On Aug 20, 6:41 am, Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 01:17:50 -0700, RHF wrote:
Note - Most of the new HDTV Channels are UHF 14-83 and only
require the smaller UHF 'size' TV Antennas -but- these are also
more directional : Hence the Built-in-Rotor.

Most, but not all! In San Francisco, NBC (KNTV-11) is already on VHF
channel 12, and ABC will be moving to VHF channel 7 in 18 months, when
their analog vacates the channel.

In Sacramento, there are no VHF DTVs now, but on Transition Day PBS
(KVIE-6) and ABC (KXTV-10) will be moving to VHF channels 9 and 10
respectively.

Likewise in other cities.

Salespeople at "big box" stores will tell you you MUST buy a new HDTV
antenna for use with your new HDTV. The antennas they sell are nearly
always UHF-only. Do not expect to receive all your local stations if you
buy their special antenna. It may work now, but some of your channels may
disappear in 2009.

If the antenna you already have on your old analog set is working OK, it
will be fine for HDTV.


I'm using an HDTV antenna made by Terk, which gets both VHF and UHF
HD. It has a scary looking UHF antenna, then two rabbit ears for VHF.
When assembled, and with the whips down, it looks like the number 7.
There's a Philips HD antenna that has just the UHF element. For a
while, Radio Shack was selling an HD antenna that had two loops
mounted parallel to the table surface, unlike most antennas where the
loop is perpendicular. I have no idea if that was a UHF only antenna.