Hi Bill,

You might actually be right. I think that's what they are trying to do to
hams with the possibility of BPL.

I think that AM (as it is) should stay that way FOREVER. I am not opposed
to these stations using a parallel form of digital broadcasting (IBOC?) but
to turn the AM-DSB transmitters off I think would be a tragedy. It is the
only form or radio that can be easily demodulated. A grandfather can sit
down with his grandson, a bunch of wire, an oatmeal box, and a few other
cheap components and in a few hours have a working (and demonstratable)
radio - FREE RADIO - and discounting lightning it is 100% safe too! It's
that kind of thing that got me into the hobby - and with the numbers of
licensees dwindling and our RF bandwidth at stake it is high time that we
get the next generation interested.

73!
Paul
KD4GNU

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On 15-Nov-2005, "Earl Needham" wrote:

Getting the standard changed to SSB would be a great start, but
it'll
never happen.

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Earl
KD5XB


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Even better would be to eliminate all HF broadcasting and move it to UHF
FM.
That "might" happen, but not soon.

73, Bill W6WRT