MW DXer wrote:

Better enjoy this part of the hobby while you can. Once that f***ing IBOC s**t
starts to be used you won't be able to DX anything anymore.

Stupid. It won't fix anything and will completely destroy one of the most
reliable modes of communication ever used.

RIP AM

IBOC and BPL. What fun!

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B

"N8KDV" wrote

| IBOC and BPL. What fun!

Rochester, Minnesota (70 miles away from me in
the Southeastern 'burbs of the Twin Cities) has just
opened a BPL "experiment." I'm contemplating
a trip down there with the old Frog - 7 and a tape
recorder, just to have a listen for myself. Hopefully,
NTIA and FEMA will, along with the radio hobbyist
community, send this thing to the grave.

If I'm able to record some QRM, I'm going to note the
frequencies and severity, turn it into MP3s, and make
the MP3s available to anyone with an interest.

If BPL gets the green light, HF receivers' noise figures
will be absolutely meaningless, and DX will be gone for good.

73,

Steve Lawrence
Burnsville, MN


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"Stephen M.H. Lawrence" wrote:

"N8KDV" wrote

| IBOC and BPL. What fun!

Rochester, Minnesota (70 miles away from me in
the Southeastern 'burbs of the Twin Cities) has just
opened a BPL "experiment." I'm contemplating
a trip down there with the old Frog - 7 and a tape
recorder, just to have a listen for myself. Hopefully,
NTIA and FEMA will, along with the radio hobbyist
community, send this thing to the grave.

If I'm able to record some QRM, I'm going to note the
frequencies and severity, turn it into MP3s, and make
the MP3s available to anyone with an interest.

If BPL gets the green light, HF receivers' noise figures
will be absolutely meaningless, and DX will be gone for good.

Keep us posted, I for one would like to hear what the interference might
sound like.

Steve
Holland, MI
Drake R7, R8 and R8B