On Oct 2, 5:16?pm, RHF wrote:
On Oct 2, 11:22 am, wrote:

On Oct 2, 11:47 am, wrote:

ABC CITADEL AM STATIONS SUSPEND NIGHTTIME IBOC

http://www.radio-info.com/smf/index....c,82132.0.html

It's over for AM-HD - no sense in running it during the day, if it
doesn't work at night!

And I'm supposed to believe some anonymous guy without any proof (not
even a screenshot of the email).

- Truth is:
-
- Nightime IBOC would work just fine if the adjust
- they parameters to fit inside 10 kHz.

DOH ! - If the Shoe Don't Fit . . .
Don't Stick It In Your Mouth !

SFTV, { "Hybrid Digital" Man }

AM/MW "HD" Radio is 'by-design' Engineered to Interfer
with the two Adjacent AM/MW Radio Channels at 10 kHz.http://electronicdesign.com/Files/29.../Figure_02.gif

AM {Basic} Analog Audio +/- 5 kHz
Digital Primary {Outside Audio} Side-Bands +/- 10~15 kHz
Digital Secondary {Inside Data} Side-Bands +/- 5~10 kHz

For the current IBOC Broadcast 'Scheme' to work on the
AM/MW Radio Band : The current Channel "Spacing" of
10 kHz would have to be expanded to 25 kHz. Meaning
that Half the Current AM/MW Radio Stations would have
to be 'transitioned' from the AM/MW Radio Band to the
FM Radio Band. In order to accomodate these 'new' FM
Radio Stations; the FM Radio Band would have to be
Expanded by using the former Analog TV Channels 5 & 6
{76 MHz to 88 MHz}.

1 - Serving in the Public Interest - The Clear Channel
Mega-Power AM/MW Radio Broadcaster is no longer
needed or required : Therefore the concept of Local
AM/MW Radio Stations having 1000 Watts and former
Clear Channel AM/MW Radio Stations having 50,000
Watts is clearly outdated.

2 - The 'artifical' 1% Digital to Analog Signal Ratio is
clearly not working fully within the 10 mv/m Contour
and Fails beyond it.
1000 Watts Analog ERP @ 1% = 10 Watts Digital
5000 Watts Analog ERP @ 1% = 50 Watts Digital
10,000 Watts Analog ERP @ 1% = 100 Watts Digital
20,000 Watts Analog ERP @ 1% = 200 Watts Digital
50,000 Watts Analog ERP @ 1% = 500 Watts Digital

3 - Localize All "HD" AM/MW Radio Broadcasting.
Three Classes of AM/MW "HD" Radio Broadcasters :
* Rural Local Radio Stations 100 Watts - Days and Nights
- - - Gives Local Radio Stations Ten Times (10X)
the Digital Power that they presently have.
* Metro Radio Stations 400 Watts - Days and Nights
- - - Gives Metro Area Radio Stations 2X~8X
the Digital Power that they presently have.
* Regional Radio Stations 1600 Watts Days and
800 Watts Nights
- - - Gives Regional Radio Stations 2X~3X
the Digital Power that they presently have.

FCC mandate that all new AM/FM Radios :
Made in the USA or Imported into the USA
be "HD" {IBOC} Radios by 2009.

FCC requirement that allAM/FM Radio Stations
be Broadcasting in "HD" {IBOC} Radios by 2010.

I Ask Myself : What IBOC ?
All I See Is The Blinking Blue Light ! ~ RHF
In That Distant Land* Where IBOC Fears To Go :
Life Exists and Radio Listeners Live Beyond the 10mv/m Contour.
* Twain Harte, CA -USA-
.

"FCC mandate that all new AM/FM Radios :
Made in the USA or Imported into the USA
be "HD" {IBOC} Radios by 2009."

Consumers don't even buy radios anymore, and then to expect them to
spend $100 for digital radios that have crappy reception and poor
programming choices - LOL!

On Oct 2, 5:38 pm, wrote:


Consumers don't even buy radios anymore,

Then why do I see people buying clock radios and those little chintzy
Chinese junk table radios that sit on almost EVERYONE's office desk
and cubicle?

Stephanie Weil
New York City, USA

On Oct 2, 5:49?pm, Stephanie Weil wrote:
On Oct 2, 5:38 pm, wrote:



Consumers don't even buy radios anymore,

Then why do I see people buying clock radios and those little chintzy
Chinese junk table radios that sit on almost EVERYONE's office desk
and cubicle?

Stephanie Weil
New York City, USA

Been to Best Buy's, Radio Shack's, Circuit City's, and Sears' "radio"
departments lately? My, you are a fistey one - just my kind of
wummon! Shortwave radios - gone, too!

On Oct 2, 5:49?pm, Stephanie Weil wrote:
On Oct 2, 5:38 pm, wrote:



Consumers don't even buy radios anymore,

Then why do I see people buying clock radios and those little chintzy
Chinese junk table radios that sit on almost EVERYONE's office desk
and cubicle?

Stephanie Weil
New York City, USA

"Then why do I see people buying clock radios and those little
chintzy
Chinese junk table radios that sit on almost EVERYONE's office desk
and cubicle? "

Yea, I can see it now - $80 HD/IBOC alarm clock radios, with AM-loop
and externally-mounted FM-dipole antennas!

On Oct 2, 5:49 pm, Stephanie Weil wrote:
On Oct 2, 5:38 pm, wrote:



Consumers don't even buy radios anymore,

Then why do I see people buying clock radios and those little chintzy
Chinese junk table radios that sit on almost EVERYONE's office desk
and cubicle?

Stephanie Weil
New York City, USA

The irony there is that none of those radios can receive anything.
Maybe a little on FM, but AM forget it.