Regardless of its physical location, an antenna is specifically designed to receive over-the-air signals in the VHF and UHF bands. DTV uses the same frequency ranges as the analog TV standards, so an older antenna can still receive DTV broadcasts .
Read moreIs Australian digital TV UHF or VHF?
In Australia, digital TV signals are aired on both VHF and UHF frequencies (the signals are electromagnetic waves and the frequency is the number of waves transmitted in one second). UHF signal has a higher frequency than VHF and is vertically polarized in Brisbane, while VHF TV signal travels in the horizontal plane.
Read moreAre local TV channels UHF or VHF?
While most local network affiliates broadcast their programming on the UHF frequency band , there are a number of TV stations which transmit using low-band VHF frequencies (channels 2-6) and high-band VHF frequencies (channels 7-13).
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