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4 edits | Not all areas will go digital in Feb 2009! In areas like mine (Mendocino County, NW CA) that are served by low power translators (due to mountains, and the fact the Bay Area TV towers are all over 100 miles south of here. I live 115 miles north of SF in Redwood Valley, 8 miles north of Ukiah), tv will continue to be broadcast in analog after the Febuary date.
»www.lptvanswers.com/
"For the vast majority of viewers who watch TV using antennas, television goes all digital on February 17, 2009 – the date set by Congress for all full-power television stations to broadcast exclusively in a digital format.
But the law does not require "low power" television (LPTV) stations to go digital. These smaller LPTV stations, and low power "translator" stations that boost a signal's strength at distances far from the station's main transmitter, may continue broadcasting in analog after February 17, 2009."
From our local Ukiah TIA (Television Improvement Association, 100% volunteer by the way), who runs the Translator serving Ukiah, Talmage, Calpella and Redwood Valley-
"Important - About Digital TV!
DO NOT WORRY! You will not be affected by digital TV changes right away. We will still transmit in analog.
However, you should still purchase a DTV conterter box using the DTV coupons ($40) from the government because eventually we will transmit DTV signals. If you wait until next year, the coupons may no longer be available. And note: you must buy a DTV converter that has analog pass-through in order to receive all TIA stations! It's not as hard as it sounds... read DTV on TV Translators to find out more.
It has yet to be determined how many stations we will be able to receive once the switch has been made to DTV."
»www.tiaukiah.org/index.html
Some more info on these LPTV Translators-
»www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/DT···PTV.html
»www.dtv2009.gov/lowpower/
»www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/LPTVmap.html
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