[mythtv-users] OT: Indoor VHF gain antenna

[Brian Wood]

On Tuesday 26 January 2010 08:58:30 pm David Brodbeck wrote:
> On Jan 26, 2010, at 7:30 PM, Brian Wood wrote:
> > One problem is UHF transmitters are MUCH more expensive to operate
> > than VHF
> > rigs, though I don't think that was a factor, since a TV license is
> > usually
> > very profitable, though there are exceptions.
> 
> In this case, it's a public TV station, so cost may have been a factor.

It certainly could be. I know that some PBS stations that had VHF assignments 
traded (sold) them to commercial UHF stations, but the agreements I am aware 
of required the commercial station to compensate the PBS station for their 
higher costs, in one case for 30 years.

> 
> I found it much easier to receive this particular channel when it was
> on UHF, but it was probably also at a different transmitter site, so
> they comparison may not be a direct one.

Yeah, too many possible factors to make a fair comparison, especially if it's 
a different xmtr site.