What really sucks is that for people who purchased UHF "HDTV" antennas (antennae?) and were able to pick up all of their local channels because they were all on UHF frequencies, they got a big surprise Friday when channels started dropping off after the rescan because several channels in their markets switched their UHF digital signal to a VHF frequency. I lost three channels in my area. Totally sucks and just doesn't seem to be the right thing for those stations to do after being on UHF for so long. I'm really pissed about that.
Mike H, I'm in Baltimore too, but I can still receive 11 and 13 for some reason (although 13 won't come in on the rabbit ears on the upstairs TV), but not 7, 9 or 50 in D.C. I have a Terk UHF antenna in my attic that picked up everything just fine until Friday. The switch from UHF to VHF should not have been allowed IMHO.
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What really sucks is that for people who purchased UHF "HDTV" antennas (antennae?) and were able to pick up all of their local channels because they were all on UHF frequencies, they got a big surprise Friday when channels started dropping off after the rescan because several channels in their markets switched their UHF digital signal to a VHF frequency. I lost three channels in my area. Totally sucks and just doesn't seem to be the right thing for those stations to do after being on UHF for so long. I'm really pissed about that.
Mike H, I'm in Baltimore too, but I can still receive 11 and 13 for some reason (although 13 won't come in on the rabbit ears on the upstairs TV), but not 7, 9 or 50 in D.C. I have a Terk UHF antenna in my attic that picked up everything just fine until Friday. The switch from UHF to VHF should not have been allowed IMHO.