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Old July 26th 08, 12:02 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.moderated
Doug Smith W9WI[_2_] Doug Smith W9WI[_2_] is offline
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Default TV frequencies up for grabs- lets lobby now

On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 11:01:24 -0400, D. Stussy wrote:
Only U.S. border-sharing areas will have DTV, because it's for stations

that
have U.S. reception. TWIAR reported about 2 months ago that Mexico act

ually
passed a referendum NOT to consider a change in non-border-sharing area

s
until 2025.


I know of no such referendum. I have to presume TWIAR misinterpreted
something...

See the official Mexican government list:
http://www.cofetel.gob.mx/wb/Cofetel...elevision_digi
tal_in

which shows eight stations in Mexico City; five in Guadaljara; and six in
Monterrey. None of these are close enough to the border to have any
audience in the U.S.. (except, possibly, for the Monterrey stations
during tropo openings!)

This list correlates well with press releases like this one:
http://broadcastengineering.com/RF/G...-DTV-20060222/

which indicate that as of two years ago, DTV transmitters were already
installed and operating in the three major interior cities. (and Tijuana
)