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reply to I Want Analog

Re: Rural Areas and Signal Strength

For rural areas, don't Low Powered stations have exemptions from the switchover? I know at my University in Nacogdoches, TXd, some of the LP Repeater stations are going to stay live after the switch.

Low power stations are exempt from the digital requirement for now, rural or not. They may go digital, but can stay analog as well.

Interestingly, Wilmington's CBS affiliate (WILM) is low power, but they are already broadcasting as low power digital in prep for the transition. I suspect that many LP stations that are own by larger companies or are affiliates of major networks will switch to digital, while smaller community or college stations won't make the switch for now. But that is just pure speculation on my part.

Translator stations, which are all low power, will be able to stay analog as well.

reply to Zach 58

said by Zach 58:

said by I Want Analog :

I live about 30 to 45 miles from broadcast towers and have already purchased a converter box. Nearly every day there is enough loss of signal that some pixelation of a show will occur. .....

Now where did I lay that library book?

I'm in the same boat here. I get one station from Grand Forks, ND in digital. Some days are OK and others it's not viewable. There's nothing on worth watching so I guess it will be the marketers’ loss. As for Washington knowing this will likely leave a good bit of rural America without an OTA signal...they don't care. As usual, they saw the dollar signs. As we all know, inside the Beltway, cash trumps the public interest every time.

Some will have DTV and HDTV and those of us rural folk who refuse to be ripped off by DTV and DISH will have NOTV

reply to Zach 58

said by Zach 58:

said by I Want Analog :

I live about 30 to 45 miles from broadcast towers and have already purchased a converter box. Nearly every day there is enough loss of signal that some pixelation of a show will occur. .....

Now where did I lay that library book?

I'm in the same boat here. I get one station from Grand Forks, ND in digital. Some days are OK and others it's not viewable. There's nothing on worth watching so I guess it will be the marketers’ loss. As for Washington knowing this will likely leave a good bit of rural America without an OTA signal...they don't care. As usual, they saw the dollar signs. As we all know, inside the Beltway, cash trumps the public interest every time.

Some will have DTV and HDTV and those of us rural folk who refuse to be ripped off by DTV and DISH will have NOTV

reply to BF69

said by BF69:

said by Zach 58:

said by I Want Analog :

I live about 30 to 45 miles from broadcast towers and have already purchased a converter box. Nearly every day there is enough loss of signal that some pixelation of a show will occur. .....

Now where did I lay that library book?

I'm in the same boat here. I get one station from Grand Forks, ND in digital. Some days are OK and others it's not viewable. There's nothing on worth watching so I guess it will be the marketers’ loss. As for Washington knowing this will likely leave a good bit of rural America without an OTA signal...they don't care. As usual, they saw the dollar signs. As we all know, inside the Beltway, cash trumps the public interest every time.

Some will have DTV and HDTV and those of us rural folk who refuse to be ripped off by DTV and DISH will have NOTV

first of all if you can get a station in with analog OTA then that station is required by law to be able to reach you with a digital signal.

before people go getting their panties in a wad wait until AFTER the actual transition before complaining. It's KNOWN FACT that once the transition takes place that station will be switching assignments so the digital signal gets the better one since the analog channel will no longer be necessary. Of course right now the analog will get the better assignment so that way the digital one doesn't come in as good. o course less whining and more research and you would have figured this out. This isn't complicated stuff if you bother looking stuff up.