Rabbit Ears and Super WIFI - Something in Common?

If you grew up in a location like me, the rural Mississippi Delta, then you probably longed for cable tv like your "city" friends had.

We were lucky. Our house had a tv antenna. It stood like a mighty sentinel collecting ALL three possible tv channels and pouring news and entertainment into our lives. It even worked pretty well, depending on the weather. Wind was hard on tv antennas and in at least one instance, a hefty antenna repairman and our roof came to a bad end.

Our family was big on technology. We also had a set of rabbit ears for the retired tv, which was in my room and had a broken volume control. It worked better than you might think, unless you wanted to see details or less "snow" on the screen. Getting a clear picture sometimes required standing near the tv set, holding one of the rabbit "ears", while balancing on one foot. Yeah, that was my job. Oh, and did I mention you had to press your own ear up against the speaker to catch Johnny Carson's jokes?

So, you can imagine how fascinated I was to read an article on our AgFax news page about Super WIFI coming to rural areas by way of local tv airwaves. Those same local airwaves that brought us dim, black and white (and sometimes color) images of "Lost in Space" or "Gunsmoke," are set to deliver Super Wifi with a capacity estimated to be twice that of Verizon and AT&T combined. It should happen since the FCC is behind it.

I think I've still got a set of rabbit ears. Do you think they will pick up Super Wifi? Maybe if I stand on one foot?