--- Barry McLarnon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sorry you feel that way, but neither you nor any of the other 'glass > is half > full' folks have given me any solid reasons to feel optimistic. It's > all > just wishin' and hopin'... meanwhile, I'll continue to state the > facts as I > see them. >
*** I certainly don't put myself in that category normally, but I really do see reasons to be optimistic long term: 1) As Scott stated, the push for more AM IBOC seems to have abated with the energy focused on FM 2) Most of the listening public doesn't care enough about AM to spend the bucks needed for an HD radio 3) Of those who do, likely less than half will be able to hear what they expect to 4) Nighttime IBOC will inevitably create such a mass of interference that it will tip the scales to the point where what's obvious to us will ultimately become obvious to the industry, namely that AM IBOC is unworkable both because ot the construct and because the laws of physics are immutable. So my expectation is that things will be a mess for a period of time - how long I couldn't guess right now - and then we will almost certainly start to see attrition in the ranks of those running IBOC on AM. Russ Edmunds Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL ) [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia] 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15' AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop ____________________________________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail _______________________________________________ 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]
