because at least the picture is still reasonably pleasant to view. Anyways channels 2 and 3 are probably toast and channels 4 through 6 are questionable at best. Of course the best use for the spectrum would be FM expansion as it would free up a lot of bandwidth for all those low power pirate stations. Whatever the case, I hope they don't put a bunch of digital crap down there and bleed a bunch of junk into the 72-76mhz band as it would terrorize remote-controlled aircraft, link transmitters, and airport marker beacons.

what is going on now I have cable. Has somthing changed today

if you have cable then your really in for it... The FCC will actually be watching you now rather then you watching TV.

nothing cable wont loose analog for another 4-400 months depending on yoru provider and other influential factors.

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If I had an antenna, I would; but I can only transmit on 160 meters.
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DE K7MHI

(Scratchy old lady chain smoker voice)
"Edna,.. somethings wrong with my rabbit ears. Edna dammit call the station and tell them the signal went haywire."

"I don't have a computer or any of those fancy gizmos".



Hey, we need an old lady smiley!

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Wilrobnson- Now happier than ever that he doesn't watch TV!

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Which brings me to ask, where did the term "you've been Rick Roll'd" originate?

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President-in-Exile, Seattle Area Radio Communications And Scanner Traffic Intercept Crew (SARCASTIC)
Don't feel bad if you can't use your STD100/200; there are still people using Digital Frequency Search!
Bunnery definition for the under-fives