> Best of all, this great iBLOC-a-ceiver is deaf as post to 50 K/snot > flamethrower six miles distant. OoooohhhWow!
I try to limit myself to one post a month on the HD topic, so here goes for November.. This will be the Achilles' Heel of HD. I have had two JVC HD radios. Both were exceptional analog receivers on both AM and FM. Yet HD coverage was half the radius of good quality analog on both AM and FM - and I'm being generous. This same experience was echoed by two other local BC techs who have a Kenwood and Panasonic respectively. It's not a brand issue, as it seems to be the norm across every radio out there. Once the public seizes this information from their early adopter friends, it'll stifle sales. This dog won't hunt. One claim made for FM is that they will provide a greater span of programming choices. I think it will be opposite by killing off choices. A case in point.. In the Providence area when I'm not near the shared 94.1/95.5 site, WMVY-92.7 is often listenable. Once WSNE-93.3 fired up HD, the broadband noise wiped them out over a wide radius. I have an FM antenna at 80' aimed toward WMVY at home. Still NG. For every new HD signal, I'd bet several "stations between the stations" become inaudible. Net loss. I am frankly very offended when a broadcaster tells me I have no right to listen to a station outside their city grade coverage. I have been able to do so for decades. I've gone so far as to tell one guy to go procreate freely with himself when he said that. The HD2 signals have been pretty much unlistenable unless I'm quite near the transmitter site for FM. Even some traffic signals emit noise that vex it. There is no analog to fold back to, so it just shuts off until it can resync. Too choppy for me.. So far my clients have all come to the same conclusion about HD without my uttering a word. I simply reinforced their decisions. Craig Healy Providence, RI _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
