Re: [IRCA] NAB wants it both ways

[Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- Gil Stacy <gilstacy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Not exactly on point with the topic, but here's an interesting read
> regarding the problems with marketing HD /IBOC:
> http://www.rwonline.com/pages/s.0048/t.9030.html
> Without car radios, a.m/f.m. is dead.  Car manufacturer's are waiting
> to judge the public's feelings towards IBOC before offering as
> standard
> equipment IBOC radios. Only a small percentage of cars sold offer
> upgraded
> radios which would be capable of effectively using IBOC.  IBOC 
> prospects
> flounder because the car mfgs. are stalling implementing standard
> equipment
> IBOC rxs..  Countertop radios don't work well without special
> antennas as
> opposed to old radio technology.  All this is sad.  Let me pause
> while I
> wipe away the tears.  Okay, sorry for that moment...  There are no
> small
> portable rxs capable of receiving IBOC to it's full capabilities.  It
> ain't
> over till the fat lady sings or perhaps sits on IBOC.  She is
> clearing her
> throat and looking for a seat.  Either option would suit me just
> fine.


*** Time for a rhetorical question. What, exactly, makes anyone think
that since typical HD radios cannot receive HD signals at similar
distances to analog without external antennas, the reception will
somehow be any better in vehicle radios ??



Russ Edmunds
Blue Bell, PA ( 360' ASL )
[15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]
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<wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'
AM: Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop


       
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