On May 13, 2:00*pm, "David Eduardo" wrote:
wrote in message

...

TBD - broadcasters will have to replace all HD equipment
(transmitterts, antennas, STLs, etc) for the proposed FM-HD 10db
increase - LOL!

In many cases, it just requires additional PA modules in the cabinet..

Watt Hairston on HD-R

"Natterings of a naysayer"

"The 10db power increase that’s being talked about for FM may help the
digital but will have a negative impact on the analog, which is
currently paying ALL the bills. As an example, even a well-integrated
92 and/or 67 kHz relatively narrow-band subcarriers can wreak
multipath havoc with an FM signal in some markets. The sheer capital
cost of the power increase (if approved) will be staggering
considering most of the current hardware and ancillary equipment will
have to be replaced."

"Where robust in reach, radio is an ailing medium that is undergoing
yet another adjustment to bring expenses inline with revised revenue;
so another big outlay in capital is not likely. Many station staff
level people look on HD as something that was added to their task list
with no operational funding and dwindling resources. Sales people are
concerned that additional channels may compete for revenue they have
running on other stations even in their own cluster. Again, I am
talking about the real world conditions, as they exist down here at
the street level not in some high-rise corporate office hundreds of
miles away from where the action is."

Watt Hairston, Chief Engineer, WSM

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