"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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"RHF" wrote in message
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SW,

"In addition, the LW band and the "Tropical" part of the SW band should

be pressed into service for one or two 500,000 watt national coverage
broadcasters - government sponsored (NPR?) "

Americans increasingly will not listen to even local AM-quality radio.
they certainly would not listen to fady, erratic SW.

Glad you have a good grasp on your tiny little world Eduardo.. but a lot of
the rest of us belong to a great big world with a lot of other choices
besides the ones that the NAB wants to cram down our throats. I don't
personally know ANYBODY outside of broadcasting that want's to put up with
IBOC, and I know several BE's (and I am one of them) that consider it
nothing but a QRM generator, and a major PITA to work with. Not to mention
that anyone outside a few mile radius from the transmitter can't hear the
digital signal to start with. This is proven by anecdotal evidence of
numerous people who have purchased the $300 BA (down from $500) and
attempted to use it in their local signal areas.

Tell me something, Eduardo.. are people going to put up big outside
antennas, or random wire AM antennas, just to hear a crappy digital signal
full of artifacts? I don't think so. The majority of listeners now are using
boom box radios and don't bother to even put the antenna up on them most of
the time. I'm pretty sure they're not going to spend big $$$ on a piece of
**** radio, then have to put up antennas to use it. Ain't gonna happen. I
suppose you think that you're going to hear the sound of half a billion (or
more) analog radios hitting the trash can? I think it much more likely that
will be a few hundred IBOC transmitters hitting the landfill.