wrote in message
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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.

Brenda Ann wrote:


wrote in message
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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?

I own an old General Electric table model tv set I bought for $5.00 at a
Salvation Army thrift store about five years ago.The tv set was
manufactured in 1957.I just now went to one of my junk rooms in my house
and I took a look at it.The tv channel selector knob does have channel 1
on it.
cuhulin

running dogg wrote:
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.

Among other reasons. Channel 1 was designated as a "community channel";
stations operating on this channel were limited in power. *All* the TV
channels were shared with other two-way services - the sharing didn't
work very well, and it started at the bottom end of the spectrum - i.e.,
in channel 1.

I don't think any channel 1 stations ever actually operated, but at
least one (in Riverside, California) did receive a permit.

by Hallicrafters. I believe there is a Channel 0 in Australia-can
anybody confirm this?

There is. http://www.w9wi.com/articles/system.htm#systemd.htm , it's at
45-52MHz. My information is that channel 0 is being phased out, if it
hasn't already been deleted. Australia also has a channel 1, but it's
56-63MHz, roughly equivalent to channel 2 in the U.S.

In general, channel numbers outside the Americas correspond to different
frequencies than what we use here.
--
Doug Smith W9WI
Pleasant View (Nashville), TN EM66
http://www.w9wi.com

Brenda Ann wrote:

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.

Channel-1 was part of the original Armstrong FM band.

starman wrote:

Brenda Ann wrote:

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.

Channel-1 was part of the original Armstrong FM band.

The Armstrong FM band was 42-50 Mhz, IIRC.

running dogg wrote:

starman wrote:

Channel-1 was part of the original Armstrong FM band.

The Armstrong FM band was 42-50 Mhz, IIRC.

Channel-1 was *originally* 44-50 Mhz.

http://members.aol.com/jeff560/tvch1.html