WSM's chief engineer on HD Radio
On Feb 15, 8:50*pm, dave wrote:
IBOCcrock wrote:
Costs to upgrade run from $100,000 to $600,000 - not small. Plus, the
on-going licensing and HD channel royalty fees. Plus, the new 10db
power increase, if approved, will be staggering, as most equipment
will need replacing. Plus, each new release of hardware upgrade is an
on-going expense, with no return. Nice try! The same applies to those
empty HD radios that aren't selling.
- Don't forget that the NIMBYs will go nuts when they hear
- all the radio stations are going up 10 times in power.
Lets see an Analog AM or FM Radio Station that has
100% of it's Analog ERP as a Baseline.
Starts up the IBOC Digital Signal at 1% of the ERP for
the Analog ERP Baseline.
Now they would increase the IBOC Digital Signal from 1%
to 10% (10X) of the ERP for the Analog ERP Baseline.
What's The Problem : Seems to me that 10% is still
1/10th of 100% Analog ERP Baseline.
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