In article .com,
"RHF" wrote:

Telamon,
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Here is a possible "Market Indicator" about the Future and Fate
of both DRM on Shortwave and IBOC on AM and FM Broadcast Radio.
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The proposed Mini-CCRadio that is scheduled for release this fall.
So do you see DRM or IBOC listed as a feature or an option ? - NO !
http://www.ccrane.com/radios/am-fm-r...-cc-radio.aspx
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The next big indicator will be the new Eton/Grundig/Tecsun, Sangean
and Degen Radios that will be released in the next few years.
Will DRM and IBOC be a feature or an option with these Radios :
Or simply something that is not there; and thereby going nowhere [.]
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Will the replacement for the Grundig Satetellit 800 Millennium Radio
feature DRM on Shortwave and IBOC on AM and FM Broadcast Radio ?
If not... then the Manufactures are saying a Big "NO" to both DRM
for Shortwave and IBOC for AM and FM Broadcast Radio.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Eton-E...RM-IBOC-Radio/
Will it be named the Eton {Elite} E2 with "DRM & IBOC" Radio ?
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IBOC may be saved by the Automobile Manufactures if they as a Group
start placing IBOC capable AM and FM Broadcast Radios in their new
Cars and Trucks. BUT ! - These same Auto Makers are behind both XM
and Sirius Satellite Radio Systems and Service : Which has a bigger
pay-off and pay-back for them then IBOC could have.
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Again "The Market Makers" will decide the Future and Fate of
both DRM on Shortwave and IBOC on AM and FM Broadcast Radio.

Here is one I know about. Both links are actually for the same radio by
two of the companies that are working together on it.
http://www.codingtechnologies.com/products/applic_broadcast.htm
http://www.mayah.com/newsletter/newsletter6-05.htm

Coding technologies owns some of the code and algorithms that operate in
the radio. Licensing the code is their way to make money on this venture.

Mayah is an electronics manufacturer.

This thing looks like a portable but it's not because it does not
operate on batteries. It uses a 100-240VAC, 1 Amp power supply so you
would not get very far on AA, C or D batteries.

I wrote years ago that DRM portables would have a power problem. You
have to run a lot of processing to get the audio. In order to get the
power down to reasonable levels will require CMOS custom IC's that take
big bucks to develop. That is not going to happen unless the entire
coding and all algorithms become public property.

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Telamon
Ventura, California