I'm a little confused about this. A full power DTV channel bleeding out an existing analog channel?
A regular NTSC analog broadcast channel requires a 6MHz slice of broadcast spectrum. As part of the DTV transition local broadcast stations were allotted another 6MHz channel for those DTV broadcasts. The data in the broadcast can identify the channel as a ".1" subset of the existing analog channel even though it is really a completely different channel number. So a station taking its DTV channel up to full power should have no effect at all on the existing analog broadcast. It will cost the station more money in terms of transmission power.
When the analog channel is shut down the station can choose to move the DTV signal to the space formerly occupied by that analog channel and then give up the spectrum it was using temporarily for its DTV channel.
Anyway, that's my understanding of it. For instance, I can pick up KDFX channel 3 in Wichita Falls, TX in both analog and its full power DTV version. The station can't squeeze both broadcasts into just 6MHz of spectrum.
Techfizzle said:I personally dont like digital ota, it doesnt have the coverage like analog, the signal is more line of sight instead of just everywhere, you cant get it on an emergency tv radio or a pocket watch tv, it goest out in the rain or heavy snow.
I think it was a ruse to piss everone and make them switch to cable or satellite.
I have never seen a DTV station that is better then satellite unless its HD.
My satellite has never gone out
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