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To: BBB333
Analog and digital antennas are different and non-compatible...

Yes... and no.

Many analog channels were on VHF, plus many were on UHF. Now, almost all digital signals are on a part of the old UHF spectrum, meaning an old wide-band UHF antenna in good shape will likely work fine for most digital signals. But we still have one OTA channel on high band VHF (it's actually moving DOWN one channel, soon.)

I'm watching "digital" Channel 34 on an old UHF antenna (actually the front section of an old combo "analog" antenna) tonight. (I sometimes use the VHF section for that one VHF digital channel I mentioned above, and occasionally for FM. Very occasionally - FM audio quality has gone to heck due to over-compression, mostly.)

At any rate, the carrier frequency itself, the antenna, and the front end of the tuner, don't much care if the carrier frequency is carrying analog or "digital" information.

100 posted on 01/15/2019 4:45:15 PM PST by Paul R.
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To: Paul R.

Yep. well done. Thank you.


110 posted on 01/15/2019 5:14:56 PM PST by Openurmind
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