On Sat, 03 Dec 2005 07:18:52 GMT, Steve Kraus
wrote:

BTW, did you know that CABLE (not UHF broadcast) channels 95 to 99 and
then 14 to 22 are in the gap between 6 and 7 (the others are above
13)?


95, 96, 97 are on the same frequencies as broadcast FM radio over the air.
Some cable systems used to deliver radio services in this band but that's
probably going digital these days. 98 & 99 are just above this. 14-22 are
considered midband. 23 picks up right where 13 leaves off (super band).
It doesn't start overlapping with over-the-air UHF channel 14 and above
until about cable channel 65.

By way of general explanation, the reason for the difference between cable
and over-the-air, or why didn't they just use all the same frequencies as
VHF and UHF is that the higher the frequency the more difficult it is to
pump it through a cable so they use all the frequencies.

So you do know. I remember that UHF 14-69 are in the same frequency
range as cable (around 65-125), but the channels are 1.25MHz off. The
(newer, with automatic fine tuning) TV I tried it on could still tune
UHF channels when set to "cable". At that time there were a couple of
UHF channels here that you could get with an antenna, but were not on
cable.
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