I emailed WOR's CE a year or so ago, and his opinion
was that it was basically worthless junk. I've listened to
some of the stations testing IBOC, and have to agree
with the fellow who coined the phrase "IBAC," for
"In - band, adjacent channel."

Since navaids are going the way of the dodo, I think the
FCC should open 300 Khz in the longwave band, and
let the Digital Dummies have their own happy splatter -
fest.

I think it'll die a natural death, though. Who wants to spend
$500 for a receiver so they can hear Glenn Beck or Phil
Hendrie (two of my favorites) in crisp, cell - phone - like
audio quality? Not me.

My thinking is that IBOC will go in the same box as stereo
and quadrature AM.

73,

Steve Lawrence
Burnsville, MN



"MW DXer" wrote in message
...
| Better enjoy this part of the hobby while you can. Once that f***ing IBOC
s**t
| starts to be used you won't be able to DX anything anymore.
|
| Stupid. It won't fix anything and will completely destroy one of the most
| reliable modes of communication ever used.
|
| RIP AM


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