CH 40 Analog was shut down Sun nite

[Larry Weil]

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> From: boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org 
> [mailto:boston-radio-interest-bounces@tsornin.BostonRadio.org]
>  On Behalf Of Jim Hall
> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2008 1:33 PM
> To: boston-radio-interest@lists.BostonRadio.org
> Subject: RE: CH 40 Analog was shut down Sun nite
> 
> One of the problems I have encountered in helping people is 
> that they don't
> understand that most of the stations are moving to the UHF 
> band, even if
> their virtual channel number remains the same. So the old 
> long pole rabbit
> ears won't work and you need an antenna with a good UHF element. I am
> wondering how my reception of WHDH-TV will be once they move 
> from UHF back
> to VHF. I imagine I will have to extend the VHF poles on the 
> antenna (which
> at the moment I have reduced to minimum).
> 

Except that a lot of the stations will go back to VHF in February.  So you
really can't check things out until after the switchover to see what
channels are coming in, and to make appropriate adjustments.  For instance,
WHDH-DT is currently on Channel 42, but will return to actual channel 7 when
7 analog goes off the air.  But WLVI-DT will remain on actual channel 41.
but will be mapped to virtual channel 56.

Confusing?  Even those of us who work with this stuff every day are having
fun keeping it all straight.

Larry Weil
WHDH/WLVI Master Control