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   Mike Powell to Ed Vance   
   Doctor Who   
   01 Oct 16 11:55:00   
   
   > Digital TV works fairly fine when the Weather is calm, but during storms   
   > it acts different than a Analog TV signal did.   
      
   Ed,   
   Yeah, and over a distance, like Louisville to Frankfort, or even Lexington to   
   Frankfort, the digital signals deteriorate so badly they are usually   
   unwatchable.  I used to be able to pull in all Louisville stations, all   
   Lexington stations, and even one from Cincinnati.  Ironically, when they   
   first went digital, some of the stations were available because they were on   
   UHF (the analog was still using their VHF "spot").  Now that analog is gone   
   on those VHF stations have gone VHF for digital, I have no TVs that   
   pull anything via antenna.   
      
   From what I can tell, digital was no real improvement for most of us at all.   
   The only thing it allowed was for the government to narrow the band used by   
   TV so that they could sell the remainder for other uses.   
      
   > WBNA TV 21.4 has the Retro TV Network, and currently I'm watching the   
   > Doctor Who shows with the Third Doctor for one hour Monday- Friday.   
      
   There used to be another subchannel network there in Louisville that also   
   carried the older 30-minute episodes.  I can't remember which network it was,   
   though.  I happened to see it on TV while visiting relatives up there a year   
   or so ago.  It was not Retro TV but a network I had not heard of.  It was the   
   first time I had seen episodes from any of the "original run" series, and   
   they were pretty good.   
      
   I keep my eyes out just to see if any of the other subchannel networks we do   
   get here on cable (Me, Antenna, and one other) carry Dr Who but, so far, if   
   they do I have missed it.   
      
   > One thing I've noticed when the titles for the Third Doctor are shown at   
   > the Beginning and End of the show is that as the colored lines are   
   > changing shape, at one point the shape looks like a Storm Trooper   
   > Helmet briefly.   
      
   They may very well do so.  Over the years, they have probably had some   
   characters that look like a Storm Trooper.  I am not sure what the early   
   Cybermen looked like, for example.  :)   
      
   > If You can watch WBNA in Frankfort, KY, see if You notice what I 'think'   
   > I'm seeing when the show starts up.   
      
   Actually, I know I said I used to be able to get "all" of the Louisville TV   
   stations, but WBNA may have been one I never did get.  That, and Channel 24.   
      
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