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Old July 15th 08, 03:44 AM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default IBiquity - Where's the "HD" in "HD" radio?

On Jul 14, 4:06*pm, "A Brown" wrote:
* Pancho did say that he showed some of these discussions to some seminar
groups a couple of years ago. I'd expect them to start showing up now that
it's starting to look like his position on HD is on the wrong side of the
public's interest.


* Then, again, there are those true believers who desperately want HD to
take off for all its promise.


Then again, there are those radio geeks who despareately want HD radio to
fail!


- The public doesn't care what radio geeks think.

"Geeks" is more of an 'Internetish' slang term and
the Internet came long after Radio as a Hobby.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geek

Back in the Days of Radio being a 'cool' Hobby
the slang term would have been "Nerd"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerd

spastically yours ~ RHF
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