Jerry wrote:
....
... If you're in
the boonies and currently receive repeaters, after the switch, you can
either do without the digital box and still watch the repeaters, or
buy a digital box with analog passthrough and watch them all. If you
have a friend with a digital box, ask to borrow it for a day and see
if you get a reliable digital signal in your area.

Ayup...and some who will be making the switch and are on the fringes
their answer when asked if current folks who are receiving their analog
signals will continue to be able to are answering "We don't know" which
is pretty much what the models are saying--it's fringe and it's
anybody's guess how successful any particular location is going to be...

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