Hi Lou,
I share your frustration with the lack of accessibility to set top boxes and 
the like, but I am not letting this inaccessible world shut me out!  I have 
used receivers and transmitters that didn't talk, cell phones that didn't 
have voice synthesizers in them and I used to tune up my old DX 100 by 
listening to the transformer hum and I used to set the drive by listening to 
the time it took for the meter needle to return to the 0 stop.  But I'm not 
going to give up on any communication mode because of ignorance.  That also 
includes digital ssb which I think sounds terrible, but I'm hoping that it 
will get better with time.
I'm going to keep accessing the difficult because it is a challenge!
Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
Skype name:  bobtinn
Live Long and Prosper!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 8:20 PM
Subject: Re: Digital to analog TV converter boxes


Hi.

With the fiasco that I've had with DVDs and accessibility, I've pretty well
decided to cease to receive television signals when analog goes dark.  I'm
sick of wasting money on things that the industry decides will be obsolete
long before it wears out, and I detest of filling landfills just so someone
can make a heap of money.

They can stick their DTV.

73, de Lou K2LKK





At 11:37 PM 3/9/2008 -0500, you wrote:
>You have to use it within 90 days but the catch is they're only going to 
>issue
>something like 30 million of them so if you wait too long you won't get
>one but
>if you buy now it may be nearly a year before you can use the box and it
>surely
>may have developed problems by then.  Its never for electronics to sit.
>
>Last I heard they'd already issued about a third of the coupons they intend 
>to
>give out.
>
>Tom
>
>
>Tom Brennan  KD5VIJ, CCC-A/SLP
>web page http://titan.sfasu.edu/~g_brennantg/sonicpage.html
>
>On Sun, 9 Mar 2008, Butch Bussen wrote:
>
> > Date: Sun, 09 Mar 2008 21:19:46 -0700
> > From: Butch Bussen <[log in to unmask]>
> > Reply-To: For blind ham radio operators <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Digital to analog TV converter boxes
> >
> > I think you have to use the coupon within 30 days, I do know there is a
> > time limit, so don't apply until you're ready to buy.
> > 73s
> > Butch Bussen
> > wa0vjr
> >
> > On Fri, 7 Mar 2008,
> > Bob Tinney wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > I've been putting off getting a converter box, but the discussion on 
> > > this
> > > list reminded me to apply for 2 coupons as my audio tv receivers are
> analog
> > > and are not hooked to cable.  Just google "digital converter box
> coupon" and
> > > fill out the form.
> > > 73
> > > Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> > > Skype name:  bobtinn
> > > Live Long and Prosper!
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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Louis Kim Kline
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