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Old March 12th 07, 06:26 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
David Eduardo David Eduardo is offline
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Default why not, Why Not. WHY NOT ! - Leave AM Radio Alone


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On Mar 12, 10:17?am, "RHF" wrote:

Why Not a 15KW, 20KW or 25KW "HD" Digital AM/MW
Radio Signal which should be as effective as a 50KW Analog
Radio Signal for a Radio Station that is Broadcasting on an
'closed' Clear Channel.


If the current 1/100th of analog power works fine in the useful / usable
signal range of the analog signal, just a slight increase will make HD more
usable than the analog signal.


"Only 175 or so AM stations have even licensed AM-HD. For a number of
reasons, quite a few have tried it and taken it off the air, or so the
anecdotal evidence suggests. Ibiquity no longer reports in its public
summaries whether a station is on the air."

And those 175 represent about 90% of the viable AMs in the top 100 markets.