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Originally Posted by ADTech
Of the major antenna manufacturers, only Antennas Direct has brought products to market optimized for the truncated UHF band. These would be the ClearStream Micron, ClearStream C1, ClearStream C2, and ClearStream C4 which are all optimized for the post-transition U.S. UHF band.
As manufacturers who sell into Canada will tell you, it is still premature to abandon UHF performance up to channel 69 as Canada still has more than a year remaining before their UHF spectrum is reduced.
Antennas Direct Tech Support
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Dear ADTech,
It is certainly to AD's credit that AD has optimized the C1, C2, & C4 for the truncated UHF band.
Since Canada is also planning to reduce their UHF spectrum, Canadians will probably defer elective antenna purchases until after their RF transition. Why invest in a new antenna now when their UHF frequencies will changing in about a year?
However, in the US, the transition has already occurred. There is no need to defer antenna purchases - its quite the opposite. Why would Americans want to invest in pre-transition-designed deep fringe antennas nearly a year after the DTV transition?
Additionally, the US population of
309 Million is obviously a much larger market than the 32 Million Canadians.
When will we Americans see the 91XG optimized for 14-51?
Thanks