Re: [IRCA] A Perfect Example

["Neil Kazaross" <neilkaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The DX can and likely still will listen to KDKA under those circumstances, 
but the typical listener will be bothered by the poor audio and tune away, 
from my experience with family members and friends.  73 KAZ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
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Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:03 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] A Perfect Example


> Fred Schroyer wrote:
> Driving home form work the other evening, I experienced first-hand one
> reason why IBOC is a bad idea and a doomed technology. Thought I'd listen 
> to
> KDKA-1020, our 50-mile-distant powerhouse. What I heard was nasty, noisy,
> hissy audio, intelligible but annoying & not very listenable, sounding 
> more
> like a 100-mile distant daytimer. I then tuned to adjacent-channel 1030 &
> discovered the cause: WBZ's IBOC booming in. And I was not listening as a
> picky-techie DXer -- I was listening as a normal Joe driving home from 
> work!
> Poop on IBOC.
>
> -=-=-=-
>
> It may not be a bad idea to send a complaint to the KDKA folks.  I have a
> very hard time believing that they would be willing to simply write off
> listenership outside their core city.  Every station I've ever worked for
> has been thrilled to have a listener anywhere.  I know what I've read from
> other industry people, but it always conflicted with what I've seen with 
> my
> own eyes in the business.
>
> Craig Healy
> Providence, RI
>
>
> 

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