(meteorobs) Possible final year of tv transmitter scatter in US

[Thomas Ashcraft]

"Beginning Feb. 18, 2009, anyone who does not own a digital tv set and 
still gets their programming via over-the-air antennas will no longer 
receive a picture. That's the day the television industry completes its 
transition from old-style analog broadcasting to digital."

Looks like one more precious year of forward scatter from tv 
transmitters here in the US.  If anyone hears of alternative 
developments for the continuation of radio meteor work I hope they will 
report the information here in this forum.  As it stands now, the FM 
88-108 MHz radio dial is super-congested and not available for scatter 
like it used to be.

Clear skies and happy radio meteor observing for the coming year.

Thomas Ashcraft
New Mexico