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I know ITV couldn't have used low band/band 1 in most of Britain as BBC had nicked all the channels, just in a few select areas. I'm thinking ITV could have covered most of northern England with one Low Band TX high up in the Pennines instead of two TX's on High Band. Later BBC TX's could have used High Band & viewers could have used a single High Band antenna to receive both BBC & ITV like they did in Lincolnshire. I suggested channel 5 for ITV London as I think it was unused in that area in 1955.
Read an article somewhere about the problems they had in New Zealand putting two national services in 3 Low Band & 5 High band channels, some areas had both services on Low Band & other areas were like Britain where Low & High Band was used...
When I rented an apt in Miami in 1989 there were three channels on Low Band = ch's 2, 4, & 6...
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