Could be a very messy long daisy chain. Bob Miller On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:10 PM, Tom Barry <trbarry@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > How does this sort of thing work? Can you just pick up the phone and call > whoever's still got 40 and ask them their intentions? Or is there some long > daisy chain involved? > > - Tom > > > John Shutt wrote: >> >> According to the linked story, the delay passed the Senate unanimously. >> Is there any doubt that it will get a majority in the House? Is there any >> doubt that Obama will sign it? >> >> We are currently on Digital 55. Our final digital is 40. We shut down >> our Analog 23 on January 13th, so we could convert it to a Digital channel >> 40 transmitter. However, we cannot actually move to 40 until other >> broadcasters also move. >> >> Is this bill only for those analogs that can stay on without causing >> interference to others, (such as out of core analogs) and mandating that the >> rest of the frequency switches occur? Or is this bill essentially a >> "continue the status quo" until June? We've already dismantled our analog >> transmitter beyond the point of no return, in the process of making it a >> channel 40 digital transmitter. >> >> John >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Miller" <robmxa@xxxxxxxxx> >> To: "opendtv" <opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 9:02 AM >> Subject: [opendtv] DTV Delay Bill >> >> >>> Seems the Senate bill allows broadcasters to shut down at will after >>> the February deadline and before the new June 12th deadline. What >>> percentage of broadcasters will? >>> >>> http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28863961/wid/11915829/?GT1=43001 >>> >>> I thought that the Obama call to delay the transition was a fig leaf >>> effort so that his administration could say that they did what they >>> could. I didn't think it would even come up for a vote. But this bill >>> could be the same thing. It allows Congress and the administration to >>> both claim that they did what they could while blaming broadcasters, >>> who might be hurting bad enough in the present economic climate, to >>> scuttle the effort by turning off their analog transmitters in >>> February anyway. >>> >>> Bob Miller >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: >>> >>> - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >>> FreeLists.org >>> >>> - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >>> unsubscribe in the subject line. >>> >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: >> >> - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at >> FreeLists.org >> - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word >> unsubscribe in the subject line. >> >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: > > - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at > FreeLists.org > - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word > unsubscribe in the subject line. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can UNSUBSCRIBE from the OpenDTV list in two ways: - Using the UNSUBSCRIBE command in your user configuration settings at FreeLists.org - By sending a message to: opendtv-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.