Re: [IRCA] Radio DXing Hobby Threatened With Extinction

Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio DXing Hobby Threatened With Extinction

From: mwdxer@xxxxxxxxx (Patrick Martin)

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 09:47:44 -0700

Mike, Do you really think the FCC would adopt such a plan? It would be nice to think the AM Band would come back alive. Remembering well my early days in the hobby in the 60s, when all of those East coast/Midwest stations were heard coast to coast easily without phasing and beverages. Ah, the good ol' days. That would really revivialize DXing. The X Band was that way for a while until it got so crowded. It was fun while it lasted though. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin Seaside OR KAVT Reception Manager

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Subject: Re: [IRCA] Radio DXing Hobby Threatened With Extinction
From: Mike McKenna <way2twohot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 08:20:49 -0700 (PDT)

The only reason TV stations are going along with digital is 1.) they get to use two TV chanels until the final switch over and 2.) HDTV will allow multicasting on one TV channel. It will also force 100% of the cable systems to re-broadcast all of the TV stations -- giving total household coverage of each and every TV market within the US. --- AM listenership just gets lower and lower each day. Why not -- if there is nothing anyone can listen to. KFWB -- 980 in LA turned off IBOC and even dropped plans to go to 50 KW. In fact the CP has expired. Move all of the daytimers -- and any station of less than 1 KW fulltime over to a NEW FM band -- and the OWNERS would move -- tomorrow. It would mean a profit of 5 to ten times what they have now. After the present AM band is "weeded out" you would have a NEW AM band that works. KFI could be heard once again on the east coast. WSM could be heard i! n Seattle at night. KOA could be heard in Florida. And the remaining AM stations could have a shot at being heard once again. Give the AM station owners a BIG PUSH --- open up a new FM Band for some of the weak AM stations to use.

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