Nigel Goodwin wrote: > Channels 15 - 83 is interesting, UHF over here is only 21 - 69. In the US, we used to have VHF channels 2 - 13, and UHF 14 - 83. However, the FCC never allocated 70 - 83, so they were reallocated to provide the 800 MHz cellular telephone band. Rather than make any technical effort to design the cellular system to be safe from eavesdropping, over here we have cleverly legislated it to be secure (part of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986). Therefore if you have old televisions with continuous tuning of UHF (which can receive cellular frequencies), it is now illegal to sell them. > At the moment in the UK cable is slowly spreading, but a couple of years > ago the franchise for Matlock (where I work!) was up for offers. I > suppose the population is 15,000 - 20,000, but there were no bids made!. Strange. Over here Matlock was pretty popular with the older crowd; it's even been mentioned on the Simpsons :-)