Re: [IRCA] article on IBOC

[Patrick Martin <mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx>]

>>Indeed interesting, and one I also hadn't seen. The results aren't
surprising at all. The IBOC hash travels much farther than the actual
digital channels in most cases, and the solid readable signals from
digital AM simply don't travel very far at night using consumer
equipment to receive. The number of stations dropping digital AM
altogether is also a result of economics as some stations can't justify
the added expense of licensing fees and equipment repairs, because as
the one station noted, nobody complained about dropping it, likely
because nobody noticed it in the first place due to the scarcity of
affordable receivers.<<

I especially liked the comment where the station shut down the IBOC and
there were no customer complaints. That pretty much spells it out. Here
in the NW KEX dropped IBOC sometime back and their "Hi Fi" audio is back
and they sound great. Both  KXXA 1520 & KRKO 1380 (Seattle area) run
IBOC and they are new with it as of the last couple of years. But that
is an exception. Not many new IBOCers noticed here for a long time.
Thank goodness.  I just hope more and more AM stations continue to shut
it down. 

Patrick

Patrick Martin
Seaside OR
KGED QSL Manager


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