"SFTV_troy" wrote in message
ups.com...

Sounds reasonable, but if you want to transition from AM-analog to AM-
digital, you're going to have to make some sacrifices. Even the
European Union's DRM methodology spills-over into adjacent channels
(10 kHz AM + 5 kHz DRM). Plus it's only limited to ~10 kilobits per
second.... barely adequate.

But that's the price you have to pay when you upgrade.... like when
color TV arrived. Or the necessity to get new Digital TV receivers.
You phase-out the old, and phase-in the new.

When they went to color TV, nobody lost the abililty to watch on their B/W
sets.

When they went to FM Stereo, nobody lost the ability to listen on their
monaural radios.

When they went to AM Stereo, nobody lost the ability to listen on their
monaural radios.

When they went to TV stereo, nobody lost the ability to listen on their
monaural TV's.

In the latter two cases, listening got BETTER on the old technology due to
accompanying changes in audio bandwidth, allowing for better fidelity.

Digital is NOT better. It may allow the cramming of more into the same
space, but more is not better. Digital TV (except the higher
bandwidth/bitrate HDTV signals) looks like crap. The pixelization is
terrible, the artifacting is hideous, and the fact that the signal just
drops out entirely below a certain level is unacceptable. I'd rather have a
bit of snow, and still be able to watch my television than have "clear"
picture and then NO picture. Same with radio. Digital signals are not robust
enough, and will drop out entirely in low signal areas, rather than just
getting a little less quiet.

This ain't "better", hoss, just different.. and mostly in a bad way..