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"David Eduardo" wrote:

"Stephanie Weil" wrote in message
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On Sep 25, 6:48 am, Steve wrote:


Not according to iBiquity, which maintains that the BA Receptor was
the best HD AM portable achievable.

Probably using the current chip design. Which is still not saying
much.

The receptor, of course, is not portable.

Supposedly they're still working on a second generation design. Maybe
they should have waited a bit more till the receivers were perfected
before rolling this stuff out on the consumer market.

We are headed towards a 4th generation chipset next year.

I see, so what you are saying is that it took them 4 freaking times to
get it right. That raises the question of just how good this 4th
generation is going to be.

iBiquity, with the nth generation HD chip set, which expires in six
months.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

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In article ,
"David Eduardo" wrote:

"Stephanie Weil" wrote in message
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On Sep 25, 6:48 am, Steve wrote:


Not according to iBiquity, which maintains that the BA Receptor was
the best HD AM portable achievable.

Probably using the current chip design. Which is still not saying
much.

The receptor, of course, is not portable.

Supposedly they're still working on a second generation design. Maybe
they should have waited a bit more till the receivers were perfected
before rolling this stuff out on the consumer market.

We are headed towards a 4th generation chipset next year.

I see, so what you are saying is that it took them 4 freaking times to
get it right. That raises the question of just how good this 4th
generation is going to be.

No, it took FCC approval of the system for the genuine developers to be
interested. The original chipsets were as close to a prototype as you can
get and still sell to the public.

In article ,
"David Eduardo" wrote:

"Telamon" wrote in message
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In article ,
"David Eduardo" wrote:

"Stephanie Weil" wrote in message
ps.com...
On Sep 25, 6:48 am, Steve wrote:


Not according to iBiquity, which maintains that the BA Receptor was
the best HD AM portable achievable.

Probably using the current chip design. Which is still not saying
much.

The receptor, of course, is not portable.

Supposedly they're still working on a second generation design. Maybe
they should have waited a bit more till the receivers were perfected
before rolling this stuff out on the consumer market.

We are headed towards a 4th generation chipset next year.

I see, so what you are saying is that it took them 4 freaking times to
get it right. That raises the question of just how good this 4th
generation is going to be.

No, it took FCC approval of the system for the genuine developers to be
interested. The original chipsets were as close to a prototype as you can
get and still sell to the public.

OK then, it took them 4 times just to get FCC approval. It does not
sound like they are very interested to me or they would have got it
right the first time.

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Telamon
Ventura, California

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Telamon wrote:

OK then, it took them 4 times just to get FCC approval. It does not
sound like they are very interested to me or they would have got it
right the first time.

The spectrum the shows up on my radio now is much different than that
described in the web sites a year or so back. From two sidebands,
10 kHz wide, at +/- 15-25 kHz, now reduced down to 5 kHz wide at
+/- 10-15 kHz.

If they're changing it that much, no manufacturer is going to commit to
loading firmware into a bunch of chips if they'll have to scrap them in
6 months.

I can just hear the marketing rep at the semi company.
"You changed it. AGAIN?".

Mark Zenier
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