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Yes, a UHF antenna can pick up VHF signals, but not well. The size difference makes the uhf antenna "inefficient" for the longer vhf wave length, but some energy can be received by the uhf antenna.
You need a VHF/UHF antenna (channels 2 to 60 ). Check out: http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts/digitaltv.html
First, you need an antenna that is both uhf and vhf comaptible. Usuaully it will have a pair of rabbit ears (vhf) and a center loop or plate (uhf). Make sure the rabbit ears are completely extended then just re-scan your channels on your digital box or your hdtv.
Getting a VHF antenna will allow the TV to have a strong signals and get the programs that you would need. Also, UHF could be another alternative to VHF.
A plasma TV set is just like any other TV set on the market. It can accept video/audio signals from an VHF/UHF antenna if it has an aerial VHF/UHF antenna input. It can also accept DVB-C or DVDB-S or DVB-T through the same antenna input. You have to refer to the manual that came with your plasma TV set to see what types of signals it can receive through its antenna input.
A VHF/UHF antenna is the correct one for HDTV. If you are using a indoor antenna, the amplified ones are better.
A couple of points: When you're on the receiving end, UHF signals have a few disadvantages over VHF signals, owing to UHF's higher frequencies: 1) UHF transmitters tend to be less powerful than VHF transmitters 2) Transmission lines lose appreciably more signal at UHF than VHF, and that's just for transporting the signal from the transmitter room to the antenna 3) UHF signals tend to get weaker more quickly than VHF signals as they propagate outwards from their transmitters 4) UHF receivers tend to be less sensitive than VHF receivers UHF signals have one particular advantage over VHF signals: The smaller wavelengths of UHF signals allow for a smaller antenna to provide the same performance as a larger VHF antenna. Alternately, you can make the UHF antenna larger for enhanced performance, and it might still be small compared to a nominal VHF antenna. (Please pardon all the vague, qualitative references.) High-performance antennas for UHF that are not especially huge can more-than-compensate for lower power transmitters, lossier transmission lines, higher path-losses, and less sensitive receivers. Another advantage of UHF (and microwave) is that there tend to be more frequencies available than at the lower VHF frequencies. As technology advanced over the years, radio-spectrum habitation moved from the lower frequencies to the higher frequencies. Necessarily, the tendency is for lower, "older" (VHF) frequencies to be more crowded than higher, "newer" (UHF / microwave) frequencies. More than likely, the frequency you operate on will be determined by the radio-communications-licensing authority in your country (i.e., the FCC in the USA). A particular service might have allocations available in more than one band, i.e., VHF and UHF, and then it's up to the Engineering Department to decide which of those legally available frequencies to chose for their system.
Any antenna can receive anything, but not very well unless it's the correct length for the frequency you're trying to receive. Yes, this antenna will work well so you will not need a special FM only antenna.
Try a regular off air UHF/VHF antenna which cover channels 2 thru 69. while there are a few VHF stations (channels 2-13) still on the air most are UHF (channels 14-69) and are HDTV. This info applies to stations in the USA.
No. They had two screws for VHF and two screws for UHF. The screws were for the two wires from each antenna.
Digital TV signals are transmitted on VHF starting on channel 2 and ending at the top of the UHF spectrum channel 69. At one time the plan was not to use the VHF band but it didn't work out that way.
Generally speaking, VHF or UHF radio. VHF is also used to communicate with ground personnel (heli logging, SAR, firefighting, etc). The 'system' consists of a radio, antenna cable, and external antenna. an intermediate antenna switch can be used to allow multiple radios of the same band to use the same external antenna.