Talk:North American cable television frequencies

mid band? 87-120 MHz is this more commonly known as the FM band? should we change the table so there is only on mid band to make this less confusing Seanm9 15:15, 26 August 2007 (UTC)


 * 88-108MHz is the North American FM band (88.1 to 107.9MHz in 0.2 steps). 87.9 is rarely (if ever) used as it falls in the VHF TV6 guardband. --66.102.80.212 (talk) 18:00, 19 June 2010 (UTC)

Incorrect Frequencies
The visual carrier frequencies do not all agree with those listed in CEA-542-C, Cable Television Channel Identification Plan.; e.g., the ch. 14 video carrier is listed as "121.25" here, but "121.2625" in the CEA standard. --algocu (talk) 16:41, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It looks like the "see also" Web pages list several different sets of TV channel assignements - someone with stronger fingers and eyes than I will have to type in all the extra columns. This article would then be almost useful it if gave some description of which sets of "standards" were current, and which were obsolete. --Wtshymanski (talk) 17:23, 12 March 2010 (UTC)

It wouldn't hurt to correct spelling mistakes, either. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.99.176.2 (talk) 20:04, 6 December 2010 (UTC)

Suggest merge
We also have Incrementally related carriers and Harmonically related carriers, which are very short stbby articles that logically belong in the context of this article.These would explain why the cable frequencies aren't the same as the on-air frequencies. We could then change all the ad-hoc notes at the bottom to proper text, desrcribe EIA standard, HRC and IRC schemes, and have a consolidated explanation instead of scattered fragments. This would also mean extending and amplyfing the table to show the three sets fo frequenices, also traditional channel letters that predate the EIA standard. --Wtshymanski (talk) 22:46, 12 March 2010 (UTC)
 * It may surprise you, but the world is not America, and thus the merge doesn't seem logical. For example, an article about cable television in Ireland linked to this page... when previously it linked to the relevant article. Secondly "harmonically related carriers" is not only restricted to use of North American cable television frequencies, also not just cable television. In Greater London, the same is done for national VHF radio stations from different transmitters to enable them to be 0.3MHz apart rather than the usual minimum 0.4MHz. 91.85.133.50 (talk) 21:41, 25 April 2010 (UTC)
 * Zero content not related to North American cable TV distribution, and no references proving its used anywhere else. Do you have a reference? --Wtshymanski (talk) 01:30, 26 April 2010 (UTC)