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Re: Digital switchover...again.

#488
From: clifto
Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2008 02:58
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Adam H. Kerman wrote:
> clifto <clifto@gmail.com> wrote:
>>Ron T. wrote:
> 
>>>Ok, research completed.
> 
>>>What is going away from the TV world is 699 mhz to 806 mhz, which is 
>>>channels 52 to 69.
> 
>>Yeah, already gone. We lost 70 through 83 many years ago; among the many
>>usurpers are cell phones.
> 
> Were those ever assigned?

I don't believe they were. Most if not all were reserved for repeater and
MATV type use. When Chicago and others were getting rambunctious and getting
stations all over there was background talk about allowing some incursions
into that territory but no one really needed it. But 2 through 83, or 54
through 890 MHz intermittently, was originally the allocation for TV.

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Subject: Re: Digital switchover...again.
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