RC & All,

KDFC 102.1 Classical FM Radio in the SF Bay Area is listed for RDS
and it does broadcast an RDS Signal.

KDFC 102.1 Classical FM Radio in the SF Bay Area is also listed for IBOC.

Does anyone know if KDFC 102.1 Classical FM Radio in the SF Bay Area
is In-Fact broadcasting in IBOC at this time ?

IF So... How does the IBOC Signal Sound from KDFC ?

iwtk ~ RHF
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= = = (Richard Cranium)
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But a late-60's Grundig Music-Boy germanium transistor radio (original
manual at left) picks it up quite clearly! This shows the sad deterioration
of FM radio design over the decades; the old discrete-component radio, with
excellent selectivity, could pull KDFC out of the hiss and mush; the new
ones, with their short whip aerials and IC cookbook designs, just did not
have the power and discrimination."


I'm wanting a pockety sized PLL radio that will, on FM performance, actually
equal, at least an, old Grundig radio for sensitivity, cross-modulation and
image rejection!

While it is certainly unfortunate that KDFC is the only classical
station left in the SF Bay Area, you overlook (perhaps deliberately?)
a few of the root causes of this problem: More stations jammed onto
the band as close together as permitted, most of them using higher
power than the good old days, and the fact that stereo requires a
better signal to get through.

You really cannot blame the receivers for this mess.