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Originally Posted by hTrag428
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I don't know why the Buffalo stations (other than 23) would require extreme measures, as they all came in fine all these years when everything was analogue. (I'm going back now several years when I lived at home with the folks.) I also do not know why there would be co-channel interference between CIII & WBBZ, as there never was between CIII and WKBW in the analogue days.
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Just as an aside, we used to get 57 analogue channels from my parents' house (including every one of the twelve VHF channels), so that gives you an idea as to our experience with co-channels and adjacent-channels. My parents never subscribed to cable until long after I left the nest (and not until TSN picked up the Ti-Cats).
Thanks again. I'll keep you posted on my progress.
Brian
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Virtually all of your questions are answered in your TV Fool Radar Plot. Most digital broadcasts are on the UHF band which has shorter range than VHF. For US broadcasters, digital UHF is legally restricted to lower radiated power than analog UHF. Digital VHF is also legally restricted to lower radiated power than analog VHF.
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John Candle has urged about 15,257 times, you need to understand the difference between virtual channels and real channels. This is a much bigger issue with US broadcasters than Canadian broadcasters. But it is an isuse with Canadian broadcasters. In the case of WBBZ, it displays at Channel 67.1, but is actually broadcasts on Real Channel 7. CIII-DT 7 displays Virtual Channel 7.1 and broadcasts on Real Channel 7, the same as WBBZ. However, these are both distant stations from your location. However, you cannot receive receive CIII-DT 7 (RF 7) except under unusual atmospheric conditions. You should have no desire to because where you live, CIII-DT 6 (RF 6) has a strong signal in the green. CIII-DT 41 (RF 65) is not quite as strong, but is easier for you to receive than CIII DT 7.
The world of digital broadcast television is here. There is nothing to be gained by mourning the past and cursing the present. Members of this forum will help you get the most out of this new broadcast world. You know as well as I do that those 57 channels that you used to get were not 57 unique programming streams. In the USA, multicasting enabled by digital broadcasting provides more more programming streams than we ever dreamed of when I was a boy. In my home state, it was unusual for a town to have more than three TV stations back in the day. Today, many individual TV stations broadcast three or more subchannels. I don't want to go back. After you learn how to take advantage of what is available to you, you will not want to go back either.