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Old June 1st 07, 03:03 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default FCC releases rule allowing night AM IBOC

On Jun 1, 8:43 am, David wrote:
Say goodbye to MWDX.

All 74 pages are available right he

http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_publi...CC-07-33A1.doc


The real issue is that the FCC neither has the technical expertise or
desire to combat market forces such as IBiquity. AM HD is a solution
to a problem that doesn't exist and is technically flawed because
there is no clean way to transition from pure analog AM transmission
to digital transmission. IBiquity and AM broadcasters know this but
they seem intent on ignoring the technical issues.

You just can't throw away billions of analog receivers and get
everyone to buy a more expensive digital one. The market just isn't
there as most AM listeners just don't care.

jw