Re: How will the US local area stations commerate the end of System-M?

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> |
> | KFMB is analog Ch 8 from Mount Soledad in San Diego.  KFMB-DT is Ch 7
from
> | the same place.  No problems -- BUT -- I am receiving them with a UHF
> | antenna.  If I were to hook my box to a VHF antenna, the stronger
signal
> | might show up a problem.  I'll try it and see what happens.
> |
> | I normally don't watch any VHF channels since all the locals are on
cable
> | anyway.  My real use for digital OTA is for LA stations that the local
> | cableco doesn't im****t.  They're all UHF.
>
> But be aware that KABC-DT, KCAL-DT, KTTV-DT, and KCOP-DT will all be
going
> back to their VHF allocations (7, 9, 11, 13) post-transition.  And you
are
> probably going to have problems with KFLA-LD on channel 8.
>
> http://www.rabbitears.info/dtr.php

Thanks for the link.  In/near San Diego, we will probably never see KFLA. 
I
see from the FCC web site that their antenna pattern has a deep null in my
direction and, given full-power KFMB or KFMB-DT on Ch 8 locally, that
seals
it.  (Maybe KFLA will never have anything I want.  I'll hope.)

KCAL and KCBS are a duopoly, that is owned by the same company.  I had
heard
that on Day Zero KCBS-DT might move to Ch 9 and KCAL-DT might stay on Ch
43.
KCBS-DT must vacate Ch 60 on Day Zero and going digital on Ch 2 would seem
to be a bad move, given the known low-band noise problems.  We shal see.