Law Firm's HD Radio Probe Picking Up Steam?

Keefe Bartels, the law firm that's looking into whether consumers are
unhappy with their new HD Radio car receivers, is hearing lots of
stories. Whether legal action will result remains unclear.

We reported on the New Jersey firm's efforts last week. John Keefe, a
managing partner, tells me the firm is still in the information-
gathering stage and has not filed a lawsuit on behalf of unhappy
consumers — though what it finds could potentially lead to that from
the personal injury firm.

Keefe became interested in the technology when he bought a new BMW a
couple of years ago. He says the dealer told him HD Radio wouldn't
work but that it was built into the cost of the car, because the
receiver was part of a package. He says the dealer threw in a set of
floor mats to compensate.

Keefe told me he heard the AM signal blending between digital and
analog and back again in a demo. He called it "bumping," which sounded
like upcutting speech, as that happened.

The firm is soliciting comments from unhappy consumers regarding HD
Radio on its website. Keefe says it is receiving complaints from "all
kinds of people" and wants to determine how individuals have been
affected. He didn't say how many exactly or go into details.

Keefe, who describes himself as a consumer advocate lawyer, says he
wants to understand if potentially faulty car HD Radio receivers have
cost consumers money — from paying more for the car because of the
package and then either not being able to receive a reliable digital
signal or because there are not a lot of digital signals in their
area.

When I contacted iBiquity for my first story on this, they had no
comment.

It sounds like most of the complaints he's getting are from AM
listeners. He's also getting an earful from radio industry people, so
this should be interesting. I'll keep you up to date.

http://www.rwonline.com/article/106152

SMS- I told you the investigation would escalate! Broadcasters will
file a class-action, too! It's over for iNiquity - LMFAO!!! Time to
put that scammer Struble in prison for major criminal fraud against
the American People, and broadcasters!

On Sep 9, 12:30*pm, DigitalRadioScams
wrote:
Law Firm's HD Radio Probe Picking Up Steam?

Keefe Bartels, the law firm that's looking into whether consumers are
unhappy with their new HD Radio car receivers, is hearing lots of
stories. Whether legal action will result remains unclear.

We reported on the New Jersey firm's efforts last week. John Keefe, a
managing partner, tells me the firm is still in the information-
gathering stage and has not filed a lawsuit on behalf of unhappy
consumers — though what it finds could potentially lead to that from
the personal injury firm.

Keefe became interested in the technology when he bought a new BMW a
couple of years ago. He says the dealer told him HD Radio wouldn't
work but that it was built into the cost of the car, because the
receiver was part of a package. He says the dealer threw in a set of
floor mats to compensate.

Keefe told me he heard the AM signal blending between digital and
analog and back again in a demo. He called it "bumping," which sounded
like upcutting speech, as that happened.

The firm is soliciting comments from unhappy consumers regarding HD
Radio on its website. Keefe says it is receiving complaints from "all
kinds of people" and wants to determine how individuals have been
affected. He didn't say how many exactly or go into details.

Keefe, who describes himself as a consumer advocate lawyer, says he
wants to understand if potentially faulty car HD Radio receivers have
cost consumers money — from paying more for the car because of the
package and then either not being able to receive a reliable digital
signal or because there are not a lot of digital signals in their
area.

When I contacted iBiquity for my first story on this, they had no
comment.

It sounds like most of the complaints he's getting are from AM
listeners. He's also getting an earful from radio industry people, so
this should be interesting. I'll keep you up to date.

http://www.rwonline.com/article/106152

SMS- I told you the investigation would escalate! *Broadcasters will
file a class-action, too! It's over for iNiquity - LMFAO!!! Time to
put that scammer Struble in prison for major criminal fraud against
the American People, and broadcasters!

I wonder how many complaints came out of those automaker HD Radio
complaint forums where I dropped a link to Keefe Bartels - LMfAO!!!!!!!

On 9/9/2010 9:30 AM, DigitalRadioScams wrote:

...

There is an easy way to handle HD Radio, just say NO!

Kinda like the war on drugs should be handled ... just make them legal,
save us taxpayers uncounted billions, stop the flow of illegal drugs
into the county and the bleeding of money out of our borders, stop the
payments of $40,000+ per inmate housed at taxpayers expense in our
prisons which support inflated prison guard unions, etc. ... and just
say NO!

Regards,
JS

On Sep 9, 12:42*pm, John Smith wrote:
On 9/9/2010 9:30 AM, DigitalRadioScams wrote:

* ...

There is an easy way to handle HD Radio, just say NO!

Kinda like the war on drugs should be handled ... just make them legal,
save us taxpayers uncounted billions, stop the flow of illegal drugs
into the county and the bleeding of money out of our borders, stop the
payments of $40,000+ per inmate housed at taxpayers expense in our
prisons which support inflated prison guard unions, etc. ... and just
say NO!

Regards,
JS

According to my contact over on http://keeppublicradiopublic.com/,
Keefe Bartels has spent about 25 hours on the site, and I have also
gotten a number of hits from them, too. Also, I am getting hits from
many foreign countries, including Brazil where they are considering
DRM and HD Radio. Struble can lie and hide, but now, there is no where
to run. I bet his investors start pulling out, for fear of being
dragged into court over a class-action suit. Radio World is obviously
down-playing the negative affects of FM-HD, as many FM stations are
receiving severe interference, too. I can see this escalating all the
way to the FCC. I do know that broadcasters are getting involvded,
too. Perhaps, the Courts and the DOJ will get a whiff of this
investigation, and file criminal charges against all those connected
with HD Radio for fraud. This has been a long time coming, and wil not
go away, just like HD chearleaders claimed about HD Radio. Maybe, all
of the unhappy analog listeners should jump on the clas-action aganst
iBiquity for breaking all of their analog radios, especially the AM-
sections.

On 9/9/2010 10:08 AM, DigitalRadioScams wrote:

...
According to my contact over on http://keeppublicradiopublic.com/,
Keefe Bartels has spent about 25 hours on the site, and I have also
gotten a number of hits from them, too. Also, I am getting hits from
many foreign countries, including Brazil where they are considering
DRM and HD Radio. Struble can lie and hide, but now, there is no where
to run. I bet his investors start pulling out, for fear of being
dragged into court over a class-action suit. Radio World is obviously
down-playing the negative affects of FM-HD, as many FM stations are
receiving severe interference, too. I can see this escalating all the
way to the FCC. I do know that broadcasters are getting involvded,
too. Perhaps, the Courts and the DOJ will get a whiff of this
investigation, and file criminal charges against all those connected
with HD Radio for fraud. This has been a long time coming, and wil not
go away, just like HD chearleaders claimed about HD Radio. Maybe, all
of the unhappy analog listeners should jump on the clas-action aganst
iBiquity for breaking all of their analog radios, especially the AM-
sections.

I would like to see radio go digital. In that, compression algorithms
covert audio into bit steams, which a digital radio receives on a RF
carrier and decodes to audio fed to the speaker.

I would like to see something open source used, in the encoding
algorithms, like the Ogg Vorbis protocol, so anyone can create software
to encode/decode the streams without infringing on someones patent
rights, and so it is open source.

Cheap converters should be able to be produced which decode the audio
bit streams and produce a voice modulated signal to feed to old analog
radios ... but then, people in hell want ice water ...

I have a certain fondness for analog signals the fact very simple simple
circuits can be used to construct a radio ... but, it is time.

Regards,
JS

On Sep 9, 3:51*pm, dave wrote:
John Smith wrote:

I have a certain fondness for analog signals the fact very simple simple
circuits can be used to construct a radio ... but, it is time.

Regards,

AAC sounds like ****. *Whether it's "HD" FM, XM, or POS iTunes.

Subject restored...

On 9/9/2010 12:51 PM, dave wrote:
John Smith wrote:


I have a certain fondness for analog signals the fact very simple simple
circuits can be used to construct a radio ... but, it is time.

Regards,

AAC sounds like ****. Whether it's "HD" FM, XM, or POS iTunes.


That statement reeks of stupidity ... like saying radios sound like chit
.... some implementation do, others don't ... a statement which is both
true and false is worthless.

Regards,
JS

John Smith wrote:


I have a certain fondness for analog signals the fact very simple simple
circuits can be used to construct a radio ... but, it is time.

Regards,

AAC sounds like ****. Whether it's "HD" FM, XM, or POS iTunes.

On Sep 9, 3:05*pm, John Smith wrote:
On 9/9/2010 12:51 PM, dave wrote:

John Smith wrote:

I have a certain fondness for analog signals the fact very simple simple
circuits can be used to construct a radio ... but, it is time.

Regards,

AAC sounds like ****. Whether it's "HD" FM, XM, or POS iTunes.

That statement reeks of stupidity ... like saying radios sound like chit
... some implementation do, others don't ... a statement which is both
true and false is worthless.

Regards,
JS

Subject restored...

On Sep 9, 10:08*am, DigitalRadioScams
wrote:
On Sep 9, 12:42*pm, John Smith wrote:

On 9/9/2010 9:30 AM, DigitalRadioScams wrote:

* ...

There is an easy way to handle HD Radio, just say NO!

Kinda like the war on drugs should be handled ... just make them legal,
save us taxpayers uncounted billions, stop the flow of illegal drugs
into the county and the bleeding of money out of our borders, stop the
payments of $40,000+ per inmate housed at taxpayers expense in our
prisons which support inflated prison guard unions, etc. ... and just
say NO!

Regards,
JS

According to my contact over onhttp://keeppublicradiopublic.com/,
Keefe Bartels has spent about 25 hours on the site, and I have also
gotten a number of hits from them, too. Also, I am getting hits from
many foreign countries, including Brazil where they are considering
DRM and HD Radio. Struble can lie and hide, but now, there is no where
to run. I bet his investors start pulling out, for fear of being
dragged into court over a class-action suit. Radio World is obviously
down-playing the negative affects of FM-HD, as many FM stations are
receiving severe interference, too. I can see this escalating all the
way to the FCC. I do know that broadcasters are getting involvded,
too. Perhaps, the Courts and the DOJ will get a whiff of this
investigation, and file criminal charges against all those connected
with HD Radio for fraud. This has been a long time coming, and wil not
go away, just like HD chearleaders claimed about HD Radio. Maybe, all
of the unhappy analog listeners should jump on the clas-action aganst
iBiquity for breaking all of their analog radios, especially the AM-
sections.

DRS - Hits ? You Been Taking Hits ? -get-help-

DRS - ? get a whiff of this ? -no-thanks-i'll-pass-

DRS - ? HD Chearleader ? -more-like-you-have-hd-dementia-
* -sp- 'cheerleaders'

LAWSUIT - Every Radio that I ever bought NEVER came
with a Guarantee of 100% Radio Reception be it :
Analog AM/MW -or- Analog FM -or- Analog Shortwave.
http://groups.google.com/group/ba.br...b5d6149534c9ae