Remember free TV?

It’s still around. In fact, since May, four channels are available through ARCS, the Alaska Rural Communications System.

KHNS engineer John DeRosa, who maintains ARCS equipment in Haines, said a new digital signal started beaming from near the station’s transmitter site on FAA Road the first week of May.

But like pre-cable television service, viewers will probably need an outdoors TV antenna to get a picture.

They will also need a digital…