On 03/06/2011 07:36 PM, Brenda Ann wrote:





Preaching to the choir there... I don't bash analog radio. I believe it
should exist permanently. Too many problems with digital, not the least
of which is that it's nowhere near as robust as analog, and you have to
do too much to detect and decode it. Once you are absolutely FORCED to
buy someone's technology to listen to radio, it's no longer a true
public medium.

And once HF is all DRM, that will pretty much put an end to all that
remote listening off the power grid. Again, not robust enough. When
analog fades a bit, you can still use your ears to figure out what's
being said/played. With DRM, if it fades, it's gone. Nothing.

BTW, when I DO listen to the radio on my iPhone, I can play it for many
hours easily. I've yet to run the battery completely down on the phone
(4G). Now, talk time... THAT eats the battery pretty good... but I keep
a backup with me that plugs right into the 40 pin jack and runs the
phone for several hours of talk time. (never used it yet, either).


It depends on how close you are to the cell site. Out here in the
boonies the transceivers have to work harder.