Re: [IRCA] AM down the road..

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Craig Healy <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 
> At some point, portable access to streaming content will be available
> to a
> very large segment of the population.  Why would someone listen to an
> AM or
> even FM signal when a clear quality stream has the same content?  I
> hear
> rumblings that Apple is deep into creation of a WiFi-enabled iPod. 
> Take the
> WiPod, connect to a stream, and you can listen anywhere.
> 
>

*** I think the answer to that question right now would be local
content - whether that's news, weather, sports, talk or entertainment.
I see no reason why that same content couldn't someday also tag along -
in fact a lot of the larger all-news stations ( who don't have to worry
about artist royalties etc. ) are broadcasting on the web, so that's
just a matter of waiting for more available and generalized WiFi.

I know there are lots of places I go where there are still no WiFi
signals to be found when I scan - mostly just some hotels and of course
coffee shops.

Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA  ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20ID
<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop

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