On Aug 6, 10:52*am, DigitalRadioScams
wrote:
From Radio-Info:
July 2005

"There are two ways of looking at this. 43% of LA listening time is at
home, 33% in car, 23% at work and 3% elsewhere. 72% listen at some
time in each week at home, 85% in the car, 26% at work and 14%
elswhere. The difference is that in car listening is for shorter
periods than in home or at work, but more people do it. 45% of LA
listeners cume radio at night."

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/ind...e;topic=5997.0

Then, today:

"The average listener does 70% of their listening in a fixed location,
where there are no dropouts anyway."

http://boards.radio-info.com/smf/ind....msg1497481#ms....

- No dropouts at home, Eduardo? LMFAO!
- A tactic admission that mobile HD Radio
- simply doesn't work - LMFAO!

HEY - Mobile IBOC [HD] Radio does work Great
.. . . as long as you stay parked in the Driveway.

Actually HD Radio Receivers have the same
disadvantages and Advantages as the good
old Analog AM/FM Radios.
* Most of the Home Radios are poorly designed
and cheaply built and lack real RF performance.
* While most of the Auto Radios are better designed
and better built and have good RF performance wrt
those intended for the Home.
* Plus the Auto Radios are 'matched' to an Antenna
system that works very well in the mobile environment
that the Radio exists in.

IBOC is a Two [Dual] Signal System Analog and Digital
-if- the Digital Drops-Out the Analog is still there.
-if- the Digital Drops-Out the Analog is weak and/or hash
Digital is not the issue -cause- you are in a signal dead
zone or beyond the stations signal.

HOME - IBOC [HD] Radios can have their Digital
over Analog 'sense' point set at a higher level;
because they are in a fixed location; with Digtal
being the preferred mode.

AUTO - IBOC [HD] Radios can have their Analog
over Digital 'sense' point set at a lower level; because
they are in a mobile location; with Analog being the
preferred mode.

Actually having a Preferred 'Mode' Switch built into
the IBOC [HD] Radio makes sense especially for
Auto Radios. Call the Preferred 'Mode' Switch what
you will :
* Local [HD] / Distant AM/FM
* HD / Normal

For most Audio Consumers at Home : Music is the
preferred Content and they listen to FM Stereo; and
Digital "HD" Radio expands their Music Listening
Enjoyment.

For most Audio Consumers in Autos : Music is again
the preferred Content and they listen to FM Stereo; and
Digital "HD" Radio expands their Music Listening
Enjoyment.

Note KSL & KCBS* both 'simulcast' on FM now.
* News Weather and Traffic for People On The Go !

As IBOC [HD] Radio increases it's Digital Signal
Output from 1% up to 10%? the Drop-Outs will
lessen and the number of HD Audio Consumers will
expand greatly at least for the FM Radio Band;
where the majority of Audio Consumers are.

And once again IBOC [HD] Radio is very much like
good old Analog Radio It's FREE* to the Consumer.
* and the majority of the people like 'Free'; grew-up
on/with 'Free'; and think 'Free' is really good.

Last things that I read from the FCC {US GOV} and
NPR {CPB+US GOV} both were Positive about IBOC
[HD] Radio; at least for the FM Radio Band where
NPR with the Thousands of Public Non-Commercial
FM Radio Stations; together are looking to expand
both their Content and Services via IBOC using HD-1
and HD-2 Channels on the FM HD-Radio.

NOTE - I recently bought an Insignia® FM HD-Radio
'portable' Player Model NS-HD01 as a waking around
Pocket FM Radio. Even up here in Twain Harte, CA
{The Land of the Blinking Blue Light -aka- Drop-Outs}
it preforms well and gives good reception and quality
sound from Central Valley FM HD-Radio Stations that
are 45~75 Air Miles away.

The Future of FM Radio is IBOC
-and-
The Future of IBOC is FM Radio
-while-
AM/MW Radio is simply a non-player ~ RHF