Re: Channel 68

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From: Michael J. Saletnik
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 13:48

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In article <C0GJqK.1D4@tegra.com> vail@tegra.com (Johnathan Vail) writes:

>Cable companies pick up the "air" channels the same way you do: off
>the air with an antenna.  No broadcast, no cable.  There is no magic
>wire from each broadcast station to each town's cable company.

What about cable-only channels, such as USA?  Satellite, I guess?

But I find it hard to believe that the "air" channels are picked up
with solely an antenna.  When I grew up in the flight path of Westover
Air Force Base, both the cable office/transmission centre and the big
tower (receiving), weren't far away.  When a C5-A Galaxy flew over,
the broadcast stations on cable never wavered one bit.

						Michael

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Michael J. Saletnik, Tufts University E'91 G'93
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