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| DTV is Coming |
 Well if you have been living in a cave some where, you might not know
it, but Digital TV is coming your way. Whether you like it or not, it
will be here on February 17, 2009. We have created this page to help
you with the transition. Oh, if you live in Hawai'i, you will change to Digital TV on January 15, 2009, so you better get ready.If you want to learn all the official information about Digital TV, just visit the official website at DTV.gov. Kaufman County ARES, Inc. along with thousands of amateur radio operators and clubs across the US are helping our neighbors to make a smooth transition to DTV. While we might not be able to help each and everyone, we will try to assist you in any way that we can, including having this website. Depending on how old your TV is, you may not even have to worry to much about this transition. Many newer TV's are DTV ready and only need to be connected to your antenna to receive a signal. If you have an older analog TV, you will have to either obtain a DTV converter box (similar to a cable box) or sign-up for satellite/cable TV service. The digital transition will not affect you if you currently have cable or satellite. If you need to get a converter box, you may purchase them from Wal-Mart, Target, Kmart and other retailers you can even order them online, plus you can get a coupon to help offset some of the cost. To learn more about that, just visit DTV 2009. If you can connect a VCR or DVD player to your TV, then you can connect a DTV convertor. The process is basically the same and most convertors have similar connectors on the boxes. A basic setup is to have the coaxial cable (wire) running from your antenna to where your TV is located. Then you take this wire and use the connector to attached to the "Antenna In (RF)" or similar wording. This is where the signal comes into the system. Then you will connect a second coaxial cable to the "Out to TV (RF)" on the converter box and then to the "Antenna In (RF)" on the TV. Next you setup the power cable to the converter box and use the instructions and remote that come with it to setup and modify any settings for the system. You can view some basic instructions on installation of the converter box, with photos, here. Why the change to Digital TV? In an effort to better serve the people of the US and all parties in between, the FCC decided to move almost all analog TV stations to digital frequencies. This will allow stations to produce and transmit shows in Hi-Definition and digital for better quality both in the picture and sound. Stations will be able to broadcast more shows at one time. You can think of it like this, with the old analog TV system, you stations where broadcasting only one show, basically 1 car driving down a 1 lane street. With Digital TV, that same TV station will be able to broadcast 2, 3, 4 or more TV shows at the same time. Now its 4 cars running down 4 lanes on the same size street. If you watched channel 8 on you TV, you will now be able to watch channel 8, channel 8-1, channel 8-2 and so on. Its very similar to how some of the radio stations are broadcasting both in analog and digital. The benefit of moving away from the old analog system is that it now opens up those frequencies and spectrum's to be used in public safety and other type of radio systems. Up until now, fire, police, EMS and other services have relied on a limited amount of space on the air waves to communicate. Now they will be able to obtain licenses on more frequencies and have better ability to work more efficiently together duing a disaster or emergency. Other radio servies may also benefit from the release of these analog frequencies. We are moving into a time when this will be a great benefit for all. Please check back for more information as we can make it available. |
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