Good for you, Charlie. That 1800 ft elevation is a real plus.
Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA
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From: "Charles Geilfuss" <charles.geilfuss@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 3:37 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: The Relic
> I've had an interesting experience with digital television. I own a small
> house in North Carolina, where I hope to retire, right on the edge of the
> mountains at an elevation of about 1800 ft. When I purchased the place the
> analog TV in the house could pick up two channels reasonably well with a
> pair of "Rabbit Ears" antenna, one fairly clear station out of Spartanburg
> and one with "snow" out of Asheville. When the switch to digital came
> about
> I bought a converter box, hooked it to the antenna and got absolutely
> nothing. I bought a roof top antenna (that looks like something you'd
> grill
> hot dogs on) and installed it on the roof. Works like a charm! I get about
> 25 stations: two CBS affiliates, two NBC affiliates and a slew of ETV
> channels from all over NC including Charlotte (which is about 75 miles
> from
> me as the crow flies). The picture is amazing, better in fact than the
> cable
> picture I get in Charleston.
>
> Charlie
>
> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 3:48 PM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> > That's too bad. Yes a weak digital signal is useless, while a weak
>> > analog signal was just annoying.
>>
>>
>> Eons ago, when I was on the supply side to the industry, the joke was
>> that Digital Broadcasting was a solution looking for a problem.
>> Especially on the radio side, we could easily implement modern
>> technologies which would make it actually better than digital could
>> ever be. But that would have required the manufactures of receivers to
>> actually do something other than build pure junk.
>>
>> Shoot, we couldn't even get them to put the stereo decoder chip in the
>> AM receivers! Other than AC Delco, I don't think there were more than
>> three radios available that received AM stereo. That is also another
>> shame because the stereo encoding actually improved range.
>>
>> Anyway, the predictions for what digital television was going to do
>> pretty well happened. The broadcasters themselves are now sitting on
>> multimillion dollar infractructure with little revenue to pay for it.
>> What was not understood up front, however, was just how easy the
>> public fully embraced paying money for what was free.
>>
>> AG
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