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Re: [IRCA] WWFD 820 Becomes First All-Digital AM Station

With the way the NAB was pushing HD Radio years ago, I am surprised it took this long, from the early 90s when Bob Rusk was writing about it in RW.  I doubt the station will have many listeners as who has an HD radio? Few do, even not a lot in auto radios. I find the Sony HD radios in thrift stores these days. I have two. Here on the OR coast I can hear KSL 1160 in HD off the Eastern Beverage at times. I presume once stations decide to go all digital, analog DXing will be a thing of the past. A few more FMs I get in HD as they seem to get out better.


Patrick Martin Seaside OR KGED QSL Manager


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From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Chuck Hutton <charlesh3@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 11:03 AM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWFD 820 Becomes First All-Digital AM Station

Is it?


Since they have no analog, there's no reason for them to use the hybrid mode of IBOC which has both analog and digital.  That is what causes the interference to adjacent chanbnels and limits the IBOC coverage a bit.


If they use the all digital mode, there are  different expectations for interference and coverage amd we'll have to re-analyze things.


But I'm unaware as to whether all digital IBOC has FCC approval.


Chuck


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From: IRCA <irca-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Mark Mobile <Mark4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 7:27 AM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWFD 820 Becomes First All-Digital AM Station

It's not WWFD 820; it's "WWFD 800--810--820--830--840"

:-))


Cheers!

Mark Durenberger, mobile


-----Original Message-----
From: Russ Johnson
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2018 8:46 AM
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Subject: Re: [IRCA] WWFD 820 Becomes First All-Digital AM Station

Thanks for the update Brett

On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:31 AM Brett Saylor <bds2@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> 1500 WFED isn't on IBOC right now, and I don't recall it being on any time
> recently. According to Barry's site it's been off since 2007.
>
> I just checked my overnight recordings and 820 is solid IBOC hash from 815
> to 825 kHz, from sunset to sunrise. I can get around most IBOC noise by
> tuning the opposite LSB or USB but this covers the entire frequency. 820
> is
> now pretty useless as a nighttime frequency. Frederick is 100 miles from
> here.
>
>
> Brett Saylor
> State College, PA
>
>
>
> On Tue, Jul 17, 2018 at 9:02 AM, Russ Johnson <radiok3pi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Let’s hope so.
> >
> > I was unimpressed even with HD FM coverage. Too many drop outs.
> >
> > Is 1500 in DC still iboc?
> >
> > Russ Johnson
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jul 17, 2018, at 8:35 AM, Russ Edmunds <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > There will now be just digital hash where the AM signal would have
> been..
> > > But the rush into this ignores some important points -
> > >
> > > 1. How many car radios are capable of receiving these transmissions ?
> My
> > > understanding was that carmakers were reducing, not increasing the HD
> > > capability as standard equipment because it hadn't caught on.
> > > 2. How many listeners are driven off by the low range AM signal -
> > > which
> > > will continue and perhaps be worse - and not by analog
> > > 3. How many people actually listen on AM anyway and would this change
> > them ?
> > >
> > > I predict this adventure will fail.
> > >
> > >
> > > Russ Edmunds
> > > 15 mi NW Phila
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> > > <wb2bjh@xxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > AM: Modified Sony ICF2010's (3) barefoot w/whip
> > > FM: Yamaha T-80 & T-85, each w/ Conrad RDS Decoder;
> > > Onkyo T-450RDS; Tecsun PL-310 ( 4); Sony XDRS3HD;
> > > modified Sony ICF2010's (2) w/APS9B @ 15';
> > > modified Sony ICF2010 w/whip
> > >
> > >
> > >> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 9:37 PM, Les Rayburn <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > wrote:
> > >>
> > >> Here’s some news that I’m not sure how to feel about:
> > >>
> > >> https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n35675
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WWFD 820 AM Becomes First All-Digital AM Station<https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n35675>
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In Washington DC, WWFD 820 AM The Gamut will be the first full time, all-digital AM radio station in the U.S. In an effort to keep up with the ever-evolving demand for digital, The Gamut will be turning off its analog signal and will no longer be accessible through regular AM radio beginning today, Monday, July 16 at


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WWFD 820 AM Becomes First All-Digital AM Station<https://news.radio-online.com/cgi-bin/rol.exe/headline_id=n35675>
news.radio-online.com
In Washington DC, WWFD 820 AM The Gamut will be the first full time, all-digital AM radio station in the U.S. In an effort to keep up with the ever-evolving demand for digital, The Gamut will be turning off its analog signal and will no longer be accessible through regular AM radio beginning today, Monday, July 16 at



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