Re: [IRCA] How local IS WBZ?

[mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)]

Chuck,

I think there were a couple other reports of poor IBOC reception too,
not just Craig's. But even a cheap AM radio can get skip hundreds of
miles away. I have never heard IBOC, but if it is anything like digital
satellite, either you get it or you don't. So what about a fade on an
IBOC signal? Would you lose the signal totally for a time before it came
back? There are a lot of issues that have to be delt with on both ends.
The transmitter and the receivers. So far most CEs I have talked to
think IBOC is a bunch of garbage, especially on AM. FM is a bit better,
but not by much. Digital  can be done much better than using IBOC I have
been told. These are engineers that have been in the broadcasting field
for many years. I would have no reason to doubt them.

73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin

Come to Seaside Oregon for the 2006 IRCA Convention! It will be held at
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