Random thoughts on IBOC. I am still skeptical and a recent quote about the Citadel suspension of nighttime IBOC corroborates this. I believe that the powers that be believe that digital in some form is inevitable on the AM band and that the interference issue is nothing more than a speed bump on the way to attaining that goal. That is why our complaints may seem to be falling on deaf ears. These people believe that if you tweak and change the system enough, it will eventually work. In other words, they have not been convinced that this will not work.
But I have to wonder, can you make a silk purse out of a pig's ear. I believe that no matter what is put in place, stations will lose coverage, even if they are using a pure digital mode because of skywave and mutual interference? The suits have not accepted the fact that the raw material, the AM band itself, is not conducive to digital radio especially without a major revamping of allocations and stations going off the air. Is that what they really want? -- Bill Harms Elkridge, Maryland Check out the Spokane Radio History Pages http://spokaneradio.philcobill.com and the Spokane Radio Tower Pages http://spokanetowers.philcobill.com _______________________________________________ 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]
