I am currently in Rapid City S. Dakota. I also have DirecTv.
I can not get a signal for DirecTv due to my location with all the trees. After 2 days, I turned on the 04 Magnavox analog Tv without a converter box in the circuit. I was supprised that I was able to get channels 24, 27, & 33 with the batwing antena. I did not think I would be able to get anything due to the digital conversion that had taken place. Maybee I am missing something.
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We found LOTS of places on our recent two month trip, where analog TV is alive and well. We actually found ONE place in Montana where we got a couple of digital channels and also a few analog. Can't tell you why except that analog MUST not be illegal.
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skipnchar wrote: We found LOTS of places on our recent two month trip, where analog TV is alive and well. We actually found ONE place in Montana where we got a couple of digital channels and also a few analog. Can't tell you why except that analog MUST not be illegal.
It has never been the case that all analog stations would be going to digital at this time. There are more than 1000 that are exempt. That is why we having been stressing the need for analog pass-through on the converter's.
Here is a post I made last December; the link in it is still valid. (Or course the transition date in the post was delayed.)
Quote: Low-power and translator TV broadcast stations, will be exempt from the analog to digital transition deadline and will be able to continue broadcasting in analog after February 17, 2009.
Only the full-power TV stations will have to switch to all digital at that time.
No deadline has been set for these stations to go all digital. While some low-power and translator stations will convert to digital by February 17, 2009, others will transition after February 2009, and many will continue to broadcast in analog until required to change by the FCC.
There are over 120 such stations in my home state of North Carolina. Here is a source for all stations eligible for the exemptions.
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