Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Re: [NRC-AM] WBT IBOC test

[kh2ar@xxxxxxxxxxx]

I have to weigh in on this one. Calling a station to bitch on the air to them about running IBOC (at night or any other time) serves no useful purpose. In a time when we at the club level are trying to mend and build relationships with broadcasters, get stations to do DX tests in the middle of the night with weird tones and Morse code, and generally do us special favors like QSL reception reports, comments like Les mentions only tend to confirm many broadcasters' opinions that we are just a bunch of wacko, insomniac nuts who don't have anything better to do with our time than call these guys who are trying to make a buck and tell them to stop it. Some of us may indeed be wacko, insomniac nuts (myself included), but we still need to be positive about how we approach and interact with professional broadcasters. Remember: we'll catch more flies with honey than vinegar.

OK, end of rant. Back to the dials folks.

Jim Pogue/KH2AR
IRCA/NRC Joint BTC
Memphis, TN

-------------- Original message -------------- 
From: "Les Rayburn" <les@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> Listening to the WBT IBOC Test now...just heard "Jim" from West Virginia 
> call in to discuss the impact on DX'ers. Can't imagine that kind of 
> emotional response is going to win over many folks within the broadcasting 
> industry. The host talked about "DX'ers" afterwards...and you could nearly 
> hear the distain in his voice. Keep in mind folks, it's a business...and one 
> that hasn't been very competitive with FM for years now....they'll latch on 
> to any technology that they think might help their ratings. "HD Radio" 
> sounds catchy, but so far, it hasn't really caught on. 
> 
> Truthfully, I can only barely detect some hiss on the LSB, but virtually 
> nothing on USB. I could easily DX both channels on either side of WBT, but 
> then again, they're not a local to me. They do boom in at S9 +20db at 
> times...but even then, I can null them with a phaser, and could still DX. Of 
> course, if KMOX was running IBOC...it might be a problem. 
> 
> That being said, I see no real benefit to IBOC for nighttime operation...and 
> certainly nothing that will warrant the interference that it will cause. 
> 
> 73, 
> 
> Les Rayburn, N1LF 
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Scott Fybush" 
> To: 
> Cc: ; "Mailing list for the International Radio Club of 
> America" 
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 11:27 PM 
> Subject: Re: [IRCA] [ABDX] Re: [NRC-AM] WBT IBOC test 
> 
> 
> > Scott Fybush wrote: 
> >> Bill White's on the air now on WBT, doing a special live show about the 
> >> test. 
> > 
> > It's been a long day for me (drove from Fort Wayne to Rochester), and 
> > I'm calling it a night and leaving Total Recorder running for the next 
> > couple of hours just to see what happens with this one. 
> > 
> > A few observations before I go - I'm having no trouble at all hearing 
> > KMOX or WTAM on the 2010. I hear some hiss behind WTAM in wide mode on 
> > the 2010, but I can null it pretty well. If this is as bad as it gets 
> > when we have HD at night (and yes, I know it isn't!), it won't be the 
> > end of the world. 
> > 
> > Good heavens - they've got the chief engineer, Jerry Dowd, on the air 
> > from the transmitter site talking about spectral regrowth! 
> > 
> > Still no sign of any HD at all from WBT on the HDT-1, not even the call 
> > letters on the display. 
> > 
> > They're taking a phone call (12:26 AM) from Barry Thomas, the director 
> > of engineering for Lincoln Financial Media (ex-Jefferson-Pilot), who's 
> > listening in Atlanta and can't hear the HD audio either, though he's 
> > getting the data display. 
> > 
> > Oh - and they're mentioning that they may be switching back to night 
> > pattern soon, so if it hasn't been heard yet out west, it may not be 
> > tonight... 
> > 
> > s 
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