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July 13th 06, 08:22 PM
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lazy ace
Telamon wrote: In article , "David Eduardo" wrote: "Telamon" wrote in message ... Existing radios are 100% compatible, on both FM and AM. The way AM and FM are listened to today, there is no loss by adding HD as an alternative to analog. Sorry David, IBOC is compatible, but not 100%, as the analog sidebands are limited and adjacent channels have interference by the digital sidebands. As has been shown, even at FCC level, there is no significant usage of stations adjacent to locals in each market. So there is no loss if there is what ammounts to unmeasurable listening. Again the marketing viewpoint. This isn't a radio marketing news group it is a hobby news group where people listen for other reasons than tuning in for the programming material. That is not to say that the programming is not the reason as I have tuned in out of market stations to get programs not offered in my area. People reading this news group care and do listen to out of market stations and that listening is degraded by IBOC. Logically, since this listening exists and is degraded by IBOC then IBOC becomes incompatible. The best that you can argue is that IBOC is mostly compatible but that is not 100% by any means. Some people including myself do not agree that the existing level of compatibility is acceptable. If it was 100% nobody would be complaining about it. I don't hear listeners complaining. I hear mostly DXers whining. You don't care about DXers in your job but you should posting to this news group. The greater good is trying to preserve the existing free terrestrial broadcast system, which will not endure unless a digital alternative is offered. We got that through numerous posts you have made. You have well explained the radio station/marketing perspective on this but that does not change the listening experience, which has limitations placed on it by IBOC over the existing long time analog transmission scheme. However, the only listening being disrupted is the potential to listen to adjacents... something that, in practice, is just not done. Well I hate to break it to you but listening to adjacent stations is "done" by the people reading this news group. How many times does someone have to post a complaint here that IBOC degrades their reception? Please don't come back with the marketing perspective because I get it already. Oh he'll be back. He's getting paid to come back. |
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