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I've never understood why this hasn't been done. More than 33% of the TV spectrum will be freed up on June 12th when the full-power analogs disappear. Rather than reallocating full power DTV channels for maximum coverage, we're going to fill up that spectrum with repeaters? I live in what has to be one of the most 'busy' areas for TV, the Baltimore/Washington area, and the post-6/12 setup is rediculous. We have a MAJOR channel (WBAL, NBC Baltimore) getting absolutely crippled to something like 5kW on VHF 11 post-transistion here. They can't use more than 5kW (or whatever it is) because of potential interference issues. They can't stay on UHF 59 for DTV because that channel was sold to the highest bidder by the FCC. Maybe they desperately wanted to keep channel 11 becuase of their analog identity, but still ... 5kW?

We'll see, but I'm cynical at best here. lol]]>May 10th 2009 11:39PMhttp://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/10/us-senate-intros-bill-to-keep-people-from-falling-off-the-digit/http://hd.engadget.com/2009/05/10/us-senate-intros-bill-to-keep-people-from-falling-off-the-digit/May 11th 2009 2:42PM