I've had a Boston Acoustics HD radio at home for a couple of months now, and haven't listened to it since the first week we got them at KSMU. None of our local AMs have put HD on the air, and none of the FMs that have it--my station included--is doing anything interesting with the secondary etc. channels, or indeed anything at all. We will actually program our secondary channel with all jazz (I think), but it hasn't happened yet.
But since there are no local AMs running HD, my only recourse has been to try and decode HD audio via skywave... and even with stations producing a virtually city-grade signal in analog, it's been no dice here so far. I get the visual ID, but no digital audio. Obviously no one in this metro area (Springfield, MO) currently has much reason to want to "upgrade" to HD... slim pickings on FM--only 3 local stations so far are even broadcasting in HD on the FM band--and NO AM stations running HD (nor, from what I've heard, do they have any intention of doing so in the near future). Randy Stewart Springfield MO -----Original Message----- From: Doug Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2007 12:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NRC-AM] Re: [IRCA] Another perspective on AM IBOC, from thebroadcasters' mailing list I kinda sorta hate to admit this but... I was at WPLN-1430/90.3 this morning. (volunteering for the pledge drive) As usual, after my shift ended I ended up chatting with the engineer and the station manager. They played some recordings they'd made of music, played on WPLN's HD AM station, as received on a JVC HD car radio. It really, really did sound like FM. I think the spoken word programming that's been on WPLN-AM when I've listened in HD simply didn't adequately demonstrate what HD AM can sound like. (and WLAC, the other HD AM station around here, really never has sounded quite right...) I'm coming to the impression that some of HD AM's shortcomings are indeed actually those of receivers - that if some decent receivers come along, it could actually work during the day. That doesn't mean the nighttime problems are any less of a problem. -- Doug Smith W9WI Pleasant View, TN EM66 _______________________________________________ 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]
