In article ,
"Frank Dresser" wrote:

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Suppose all the radio stations switch to iboc = In Behest Of
Commie,fed fascist govt.What happens to our Analog radios then?
Way I see it,concerning In Behest Of Commie,fed fascist govt =
iboc,there will be a lot of fed govt Commies making a lot of
money.

HD, like FM stereo, is backwards compatible. You hear an analog
signal on current radios, and it detects and switches to the HD
signal on an HD
radio.



"Even Mr. Struble of iBiquity put the most optimistic date for an
analog shutdown as 12 years from now, though he thought that was
unlikely."

By the way I read this, Bob Struble, President, CEO and Chairman of
iBiquity Digital Corporation, is anticipating an analog shutdown
sometime after 2018.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/28/technology/circuits/28basics.html?ei=5090&en=d7749d9c2348d999&ex=12802 03200&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&pagewanted=print

So, please reassure us. Tell us Bob Struble was misquoted by the New
York Times. Tell us analog radio will remain for HD radio receivers
to be compatible with.

Just saying HD radio is currently compatible with analog doesn't
really address the point, does it?

The situation would be much better if the band was split up between
analog and digital.

--
Telamon
Ventura, California

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006 20:23:33 GMT, Telamon
wrote:

In article ,
"Frank Dresser" wrote:


The situation would be much better if the band was split up between
analog and digital.

Digital audio broadcasting or DAB is a technology for broadcasting
audio programming in digital form that was designed in the late 1980s.
The original objectives of converting to digital systems were to
enable higher fidelity, greater noise immunity, mobile services, and
new services, but sadly DAB now invariably offers audio quality that
is lower than that available on FM.

The acronym DAB is used both to identify the generic technology of
digital audio broadcasting, and specific technical standards,
particularly the Eureka 147 standard described below. Standardization
of DAB technology is promoted by the World DAB Forum, which represents
more than 30 countries but excluding the United States, which has
opted instead for a system called HD Radio.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_audio_broadcasting