No more radios in cars?

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  1. Rmay635703

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    Nope
     
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    You have to pay for Youtube TV. You also pay for internet service.
     
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    I don’t,
    last time I paid for internet it was $4.99 a month for 56k dialup.

    and I do not have YouTube TV, just plain ol YouTube, occasionally watch Pluto or Roku free tiers
     
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    Mmm...

    Someone on the internet who doesn't pay for internet.

    That sounds kind of suspicious. :cautious::LOL:
     
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    Is that true even in places where the strongest "Signal Margin (dB)" is a negative number? Where the "Field Strength (dBuV/m)" is marked "Bad", and also a negative number?

    Your answer sounds like a mostly-flat-land answer. In the valleys nestled in Western mountains, there are many places where it is very impractical to directly receive OTA signals at the home where someone wants to view them. Their own personal translator / repeater mounted on a ridgetop could do it, but would need a (possibly unlicensed) wireless link down to the house, and a good power source. A former coworker did this for a solar powered ham repeater to reach his vacation / retirement home near Stehekin (zip code 98852), but without any permissions from the relevant agencies.
     
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    There are 'free' public internet access points available, though the ones in my county library system are paid through the library levy in my property taxes.