16 Dec
2011
16 Dec
'11
8:34 a.m.
On 15 Dec 2011, at 4:22 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Well, perhaps "obsolescent". A quick check
of the old UHF TV
broadcast band on my 5" portable Emerson TV/AM/FM box turns up a
Bible-thumper station that still has NTSC color broadcast on a
repeater on one of the nosebleed channels. I can also get an NBC
repeater, but with a very faint signal.
Technically it's not obsolete; translators, low power stations and class A stations
are still authorized to broadcast analog; I don't believe the FCC has specified a
cut-off date for such stations.
I wonder how many NTSC repeaters are still in
operation east of the
Mississippi...
A quick look at the FCC says that there's 439 class A UHF, 76 class A VHF, 3043 UHF
translators, 1411 VHF translators, 1656 UHF low power and 516 VHF low power stations
currently licensed for broadcast service. Some of those may be digital and some may not
currently be on the air. If I try to refine it much more I'll end up spending half
the day lost in the ULS :P
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