In a message on Friday 11-16-17 Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   GE Ed,   
      
   EV> No need to apologize for making a comment, these BBS Echos are the   
   EV> same as a Amateur Radio ROUNDTABLE on 80 Meter AM. afaik (as far as   
   EV> I know)   
      
   Yeah I know.   
      
    HG> Those old Digibox channels are now called analog and are still   
    HG> available on modern TV sets, along with true digital and HD channels.   
      
   EV> If the Digibox signal are Digital, calling them Analog would sound   
   EV> strange to me.   
      
   It DOES to me too!!   
      
    HG> In most cases when the digital/HD signal becomes too weak to give a   
    HG> picture, the sound also disappears. In rare cases there may be sound.   
      
   I'm not usually looking at the "analog" channels because the aspect   
   ratio is not correct, so I don't know how the sound behaves with weak   
   signal.   
      
   EV> This new fangled stuff we just have to get adjusted to, don't we?   
      
   Yes I have.   
      
    HG> There's no special test equipment needed, except a signal generator   
    HG> that can give a digital TV signal, ....   
      
   EV> I didn't know He only needed to get a Digital TV SigGen to work on   
   EV> the newer gear.   
      
   No one expects you to know it, but your friend should have known.   
      
   EV> was inside of a TV Set, except for taking some 7 Pin and 9 Pin Tubes   
   EV> out and taking them somewhere there was a Tube Tester.   
      
   Tube testers were out long before production of tube TV's ceased.   
      
   A TV-service shop usually had a stock of new tubes, so it was easier to   
   plug in a new one into the socket of a suspect one.   
      
   A mobile service enginer also had a stock of new tubes in his tool box.   
      
   EV> The TV Sets I have now only have One Tube in them, the Picture Tube.   
      
   I don't have any TV sets with tube's. The monitor I'm using for the BBS   
   is the only one with a picture tube.   
      
    EV> Have You noticed if there any lapses or delays to the transmission   
    EV> that You are listening to when You're using any of those Digital   
    EV> Modes wheather during a QSO or You're SWL'ing the Band?   
      
   I am not using any digital modes except A1A (CW) on ham radio!   
      
    HG> What I have noticed is that the more compressed a TV-signal is, the   
    HG> more is the time delayed. Finnish TV hasn't noticed that or corrected   
    HG> it, but swedish TV has.   
      
      
   73 de Sam, OH0NC   
      
   aka Holger   
      
      
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