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   From: SaySooth@TheMonastery.org   
      
   On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 18:23:20 -0500, "Arny Krueger"    
   wrote:   
      
   >That has to be true - different frequencies is probably the major reason   
   >why.   
      
     Dingledorf!  Digital requires a minimum signal strength and needs to be   
   below a specific bit-error-rate (10%).   
      
     So, in many cases where the "tuner" *could* actually get and give you   
   the signal, it puts up a blank screen because it has decided the signal   
   is below its minimum acceptable strength or BER.   
      
     It has NOTHING to do with the frequency it is being transmitted on.  If   
   anything it would improve as a result of that.   
      
     I was 50 miles from most of the broadcasters in SD and got them all   
   because I only needed to point my antenna in one spot.   
      
    Moving nearer to the coast at a mere 12 miles form various transmitters,   
   my channel count dropped because I had to actually point the antenna at   
   four different directions.  Then, there were the nearby buildings causing   
   multipath issues at the main carrier level, which causes the tuner to   
   declare the signal to be below the threshold it set.   
      
    The signals are there.  You simply need a good tuner and antenna to get   
   them.   
      
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