[mythtv-users] HELP! In antenna hell!

Greg Oliver oliver.greg at gmail.com
Thu Sep 30 06:05:28 UTC 2010


On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 12:52 AM, Kevin Ross <kevin at familyross.net> wrote:
>  On 9/29/2010 5:27 PM, Ryan Patterson wrote:
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 5:25 PM, Patrick Ouellette<pat at flying-gecko.net>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>>  Channel 13 is at 210 MHz and channel 14 is at 470MHz so there
>>> should be little interaction between a VHF only and a UHF only
>>> antenna on the same support structure. (Actually they reallocated
>>> 14-20 to land mobile so your UHF channels start at ch 21 on 512MHz)
>>
>> Not sure why you think the FCC did anything with channels 14-20.  I
>> have a local network broadcasting on channel 14.  I also have one that
>> broadcasts on channel 13 which is head and shoulders the weakest OTA
>> in the area (all networks broadcast from the same location).
>>
>> -Ryan
>
> 14-20 is shared with "land mobile" use, which is basically wireless ISPs
> (not mobile phones) in rural areas.  It's used for TV in major metro areas,
> and "land mobile" everywhere else.

Land mobile is actually two-way radio unlicensed spectrum..  Same
thing police/fire use, but unlicensed..  It is really hard to get a
clear signal on *any* of those freqs unless you are very rural..

> At least that's my understanding.


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