Re: [IRCA] More IBOC

["Bob Young" <youngbob53@xxxxxxx>]

I like Dominos for Dollars myself,

Bob Young
Analog, Ma



>From: "Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Reply-To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
>America<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: "AM-DX List" <am@xxxxxxxxx>,        "Mailing list for the International 
>Radio Club of America"<irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Subject: [IRCA] More IBOC
>Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:56:09 -0400
>
>This news item culled from a mailing I received this morning.  It seems 
>that
>we may finally have the other shoe drop, be it to allow night IBOC or 
>reject
>it.  If they act on it, then we'll know.
>
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>The FCC's ready to tackle final authorization for
>digital (HD Radio).
>Digital audio is Item #2 on the unwieldy agenda for next Thursday's
>monthly meeting. It would be a real boost to HD Radio to move toward
>permanent service rules - and that would include addressing AM nighttime
>digital.
>-=-=-=-=-=-
>
>I still say that allowing night IBOC will be a very serious mistake.  Even
>day IBOC is pretty much a waste of spectrum.  The coverage is significantly
>less than analog, is fragile and easily disrupted by any number of things,
>and there are essentially zero receivers.  If the receiver penetration is
>1%, I'd be surprised.
>
>Fortunately I have other hobbies.  Karate, automobiles, ham radio, and I'm
>think of joining the Mumbly Peg World Tour.
>
><end monthly IBOC rant>
>
>Craig Healy
>Providence, RI
>
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