"David Eduardo" wrote in message
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Mr.Eduardo,do a search for AM Radio Stations in America.
And why do you think so many Americans are so interested in DXing for
AM
Radio Stations all over America?

Actually, very few DXers are around any more. The largest DX club has
only about 600 members now.


Not everyone belongs to a club.. in fact I would guess that the number of
actual DX'ers that belong to clubs versus the ones that don't is an
infinitessimal percentage. Most simply enjoy the hobby/activity and
don't want to pay dues to join a club. I personally know 10's of dozens
of such people, and my circle of friends includes a lot more than
engineer types and hardcore hobbyists. I don't know a single person that
has had your experience with IBOC, and a lot that have had the opposite
experience.

In every market, we have had good HD experiences on AM and FM... NY,
Miami, Dallas, Houston, Chicago, Phoenix, LA, San Diego, San Francisco,
etc. All our engineers like it, and love the sound.

Portland IBOC can interfere quite well with adjacent signals (AM), but
cannot be heard in the outlying areas that normally get very good
reception.

The HD signal exceeds the USABLE Am and FM coutours in every case...
unless you are using the Boston Acoustics Receptor, which is a bad HD
radio.

Several of the Portland stations (both AM and FM) have long been popular
daily listens as far south as Salem, as far north as Longview/Kelso and
as far west as Seaside, Tillamook and Astoria. To the east is a big
problem due to topography. The AM IBOC signal can't even be heard without
an external antenna as far as Beaverton or Troutdale, which are both part
of the primary coverage (market) area.

There are only a couple of receivers out, none with the second generation
design specs. The first generation was a premble. It was not until this
month that the HD consortium began promoting HD, and the new receivers
will be in places like Radio Shack, Best Buy and Circuit City in the next
90 days in stage three of the rollout (one was to put HD on enough major
market stations, two was to get programming on HD-2 channels, and three is
to start promoting to consumers). .


They can market them all they want. I don't know anyone personally that will
buy one. They're just not willing to spend the sort of money to replace
something that's been working just fine for them. And I doubt seriously that
much of the general populus will want to replace the 5-10 analog radios they
already have just for a joke of a digital signal. You keep talking about the
contours.. well, those may look good on paper, they don't work in real life
situations. You'll learn that when people start tuning out of your stations
en-masse. I know that personally, I will never spend the money on IBOC
receiving equipment. I won't spend a cent to replace something that has
always worked with something of questionable value in general and no value
whatsoever to me. IBOC interferes with adjacent channel stations. This is
just poor engineering, and something that would never have been allowed in
the days when the FCC was composed of engineers instead of greedy
politicians. I was just talking to a friend of mine on the Oregon coast who
has been listening regularly to KONA in the tri-cities on 610 for decades.
He can no longer listen to it because KPOJ 620 in Portland turned on their
IBOC and is splattering 15KHz either side of their carrier. You can do your
best to talk up this boondoggle, but most of us see it for what it is.. just
another way for the NAB to screw the little guy, including the listeners. I
think you'll find that rather than buy expensive new radios, that listeners
will just turn off their radios and go to other entertainment modes.. this
is already largely the case with Ipods, portable CD and MD players, etc.
Most young people don't even own a radio anymore, it's too easy for them to
get the music they want, load it onto a personal portable device, and hear
what they want, when they want, without incessant DJ patter and endless
advertisements.