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Old 11-Oct-2018, 5:21 PM   #4
rabbit73
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This is an extract from your report:



TVFool is using a defective database to generate reports, so there are some errors. Based on my estimate of your location, this report from rabbitears.info has a more accurate list of channels:



Because of UHF Repack by the FCC, there will be channel changes. For example, WXYZ will be moving from real channel 41 to 25:
https://www.rabbitears.info/market.p...&callsign=WXYZ

If WHNE is important to you, you will need a bigger antenna that covers VHF-Low channels, because it is moving from 20 to 3:
https://www.rabbitears.info/market.p...&callsign=WHNE

It is the real channel number (also called physical channel or RF channel) that determines what antenna is needed.

VHF-Low, real channels 2-6
VHF-High, real channels 7-13
UHF, real channels 14-51

The virtual channel number (like 5.1 or 5-1) is a holdover from the analog TV days to maintain the identity of the station, and is what the TV displays. By convention, the virtual channel number is given in the decimal form to keep it from being confused with the real channel number.

This is the Repack Plan for Detroit:
https://www.rabbitears.info/repackch...=&lss=&status=

WXYZ will be moving during Phase 8.
https://www.fcc.gov/about-fcc/fcc-in...ition-schedule

https://www.commlawcenter.com/2017/0...deadlines.html
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