Re: [IRCA] MORE BAD NEWS FOR FM DXERS

["HASCALL, DAVID CIV DFAS" <DAVID.HASCALL@xxxxxxxx>]

"Legalized jamming" is a term used by many DX'ers and listeners in
general.  There *may* be something to it.  Even though I live fairly
close to some FM IBOC'ers with moderate power, I usually couldn't hear
anything on the FM first adjacents, anyway (due to the proximity of the
analog) unless tropo or Es was strong.  Where I used to live was about
15 miles further from the transmitters.  I could DX the adjacents with
simple antennas but maybe not now.  An outside antenna on a rotator
would help and maybe a phaser box, too.

A plus side of the sour economy is that many FM IBOC'ers have turned
their IBOC off, to save on electricity charges.

Where I live now stray RF overload from all of the transmitters is worse
than the IBOC. :)

73,
Dave in Indy



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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 00:02:13 -0800
From: mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)
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	Club of	America)
Subject: Re: [IRCA] MORE BAD NEWS FOR FM DXERS
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>>It obliterates the adjacents, as if the purpose isn't to improve a
signal so much as it is to force you to listen to your locals.<<

I think this is a plus that stations running IBOC found out, fill the
dial with wall to wall local noise, then few if any out of town stations
can be heard in the DMA.
This may even was a reason to push AM IBOC too. 
   Here, there is no FM or AM IBOC, but Portand & Seattle has it.
fortunately, I cannot hear any hash on FM at this distance (75-150
miles).

73,

Patrick

Patrick Martin
KGED QSL Manager

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