"IBOC_sucks_!" wrote in message
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dxAce wrote:
** U S A. Strong rumor from allegedly reliable sources is that the FCC
will be
making an across-the-board authorization for nighttime IBOC on MW within
the
next two weeks. Better enjoy your nighttime MW listening and DXing while
you
can. More and more ``clear`` channel stations have been testing it in the
daytime, and once they all start running it at night, large portions of
the AM
band will be devoted to noise (Glenn Hauser, July 9, DX LISTENING DIGEST)

Thanks to 'Eduardo' and all the other beancounting dip****s out there!

HD/IBOC = QRM

dxAce
Michigan
USA

There will probably be a flood of formal objections, if not lawsuits,
to the FCC from stations being interfered with IBOC; the FCC has a
formal complaint process in place, that if it becomes necessary, the
station causing the interference can be forced to shut down the IBOC
transmission. Instead of posting rumors, wait and see, if this really
happens.

Since skywave is so seldome used, this is all unlikely. What has been
suggested is a lowe HD injection at night, like -24 to -28 db from the
analog, instead of -20 db.

I have checked most of the electronic stores on-line(Circuit
City, Best Buy, Radio Shack, etc.), and most of them only carry one HD
radio.

That is because the new receiver design specs were only issued a few months
ago, and the word at CES is that the receivers will be coming in increasing
alternatives and lower prices after the Summer.

I can't imagine there will be any public demand/interest in
IBOC, considering satellite radio, so stations will find out real
quickly, when they have lost 99% of their listener base, if IBOC ever
goes completely digital.

There is no plan to go 100% digital and kill the analog.