"Stefan Wolfe" wrote in message
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Commercial radio beat us again...they are the first to come out with a
significant release of digital radio. Amateur radio's contribution is
insignificant. I know, there are a few expensive rice boxes out there
that use it but the Ibiquity commercial format is already present and in
fact pervasive. Must be that darn old CW requirement that held us back
again.

I will say that the FM sure sounds fantastic on my Boston Acoustics
Receptor HD Radio receiver. The multicasting feature of HD2 is a big step
forward. I have one station in my area that does HD2 now but I understand
the FCC license for this is still considered "experimental". No AM
stations in my area use HD it and I understand AM commercial cannot use it
at night because AM "HD" in this format takes up about 10 KHz so
interference becomes a problem. Amateurs could probably come up with
something at half that bandwidth using SSB, with a sound that is as good
as existing mono FM.

indeed I putup a high defacation antena over my conterposie in my back yard
hear is a foto of it

http://i18.tinypic.com/4bq6b6u.jpg



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