Never thought of this one...

[icman95]

Just visited with a couple of RVing friends and they brought up a point I didn't even consider. The digital tv conversion won't be a problem for anyone with cable or satellite tv, so I didn't even think twice about it. My friend mentioned that he bought a converter box anyway, because of the tv in his camper. I hadn't considered that. We don't usally say at compgrounds that have cable hookup and the one time we did, we didn't hook up because that, to us, is the opposite of camping. We usually use the tv for weather/news or movies for a rainy night. No need for cable hookup. It's nice to get away from the boob tube a few weeks out of the year.

But what to do once the conversion takes place-now delayed until June? We won't be able to get the weather/news anymore unless we hook up the converter box. So, we went to the gov't website to apply for the coupon https://www.dtv2009.gov/. I knew before I went there that the program is out of funds, but I applied anyway. They said that as the coupons that were sent out and not used, expire (90 days) they will be issued to new applicants all placed on a waiting list. The estimate is that anyone applying today will get one the week of 4/11/09. All this, just to watch tv while camping. Wow!