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   From: MrTallyman@BananaCountersRUs.org   
      
   On Sun, 13 Mar 2011 11:59:46 -0400, Randy Yates  wrote:   
      
   >On 03/13/2011 07:34 AM, Arny Krueger wrote:   
   >> "Randy Yates"  wrote in message   
   >> news:WPidnbj5et4LveHQnZ2dnUVZ_q2dnZ2d@supernews.com   
   >>> On 03/11/2011 01:10 AM, josephkk wrote:   
   >>>> On Tue, 8 Mar 2011 08:36:23 -0500, "Arny   
   >>>> Krueger"  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>    wrote in message   
   >>>>> news:0ivan6l6va3j24k7ns9as8gh11661mjout@4ax.com   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>> On Mon, 7 Mar 2011 12:46:12 -0500, "Arny Krueger"   
   >>>>>>    wrote:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>    
   >>>>   
   >>>>> At some points in a comparison the analog signal will   
   >>>>> be degraded to the extent that it is no longer   
   >>>>> enjoyable, while a comparable digital signal will still   
   >>>>> be ideal. In many locations the analog signal will never be   
   >>>>> totally free of ghosts, while the digital signal will   
   >>>>> be unchanged from optimal.   
   >>>> And at other locations the analog signal was eminently   
   >>>> watchable and the digital signal never receivable (black   
   >>>> screen with broken audio) in spite of plenty of signal   
   >>>> strength.   
   >>>   
   >>> If the digital signa was at the same frequency, I'm not   
   >>> sure why that would occur unless you had a multipath   
   >>> problem.   
   >>   
   >> The digital and analog signals were never at the same frequency during the   
   >> period when we could compare OTA digital with analog signals for pretty   
   >> obvious reasons. In most cases the analog signal was VHF and the digital   
   >> signal was UHF.   
   >   
   >...except when the analog signal was UHF and the digital signal was UHF.   
   >   
   >Actually one could still have compared the two, even if they weren't   
   >present simultaneously, given the fact that human beings have memory;   
   >indeed this is the scenario I had in mind.   
   >   
   >Perhaps this was the exception rather than the rule, however - I really   
   >don't know.   
      
      
     I remember the signals in Cincinnati were just as good, if not better   
   in the analog days.   
      
     I think that was at an even lower wattage on the UHF side.   
      
     No comparison now, as the transmitter antennas are different regardless   
   of what band they are on.   
      
     You may see local individual channels appear as well.  But they will be   
   digital.   
      
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