Best damn OTA antenna array, period. At any price. Which one?

[mike123abc]

In the early HD conversion days UHF did better for the signal since VHF has a lot more multipathing issues. VHF of course takes less power for the same distance, so stations like it since it saves on the electric bill. The VHF low band would be valuable for cell service since it penetrates buildings easier.

[southofi-10]

My understanding from reading was they got rid of the low band.
Apparently not in some regions,and yes in others.
The channel 2 in Baton Rouge here actually comes in from a channel 13 frequency.Channel 3 in Lafayette is broadcasted on 28
We get nothing in south Louisiana that's broadcasted lower than channel 7.
Some channels use the same allocated frequencies like 10 on 10 ,33 on 33 etc,but only a few

[Iceberg]

they didnt get rid of low band...see my post above of stations still on 2-6

While it isnt the best option to go low band VHF some stations figured it was easier than dealing with the tower on a different channel

[southofi-10]

Yes,I checked the thread out,but it lists no channels in Louisiana,Texas or Mississippi.
It would be great in the central states to keep the old giant antenna for full blown vhf if thats what it takes.
Seems alot of people want you to think the low band is gone.Many "new" antenna designs are for vhf high and up.

[Tower Guy]

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Yes,I checked the thread out,but it lists no channels in Louisiana,Texas or Mississippi.

KCWX real channel 5, FREDERICKSBURG, TX .

Do you want to try that again?

Low band VHF does not penetrate buildings very well.

[Iceberg]

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The channel 2 in Baton Rouge here actually comes in from a channel 13 frequency.Channel 3 in Lafayette is broadcasted on 28
We get nothing in south Louisiana that's broadcasted lower than channel 7.
Some channels use the same allocated frequencies like 10 on 10 ,33 on 33 etc,but only a few

alot of the VHF Hi (7-13) stations went back to their analog number after the conversion. Here in Minneapolis 9 & 11 (Fox & NBC) went back as did the CBS in a neighboring market (12).
Our 3 low VHF stations (2,4,5) stayed on their original digital station (34,32,35) as those are PBS, CBS, ABC

There are some weird ones too. Channel 23 (analog) used 22 for digital. They still use it
But the 2nd PBS station moved their station from 16 digital to 23 digital (maps as 2-3)

But in some areas it must have been easier for the station (also $$ wise cheaper) to stay on the analog # but be digital. And the stations that went on after the digital numbering cutoff had to just flash cut to digital on the station they were on.