Re: [IRCA] [dxld] First impressions of 24h IBOCh, from OK

["Paul B. Walker, Jr." <walkerbroadcasting@xxxxxxxxx>]

They can only do one or the other, obviously............and since they are
legally required to be AM Stereo, I don';t think they'll go IBOC.. but I
could be very wrong.

Paul



On 9/14/07, Greg Hardison <bcbupdate3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Weren't all the US X-Banders FCC-mandated to broadcast in AM
> Stereo??  IBOC
> and AM Stereo are mutually exclusive, so how can we have any IBOCers above
> 1600, hmmm??  (In L.A., KFOX/1650 IS still in Stereo, FYI.)
>
>
>
> >From: Glenn Hauser <wghauser@xxxxxxxxx>
> >Reply-To: dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: dxld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >CC: abdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, amdx@xxxxxxxxxx, am@xxxxxxxxxxx,
> >irca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, mwdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, amfmtvdx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Subject: [dxld] First impressions of 24h IBOCh, from OK
> >Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 22:47:10 -0700 (PDT)
> >
> >UT Sept 14 from 0450 to 0525 I scanned the MW band several times on the
> >DX-398
> >in the yard. This was after the EDT midnight start, and from 0500 UT
> after
> >the
> >midnight CDT start.
> >
> >Time IBOC hiss frequency  presumed source frequency or station
> >
> >0450 1090                 WTAM-1100
> >       590 & 610           ? - 600
> >0500 1110 caught ID from KFAB-1110, ``Now broadcasting in HD``
> >0501 1120 in KMOX null    KFAB-1110
> >0502 1030                 WHO-1040
> >      1050 under XEG       WHO-1040
> >0503  830 in WCCO null    WHAS-840
> >0504  630                 WWLS-640
> >       650 in WSM null     WWLS-640
> >0505  590 in CMBF null    ? - 600
> >0510 1680 peaks NE        ? - 1690   1680 - the strongest of the lot
> >                           but no significant analog signal to QRM
> >0511 1500 in KSTP null    WLAC-1510
> >0515  750 in WSB null     WJR-760?
> >
> >I must say none of this would have been very noticeable if I had not been
> >looking for it. In most cases I had to null the dominant station in order
> >to
> >hear the hiss, and it was no problem to hear the dominant stations unless
> >they
> >were nulled. In most cases I could not get a hiss-match above and below a
> >certain frequency because the analog signal on one side or the other was
> >too
> >strong. There could also be some `false-positives` here, noise mistaken
> for
> >IBOCh.
> >
> >I looked for IBOCh accompanying KTOK-1000 OKC, but could not detect it on
> >990-CBW, or ?-1010 even when aimed at OKC; may not have been on. Did not
> >detect
> >it on 1190 or 1210 aside WOAI. Of course, some stations that are going to
> >do it
> >may not have promptly turned it on at local midnight. Things may be worse
> >the
> >following evening and onward.
> >
> >Around sunset have previously heard KMOX-1120 and KFAB-1110 doing a
> number
> >on
> >each other but this time could not detect any IBOCh from KMOX.
> >
> >Also looked for it especially on 690 and 710 from WLW but could not
> detect
> >it.
> >WOR-710 is DX out here, so not surprising could not hear it on 700 or 720
> >from
> >them.
> >
> >Did not hear any IBOCh in the 1230-1490 regional/local channels, loaded
> as
> >they
> >are with piles and piles of analog signals.
> >
> >This was still before midnight in MDT and PDT, so if KOA or other big
> >signals
> >from the west are doing it, too early to tell.
> >
> >Fortunately I don`t have any 50 kW locals, and my three 1 kW locals on
> 960,
> >1390 and 1640 aren`t into IBOCh, AFAIK. At this rate, I would say IBOCh
> >won`t
> >disrupt normal listening much, but can certainly be a problem versus weak
> >signal DX. 73, Glenn Hauser, Enid OK
> >
> >
> >
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