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To: SunkenCiv

Are we saying here that all the over-the-air current digital broadcasts are just temporary and due to expire in short time ? aka Channels 2 thru 65 with an antenna TV, antenna on the roof, etc ?

Does this correlate with the need every few months to ‘run a scan’ in your digital TV to update the channel assignments and allotments ?

Did the FCC authorize all this stuff to expire in short time and thus DAMN the population and citizens from the traditional over-the-air eternal TV systems ?

If we end up with significant infrastructure damage due to WW3 or civil war, will our airwaves STOP providing broadcast TV over-the-air. Who cares if cable or satellite is knocked-out, will the broadcast airwaves be severed ?


4 posted on 02/03/2024 9:27:31 AM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England

Talking about emergency broadcast system working in wartime. I know that analog TV was totally independent of channel re-alignment crap. This digital implementation may cripple the airwaves.


7 posted on 02/03/2024 9:28:52 AM PST by George from New England
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To: George from New England
If we end up with significant infrastructure damage due to WW3 or civil war, will our airwaves STOP providing broadcast TV over-the-air. Who cares if cable or satellite is knocked-out, will the broadcast airwaves be severed ?

Evil stupid democrat control freaks are doing this...

9 posted on 02/03/2024 9:34:02 AM PST by GOPJ (Is Biden starting a war AFTER draining the petroleum reserves and giving our weapoins to Ukraine?)
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To: George from New England

“Does this correlate with the need every few months to ‘run a scan’ in your digital TV to update the channel assignments and allotments ?”

ATSC 3 tuners automatically scan and identify the channels.


18 posted on 02/03/2024 10:37:13 AM PST by TexasGator
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To: George from New England

“Are we saying here that all the over-the-air current digital broadcasts are just temporary and due to expire in short time ? “

This is not a mandated switch. Many new TV’s today already have ATSC 3 tuners. Stations switching to 3.0 will have to maintain current 1.0 till 2027.

“aka Channels 2 thru 65 with an antenna TV, antenna on the roof, etc ?”

The highest channel is 38.


19 posted on 02/03/2024 10:51:50 AM PST by TexasGator
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