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Old June 12th 09, 11:33 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna
Rich Griffiths Rich Griffiths is offline
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Default Update: DTV antenna on VHF

On Fri, 12 Jun 2009 23:25:40 +0200, Gordon wrote:

AS expected, local channels 8, 10 and 12 moved their digital broadcasts
back to their VHF assignments last night. They had been temporarily
broadcasting digital in the UHF band. I was expecting to have problems
with my dual bowtie antenna. But this morning I rescaned the channels
(and verified that the move had taken place). Then checked reception on
the affected channels. It was great. No problems. All that worrying
for nothing. Thanks for listening.


One situation that cropped up in my area (Cincinnati) is that channel 9,
which was broadcasting digital on channel 10 VHF, had to wait until just
before the conversion to raise their DTV antenna from 100 ft down to the
top of their tower. We're also using a dual bowtie, and their change
made a difference.

Maybe not THE factor in your case, but glad things worked out for you.

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Rich W2RG