One question: Are broadcasters expected to devote more power to the digital signal once they no longer have to power the analog signals? I've seen the FCC maps of all the stations showing gains in coverage area AFTER the transition (I guess to combat the digital cliff effect). Does this mean that the sucky signal the little portable DTV I got my dad will actually get more than two channels after February 17th? I haven't seen a clear answer on whether all the broadcasters are currently under-powering their digital towers since they are also still powering the analog, and once they are freed of the analog power consumption, they can divert some of the power to the digital side.
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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One question: Are broadcasters expected to devote more power to the digital signal once they no longer have to power the analog signals? I've seen the FCC maps of all the stations showing gains in coverage area AFTER the transition (I guess to combat the digital cliff effect). Does this mean that the sucky signal the little portable DTV I got my dad will actually get more than two channels after February 17th? I haven't seen a clear answer on whether all the broadcasters are currently under-powering their digital towers since they are also still powering the analog, and once they are freed of the analog power consumption, they can divert some of the power to the digital side.