the digital switchover

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From: Ron T.
Date: Fri, 30 May 2008 19:42

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Who's hip on this.

I've got a question.

OK, it's like this......I've read a couple of articles where 'experts' have 
said, "Get a UHF antenna, you won't need VHF after the switchover".

???

Now, my local VHF stations are like local.1, local.2, just like everybody 
elses. So, is my channel 7 station not going to be around channel seven 
anymore, but get reasssigned to UHF?

I note via FCC search that all the digitals are substantially lower power 
than analogs. Are they going to increase power after their digital-only 
switchover?

I can't find any info on this.

If all I need is a UHF antenna, obviously I don't want to spend the money 
for a combo.

You can use technical terms in your reply, like meg-o-hertz and such.

I r a ham radio operator.

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