Let the hive mind of Engadget get that for you.
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That's funny, after the cutoff date in February the entire UHF band will shut down, and the HD stations -- all of which are currently up there -- will move back down into the VHF core. Methinks you need a different reception strategy than this for VHF, starting with the antenna elements...
I don't know who told you that but that's not what's happening.
Ch. 14-69 compose UHF TV
post Feb. 19, 2009 everyone must evacuate Ch. 51-69
So we'll still have Ch. 14-50 in UHF
And we'll still have Ch. 2-13 VHF but 2-6 will be avoided
So the main focus of them will be on Ch. 7-13 VHF and Ch.14-50 UHF
Funny enough UHF antenna commonly still have gain in VHF Ch.9-13
So a UHF antenna with some Ch. 7-8 VHF rods should cut it for most people