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K. B.

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Oct 25, 2009, 4:58:09 AM10/25/09
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Levin suggested broadcasters might want to consider
returning their spectrum in exchange for a share in the
billions of dollars that would come from the auction of the
spectrum to the wireless industry.

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The beginning of the end of ATSC format DTV/HDTV Broadcasts?

Kirk Bayne
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robinlos

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Oct 25, 2009, 11:09:00 AM10/25/09
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I'm sure I and others have more thn suggested for a while that TV
broadcasting might be already doomed, depending on how much the
broadcasters themselves want to continue.
I think it clear the government would want them gone, but, if
broadcasters get into a niche that is profitible, there might be a
fight.

Daniel W. Rouse Jr.

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Oct 25, 2009, 12:13:11 PM10/25/09
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"K. B." <hotmail.com@lis2lis2> wrote in message
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> <http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/10/21/daily.4/>
>
> Levin suggested broadcasters might want to consider
> returning their spectrum in exchange for a share in the
> billions of dollars that would come from the auction of the
> spectrum to the wireless industry.
>
> ~~~
>
> The beginning of the end of ATSC format DTV/HDTV Broadcasts?
>
That's interesting because one of the supposed urgent reasons for the analog
shutoff was supposed to be so those frequencies could be used by emergency
services.

So I've been doing periodic searches of the radio waves that the Uniden
BC898T scanner I own can receive...

There is NOTHING NEW to find that I don't already receive--no new analog
transmissions with emergency service transmissions, no new digital
transmissions either (which would still be received as a rapid jackhammering
sound even with an analog radio scanner).

GMAN

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Oct 25, 2009, 3:53:11 PM10/25/09
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You dont have your tinfoil adjusted the right way!

Sal M. Onella

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Oct 29, 2009, 12:56:45 AM10/29/09
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On Oct 25, 9:13 am, "Daniel W. Rouse Jr."

Some digital services sound the same on a scanner as the receiver
noise. The human ear, for all its ability, may not recognize the
pseudo-random "noise" that is a digital signal.

Related: When you tune an analog TV to an unused channel, are you
absolutely sure that there isn't, in fact, a digital transmission on
that channel? The appearance on-screen is virtually identical. Same
with scanner audio.

Best wishes,
Sal

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