Mark Roberts wrote:

What's next: analog radios with 2 kHz bandwidth so we don't hear the
buzzing noise placed there to serve receivers that don't exist?!?!?

I suspect this is the back door through which DRM will slip for
broadcast radio.


I STILL would like to know why we actually need IBOC.
On my car radio with AM stereo it sounded great.
Not to shabby either after the NRSC mask was mandated. But then who
really listens to AM for music?

Analog FM if processed reasonably is capable of holding its own
against the original product. I can see the advantage of IBOC
for FM, but not AM. I suspect the whole subject is just a scam
for someone to make money (hardware & licensing) and a way to
slip a *broadcast flag* on everything so it can't be copied.


Charlie