On 1/7/2009 10:20 PM Don Bruder spake thus:

In article ,
Robert Neville wrote:

Jimw wrote:

What is the actual frequency band for DTV, and how does
that compare to the 145Mhz ?

Today most DTV signals are UHF, between 470MHz and 800MHz. After the
switchover, many will move to the VHF band.

Sorry, Rob, but that's *TOTALLY* incorrect. One of the primary purposes
of the switch is to open up the VHF bands for other uses.

That's what I gathered also. So what are they going to use those old VHF
channels for, do you know?

I find it interesting that nobody seems to be commenting on one
important aspect of this whole deal, which is that we, the people (you
remember that phrase, right?), who own these bands as (formerly) public
communications pathways, are being given a take-it-or-leave-it
proposition where they might (or probably will) end up in private hands.
This would have caused outrage maybe 20-30 years ago, and someone may
have even demanded an FCC investigation, but at this point, all we can
do is throw our hands in the air, roll over and play dead.


--
Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the
powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral.

- Paulo Freire