Barry, Very good points. As most of you know, I go after the really flea power DX. Domestically do you think I would ever have heard stations like WLSD 1220 Big Stone Gap, VA with 45 watts, if I had an HD station on 1230 or 1210? This is a real concern of any serious MW DXer. On the International side.... How about Nepal on 792 or 576 khz, India on 864? 630 Cook Islands with 500 watts? Need I say more. I have been active MW DXer for 45 years with nearly 3,000 MW QSLs from 91 countries. I have been thinking about moving if IBOC gets to be a reality to the point where the MW band is a wasteland. After losing Bob, DXing has been one thing I have really enjoyed and in part has helped me along a lot. Not much would drive me out of the beautiful NW coast. My plan has been to live here the rest of my life, but if the hobby goes, I may to. It would be a huge change for me, but time will tell. I just hope and pray that IBOC is short lived and few stations go for it.
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