Brenda Ann wrote:


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Channel 1 is a fed govt tv channel.(Correct me if I am mistaken about
that) If or when the s..t hits the fan big time,that is the only tv
channel that we can get on our tv sets.
cuhulin


Channel 1 has never actually existed. It was originally a designated
television channel, but was done away with and given to other services
before television ever actually started broadcasting (48-50 MHz is VHF low
band public service frequencies (police/fire/ambulance) and cordless phones,
baby monitors and other Part 15 devices. 50-54 MHz is the Amateur 6 meter
band.

I think the problem with channel 1 had something to do with skywave
interference-channel 1 easily bounced off the ionosphere and caused
interference in the form of one channel 1 station interfering with
another one a thousand miles away. That can happen above 54 Mhz, but the
conditions are more rare, such as E Skip. There were actually 2 or 3
licensed channel 1's, and a number of early (1945-47) TV sets were made
with channel 1-I once owned an Airline (sold by Montgomery Ward) TV made
in 1947 or so that had channel 1. That particular set was actually made
by Hallicrafters. I believe there is a Channel 0 in Australia-can
anybody confirm this?