Re: [IRCA] News of Triumphant HD Rollout; 25 1515Z NOV 06; PVZ

["Chris Black" <n1cp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>>I've gone so far as to tell one guy to go procreate
>>freely with himself when he said that.

You could also tell him the same thing in Russian : "yeb vas" and he might 
think its a compliment.

Chris Black
Cape Cod



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Healy" <bubba@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of America" 
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Sent: Saturday, November 25, 2006 10:56 AM
Subject: Re: [IRCA] News of Triumphant HD Rollout; 25 1515Z NOV 06; PVZ


>> Best of all, this great iBLOC-a-ceiver is deaf as post to  50 K/snot
>> flamethrower six miles distant. OoooohhhWow!
>
> I try to limit myself to one post a month on the HD topic, so here goes 
> for
> November..
>
> This will be the Achilles' Heel of HD.  I have had two JVC HD radios. 
> Both
> were exceptional analog receivers on both AM and FM.  Yet HD coverage was
> half the radius of good quality analog on both AM and FM - and I'm being
> generous.  This same experience was echoed by two other local BC techs who
> have a Kenwood and Panasonic respectively.  It's not a brand issue, as it
> seems to be the norm across every radio out there.  Once the public seizes
> this information from their early adopter friends, it'll stifle sales. 
> This
> dog won't hunt.
>
> One claim made for FM is that they will provide a greater span of
> programming choices.  I think it will be opposite by killing off choices. 
> A
> case in point..  In the Providence area when I'm not near the shared
> 94.1/95.5 site, WMVY-92.7 is often listenable.  Once WSNE-93.3 fired up 
> HD,
> the broadband noise wiped them out over a wide radius.  I have an FM 
> antenna
> at 80' aimed toward WMVY at home.  Still NG. For every new HD signal, I'd
> bet several "stations between the stations" become inaudible.  Net loss.
>
> I am frankly very offended when a broadcaster tells me I have no right to
> listen to a station outside their city grade coverage.  I have been able 
> to
> do so for decades.  I've gone so far as to tell one guy to go procreate
> freely with himself when he said that.
>
> The HD2 signals have been pretty much unlistenable unless I'm quite near 
> the
> transmitter site for FM.  Even some traffic signals emit noise that vex 
> it.
> There is no analog to fold back to, so it just shuts off until it can
> resync.  Too choppy for me..
>
> So far my clients have all come to the same conclusion about HD without my
> uttering a word.  I simply reinforced their decisions.
>
> Craig Healy
> Providence, RI
>
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