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Digital Proves Unreliable In Severe Weather
I have a concern about receiving uninterrupted critical TV
weather coverage here during severe storms and tornado
warnings once analog transmissions are discontinued.
My husband is trying out a digital converter, and we can
consistently receive only one station! We are able to receive
8-10 analog stations using the same antenna!
When dangerous weather approaches, following the path of
severe storms or the path of tornados is very reliable on
analog stations, but as soon as the weather surrounds us,
the digital station is effectively blacked-out! This is similar to the way that satellite TV transmissions are blocked.
It is assumed that even if we are forced to buy a decibel
power-gain appliance and power-up our antenna reception,
we will still be without critical weather warning broadcasts
when they are needed the most as digital signals are
unreliable at best when blanketed by heavy weather...
Can you help me understand how rural America will be
notified of severe weather and kept safe (as possible) when
analog weather newscasts are no longer available?
I believe this is a very valid concern that should be addressed immediately with everyone who is vulnerable to such severe weather threats.
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While I agree NFL games don't cut it on portables (the 2004 season was spoiled for those of us without power four of the first five weeks of the season), DC TVs serve a purpose during storm season that radio can't match.
Your suggestions have flaws:
1. A car battery has a limited juice. We needed to monitor the path for nearly 24 hours after the power went out with the first feeder bands of Frances.
2. I hope you are right; and may they not have built-in lithium batteries with a 2.5-hour play time. I don't mind burning 4 or 8 D-cells a couple times a year.
3. As a kid, we had only radio to get us through storms and frankly, they weren't much help. Radios may be sufficient to save yourself, but they do little to allay fear. You just can't track a storm on a local level during a radio broadcast. When sitting alone in a hallway, closet, or bathroom during a storm, watching the storm approach helps control fear. Remember, knowledge is power.
How many of those hundreds of special interest stations do you watch, anyway? I watch so little TV that I'm a broadcast-only cable subscriber; I don't even get ESPN anymore.
CN
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May 19, 2008 14:43:09 PM
RE: Digital TV
Oh the inumanity that the FCC is forcing upon us in the name of progress. We should forever have to forgo the benefits that opening up the frequency spectrum will provide us as well as the much better quality that digital provides just for the infrequent need for a few to receive storm warnings on a portable DC powered TV. The real crisis here may be the inability to watch NFL games on a portable.
I have three suggestions:
1. Buy a ac/dc converter and power the converter off of a car battery
2. Wait a little bit. I am confident American engineering will provide many third world companies the ablility to flood our market with portable digital DC TV's
3. BUY A RADIO. THEY ARE MORE THAN SUFFICENT TO RECEIVE THE INFORMATION YOU NEED TO SAVE YOUR ..... SELF. How about a NOAA weather radio or a regular radio which can get NOAA weather frequencies.
Sure you can't get your soaps or the price is right during the storm but it will accomplish the purpose.
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Living on the gulf coast where power outage is a given during hurricanes, the loss of our small dc powered analog TV sets will pose a major threat to public safety. During recent storms, one local channel used generators to stay on air; battery TV enabled us to watch their Viper tornado warnings, which were very frequent. No digital converter seems DC powered; when the power goes we will be left guessing, either cowering constantly in hallways or dashing for cover at the last minute. The FCC does not grasp the harm it is doing.
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