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Article #655Re: Drongo goes Digital
From: atec77
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:18
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:18
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On 27/01/2012 3:01 AM, DonH wrote: > "Jonathan Wilson"<jfwfreo@tpgi.com.au> wrote in message > news:4f20897a$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au... >>> Perhaps the ABC operates on a lower, and/or weaker, Megahertz >>> waveband? >>> What band does it operate on? No clue, not like in the old radio >>> days >>> when such data was needed to find the station using a variable condenser. >>> Phoned the makers of the TV set, who said to use "Restore Factory >>> Defaults" (in case I'd stuffed things up?). Guess, what? Same reception >>> result. >> I had the same problem and upon contacting the ABC reception advice line I >> was informed that many older aerials dont support the right frequencies >> for ABC digital. > > # So, I'm forced to get a new TV antenna just to get the ABC? > At present, I can receive (and quite clearly) - channels: > 1,3,7,9,10,11,12,30,32,33,34,44,70, 71,72,73,74,90,99 on DTV; and five > channels on ATV (ABC, 7,9,10, SBS). > Hence, while I only watch ABC for the news, it may be goodbye ABC come > Dec 2013, when analogue disappears. > Can't the ABC switch its output to some higher frequency (Mhz), or is it > stuck with an inferior bandwidth? > Meanwhile, the Govt doles out set-top boxes to seniors - and, problem > solved? > > You have the abc in several formats however a new antenna will be required to find those missing , you have plenty so just do it -- X-No-Archive: Yes
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Subject: Re: Drongo goes Digital
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2012 10:18:46 +1000
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