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How many channels are up there now like that with all of the compression going on?

You'll never see any auction for AM because the band sucks and doesn't have much bandwidth at all. If you took out the entire AM radio band, you'd have 1.16MHz. TV requires about 6MHz of bandwidth. If anything, they should make that band all digital to allow multiple channels on one frequency...

Oh, just wait until nearly the end of the decade when they start pushing 6G. It'll be "even faster".

If they were so determined to do so, wouldn't it be as simple as cutting much of the UHF spectrum and giving each market 2 or 3 lighthouse UHF towers as is the current set up with 3.0? Then, the 3.0 stations would be the only ones moving and the 1.0 stations would shut down. The consumer gets...

It looks like they're going to explore cutting up more of the C-band spectrum to give away to 5G carriers. The same person at the FCC mentioned 5 years ago that he'd like to cut up more of the UHF band to give out to 5G...

I doubt they're encrypting it for the few dedicated FTAers out there. I'm betting there were reports of independent stations rebroadcasting their signals without going through the process of becoming an affiliate station. With the reduction of the band via the FCC auction, the interference from...

You also have to take into consideration the additional cost of installing those filters as well due to 5G interference. If the dish at your location directly faces a 5G tower, you might also have to build a Faraday contraption. That's why I wouldn't personally opt for one, but I'll let the...

Wouldn't "the bigger, the better" rule pretty much apply these days? I say that with the C-band repack coming up. I would think that to go as big as possible would help overcome any noise figures that will come up once 5G on C-band goes nationwide.

It's a nice looking dish for sure. I doubt they'd give it away after all of the investment they've made in the cable TV business over the years. They just couldn't justify staying in business as a small county TV cable company when their pricing continued to jump. Before they announced their...

After serving my local community for 21 years, my local utility company is getting out of the cable TV business. I know I couldn't afford it or have the space for it, but I'm guessing the giant Simulsat dish on their roof along with their digital and analog equipment will likely be sold or...

With the decrease in bandwidth on C-band for the cellular services, I figure that satellite transponder leasing will be more costly (supply and demand) and some may decide to go via fiber or via the Internet only. I used to want a C-band dish back in the day for all of the FTA stuff, but with...

Actually the C-band frequencies that are being taken should include rural areas as well as population centers. I remember reading up on the AT&T Long Lines (The strange looking horns on communication towers) that used C-band frequencies prior to satellite to distribute communications across the...

I've only seen footage on YouTube regarding C-band surfing. On a side note, I enjoy watching old vids of channel surfing on analog cable. I never had C-band as a kid, but I remember surfing analog cable channels in the 80s and 90s. I especially like to see footage of old analog encryption...

Time will tell as far as that is concerned. I'm wondering what the difference in cancer rates will be in 10 years. I've read articles talking about breast cancer in women that kept their phones tucked in their bras. Johnny Cochran constantly kept a cell phone to his head. He later ended up dying...

I live near two markets that have channels in those frequencies, so I don't think their seldom used. On another note, I spoke with an expert who stated that those frequencies on the T-band were only in used in certain markets only. Hopefully that doesn't affect many. I was just worried that...

I didn't know what the T Band was, but Googling it shows they're wanting to sell 470 MHz to 512 MHz. I don't see how they can do that with UHF channels 14 to 20 overlapping on those frequencies. The TV bands will already be tightly packed next year, and it would seem that any cell phones...

The only part of 5G that would benefit the rural areas would be the 5G Lite deployment that T-Mobile's doing after July of next year with the 600MHz band. It won't be getting gig speeds, but I'm sure it'll be slightly better than the current LTE standard in use.