Re: [IRCA] WWNN breaking the rules.

The only people much interested in the subject at this point are the people who are actively installing HD systems. They have the receivers and can do the tests, as Craig’s differing results shows.

I will give you the results on KTNQ in LA. KTNQ is unlistenable outside about its 15 mv/m daytime contour due to noise (same applies to all LA stations). We get no diary returns now or in the last 10 years from outside this contour or from people who live outside but listen at work ZIP codes that are in the contour. The HD signal is usable in car radios beyond the KTNQ 15, so the coverage on HD devices is likely to have greater potential due to greater effective coverage.

I understand that Tom Ray’s experience in NY is very similar. And other AM operators I have spoken with, including engineers, agree that the HD signal is more robust than originally suspected to be.

In the case of KTNQ, we are talking about a roughly $50 to $60 million dollar facility. No one endangers such lightly. And this is just one of the several thousand stations that have committed to HD in a half dozen countries… with hundreds already on the air. I think the fact that Intel has taken a significant investment position is indicative of the kind of momentum the system is gathering.

David.

From: irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of W. Curt Deegan
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2005 2:28 PM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWNN breaking the rules.

Seems strange that no one other than IBOC advocates have been able to verify this superior coverage area. Strange also that observations possible without HD receivers -- since there are no practical ones available -- also do not seem to support this notion.

I'll be more inclined to believe this superior coverage when real listeners, versus advocates, begin to experience it.

I just hesitate to believe that saying something over and over makes it so. I know politicians do that, and I learned long ago what their facts are worth.

Curt