BCT 996 and "Digital" TV Channels
I would also like to be able to receive the audio portion of ATSC channels, but even with the correct tuning ability, it will not work while in motion. I did an experiment several months ago because I wanted to see it and hear it myself. I took one of my Zenith DTT901 converter boxes and connected it to my wife's Dodge Grand Caravan, which has a built in DVD entertainment system. It also has a 12 volt DC to 120 volt AC inverter, so it was pretty easy to hook this up. The channels were already scanned in, so I simply connected to AC power, attached an antenna, and plugged into the input on the van. While I was, parked the signal looked pretty good. I then took a drive. While the van is in drive, the video is disconnected, but the audio still passes through. I went on a pretty straight southbound highway, but almost as soon as I was in motion I lost audio. Sometimes I would get brief snippets of audio, but when I stopped at a traffic semaphore the audio was solid again. I am in my work car almost the entire 10 hour day each work day. I don't need to have TV audio all of the time, but it is nice to have during local news broadcasts. I have in my pickup truck an AutoTalk converter that allows me to hear the audio from NTSC (analog) TV. Needless to say it won't do me much good pretty soon. Granted, there will still be some low power analog broadcasters, but not much of it will be of any interest to me most of the time.
There is an ATSC Mobile DTV Standard coming down the pike, however.
http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6618009.html
In the meantime you could get by for now by tuning into IFB frequencies:
VHF: 161.640 161.670 161.700 161.730 161.760 mHz
UHF: 450-451 and 455-456 mHz
Oh, wait a minute, we made that illegal to listen to at the same time we banned listening to cell phones. Nevermind.
