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"Ian S. Salisbury" <isalisb@nospam.gmail.com> wrote in message 
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> Ron T. wrote:
>> 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.
> One of these pulls in almost all of the ATSC channels when I have it 
> hanging from a curtain rod on my second floor.  No adjustment needed.
>
> http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2103077
>
> If I put it on top of the TV I just have to tweak it a little for each 
> channel.
>
> And I'm out by 31 and 14.
>
> I have trouble getting a few channels on the main floor, I think my main 
> problem is the water tower in my line of site.  A roof antenna should help 
> with that.  But the point I wanted to make is that just about any hunk of 
> metal is going to work.

I'm out a ways.

I'm sure if I was still up north, I could get by with that, but I'm in the 
boonies of the boonies in TN.