The VHF's Return after UHF (was Re: CH 40 Analog was shut downSun nite)

[Larry Weil]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Laurence [mailto:marklaurence@mac.com] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2008 11:58 AM
> To: Larry Weil
> Cc: boston-radio-interest@bostonradio.org
> Subject: Re: The VHF's Return after UHF (was Re: CH 40 Analog 
> was shut downSun nite)
 >
> > That said, here in Salem, NH, I receive all the current 
> digitals from 
> > Boston and NH, as well as WMTW-DT from Maine.  Granted, I have an 
> > antenna 30 feet up with a rotator, which not everyone has.  But we 
> > can't stop the world just because a few people are unwilling to do 
> > anything to deal with the change.
> 
> That's a good answer for people who haven't done anything, 
> but what about the people who have:
> 
> 1. applied for the coupon
> 2. gone to the store to buy a converter
> 3. gone back to the store to buy a connection that wasn't 
> included 4. bought a new antenna 5. spent hours rotating the 
> antenna and resetting the converter
> 
> And in February they can't get anything off-air except channel 27?
> 
> The pictures are great when it works, but this is not a great system. 

Well, it looks like some people will need to get basic cable to get the same
stations they were getting before.  But I stand by my position that there's
no need to panic at this time, that people should wait until the change-over
happens, and then access the situation. Sites like Antennaweb only offer a
prediction based on predicted contours (and a very conservative one at
that), I think many people will be pleasantly surprised on February 17.

Isn't the real purpose of Antennaweb to sell antennas anyway?

Larry Weil
Lake Wobegone, NH