many Analog American TV stations will kill analog Feb 17 even if deadline is extended

[richms]

Originally Posted by wa2ise

Just wait until the "white space" devices get loose. These are devices that would be used like wi-fi RF links for home computers and such. 100mW don't sound like much, but that's gonna be a big whopping signal that will jam a nearby ATSC receiver...
http://www.tvtechnology.com/article/68516

Whitespace will use positioning technology to know what channels are vacent and the power levels it can put out before it will start to overload tuners at a sane distance.

No idea what technology they will use but I would be annoyed if I had to get a GPS lock on a router or something before it would work.

[KentTeffeteller]

In Knoxville, our local PBS affiliate's analog transmitter died last Fall. Since then, Digital only. No parts available as they bought an old RCA transmitter.

[MRX37]

Well, I just did a test. It's almost 1:30AM here in Detriot, Feb 17th, and 2,4,7,20,38,50,56, and 62 are all still here.

[wa2ise]

Originally Posted by MRX37

Well, I just did a test. It's almost 1:30AM here in Detroit, Feb 17th, and 2,4,7,20,38,50,56, and 62 are all still here.

I think it was supposed to be a minute past 11:59PM Feb 17th that analog was to die. It does get confusing as to which day a midnight belongs to...

[old_tv_nut]

from fcc.gov