Hi EArl,

On Thu 2038-Jun-24 20:56, Earl Croasmun (1:124/311) wrote to Dave Drum:

~> Not so. The "rabbit ears" won't work very well because they
are a form of
~> simple dipole antenna designed for VHF frequencies. However the
"bullseye"
~> antenna or the wire circle antenna supplied with many NTSC tuner TV sets 
~> will receive the now mandated ATSC (digital) signals just fine. 

EC> True, if they have one, but the stumbling block is the tuner.  Any
EC> antenna attached to an analog tuner will not get digital.  The
EC> original switch-over to digital broadcasts was supposed to come when
EC> most consumers HAD digital-ready sets.  It kept getting pushed off,
EC> because people weren't buying them.  The rebate for add-on
EC> converters was supposed to take care of that, but I have never seen
EC> any research on the effectiveness of that idea.  
Most I know either have the converters, or digital ready
sets, or don't give a rip about a tv.  We don't have a
television, so we never got a converter .
Still, if the government ever did something such as what
triggered this thread, and shut down the internet, and all
regular broadcast outlets, it's pretty easy to workbench
oneself a small transmitter and be on the air in a couple of hours with
one's jerrybuilt transmitter and a wire dipole
pretty easy, and as long as most folks within range still
have regular radio receivers you can still get the word out, even if big
brother doesn't want you to .

THey'll take my radios and my guns when they pry them from
my cold dead fingers.

Regards,
           Richard
... Creationism is to science what storks are to obstetrics.
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+