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IBOCcrock wrote:

On Dec 2, 8:53?pm, Steve wrote:
On Dec 2, 8:38 pm, "Easy FM" wrote:





Oh dear .. ignorance reigns supreme in the land of the flea ...

Australia has selected DAB+. It starts in capital cities in 2009. There
is
also some consideration of DRM for regional areas, yet to be fully
considered. Nobody has even mentioned iBiquity's HD Radio which is a
system
only adopted by the people who put Dubya in the white house and Arnie in
the
mansion .. says it all really (and, sorry, Brazil, where the nuts come
from).

"Steve" wrote in message

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On Dec 2, 3:56 am, "Easy FM" wrote:
Obviously this needs explaining in words of few syllables.

The "problem" is that someone posted about HD Radio in an
Australian radio newsgroup. As I understand it, only the US
and Brazil have been stupid enough to adopt the HD Radio
technology, so the rest of us simply don't care. It's the
people cross-posting who are the uneducated "idiots". Just
keep away from groups that are not part of your silly
technology is all we ask and then we won't have to respond in
yours.

Simple really.

You obviously haven't been paying attention to events there,
have you? Here's a link for you:

http://www.abc.net.au/radio/digital/#Australia

I suggest you scroll down where it says:

On 14 October 2005, the Minister for Communications,
Information Technology and the Arts announced a framework for
the introduction of digital radio in Australia.

The services are to be initially established in the six state
capital cities (Adelaide, Brisbane, Hobart, Melbourne, Perth
and Sydney) by 1 January 2009.

All national (ABC/SBS), commercial and wide-area community
broadcasters in those cities will be able to broadcast their
existing analogue services in digital or broadcast new services
if they wish.

Further consideration is also being given to the adoption of
more spectrum-efficient technology for digital radio to enable
broadcasters to provide even better sound quality and new
services. This may mean, however, that the current generation
of digital radio receivers may not be compatible with the
standard that is finally adopted in Australia.- Hide quoted
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I know you want to be a smart ass, but you won't get the reaction
you desire so long as you're putting down digital radio in any of
its forms. You're preaching to the converted. However, you may have
better luck in other groups, if you try. Good luck!- Hide quoted
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All forms od digital radio are just hype and a farce - DAB is a mess
in the UK, and has stalled in the US and Canada:

http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com/

The problems are several.

1. These digital modes were designed from the onset for maximum profit
and an actual improvement in service and quality took a back seat.

2. These digital modes interfere with existing analog service and the
consortiums in question have not done enough to prevent annoying people
using existing radios.

3. There has not been any real driver to get people to adopt the new
digital modes such as different popular content or a mandate to cut off
analog service so people are forced to buy new radios.

So to sum up the new digital modes cost the listener money for nothing
so as a natural result most people don't spend their cash to buy new
radios that cost more than the radios they have now.

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Telamon
Ventura, California