Ham lids - a.k.a. "you should know better!"

[K3ZS]

Don, they will give you coupons for the converter:

http://www.ntia.doc.gov/dtvcoupon/index.html

[k4kyv]

Thanks.  I bookmarked the page.

[Pete, WA2CWA]

Thanks.  I bookmarked the page.

Key point: request up to two coupons, worth $40 each, to be used toward the purchase of up to two, digital-to-analog converter boxes

I haven't seen any prices posted on what these converter boxes are going to retail for.

[K1MVP]

.... millions of dollars of finished goods inventory went to the crusher for junking.

Cool. Can we do this with some outdated hams?

Careful,--there are many ssb-ers who think that those of us who like and/ and or enjoy AM
are "outdated".                       
                                                73, K1MVP   

[Ed/KB1HYS]

Read this of the NTIA FAQ page:

20. Why is the transition from analog to digital television happening?
Because digital broadcasting is more efficient than the current “analog” technology, less of the airwaves are needed to provide programming to consumers. The unused spectrum which broadcasters no longer require will be used for two important purposes. First, it will be given to first responders – our nation’s firefighters and police – to better communicate with each other during emergencies. Second, this spectrum will be auctioned off to provide innovative wireless broadband services to consumers

HERE's the REAL Reason, always follow the money everything else is BULL Shiza...  (like the government CARES that your TV is fuzzy??)
I heard that the expected profit for Uncle Sam was in the BILLIONS... a good enough reason to force feed everyone digital TV...  though there was some arguing about open access to the frequencies, not for us of course, but for folks like Google who want to penetrate the wireless market, but not spend millions on their own chunk of spectrum... 

I wonder if I could put a bid on 3880-3890 kcs?