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Re: [IRCA] IBAC vs IBOC
- Subject: Re: [IRCA] IBAC vs IBOC
- From: Barry McLarnon <bdm@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 5 May 2007 21:53:03 -0400
On Saturday 05 May 2007 17:53, Patrick Griffith, N0NNK / WPE9HVW wrote:
> Pete brings up a good point. There is no such thing as IBAC. It's just a
> derogatory slang term that some have made up. But, as you can see, it is
> confusing. Even worse, I can see how this could cause certain people to
> simply dismiss DXers as a bunch of illiterate backwoods folks
> complaining about something whose real name we don't even know. Don't
> forget that a lot of broadcast professionals see what goes out on this
> reflector. Let's knock off the IBAC slang. It's kind of silly and it's
> making us all look bad.
I also happen to be a professional, and I reserve the right to call a spade a
spade. As Chuck points out, IBAC is neither slang nor derogatory, it's a
descriptive term used by broadcast professionals. And it so happens that it
is the term that most accurately describes the so-called "HD" radio system.
Barry
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Barry McLarnon VE3JF Ottawa, ON
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