ALL questions and answers about broadcast tv reception and More.
A Electron Recommendation for Tv Reception.
The Real Channels are in fact the Real Channels that are transmitted and received.
Tv antennas are selected for reception by the real and actual channels that are being transmitted and received.
Virtual channel numbers are in most cases the Legacy Analog channel Number that Tv station transmitted on before the change to digital transmission.
The main reason for keeping the old channel 'number' is known as , Tv station channel branding , it is the channel that the Tv station transmitted all those years analog transmission.
Some Tv stations have kept the old analog 'number' even though the Tv station may or may not be transmitting on the old channel.
Many Tv stations moved out of the VHF low band channels 2 thru 6 because of the higher incendence of natural earth electrical interference and manmade electrical and electronic interference to , Digital Tv Transmission and Reception , and moved to the UHF channels 14 thru 51 and VHF high band channels 7 thru 13 where there is less interference.
There are Tv stations that choose to stay in the VHF low band of 2 thru 6.
The tvfool radar report plot is not showing any current Tv stations transmitting on 2 thru 6.
And is not showing any pending applications for 2 thru 6 for your location.
The HD7698P antenna is longer but not as wide as the HD7084P.
The HD7084P is not as long as the HD7698P but it is wider.
The HD7698P is 14 feet long by 4.5 feet wide.
The HD7084P is 11 feet long by 9 feet wide.
You can install a HD7084P and be ready for 2 thru 6 if a Digital Tv station starts transmitting on a 2 thru 6 channel.
Currently (and that might change) it is not likely that a Tv station would begin transmitting a digital signal on any of the channels 2 thru 6 that would be receivable at your location.
More information:
Some Tv stations moved from a UHF channel to a VHF high band channel , the station may or may not have kept the old number even though the station is transmitting on a different channel.
And some Tv stations moved from a VHF high band channel to UHF channel.
And a few Tv stations changed from a UHF or VHF high band to a VHF low Band channel even though there is more interference in the VHF low band.
Last edited by Electron; 25-Aug-2012 at 4:35 PM.
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