Re: [IRCA] WSCR IBOC ruining reception of local WCBM

["Bob Foxworth" <rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It would not at all surprise me to learn that this is an
intentional test. No, I am NOT saying that it IS intentional,
but only that there must be some jockeying going on behind
the scenes to get some night time data. NAB is coming up
in a few weeks and I have no doubt that the IBOC/HD
cheerleaders are salivating at the prospect of the FCC
issuing a night time authorization, timed to coincide with
the NAB publicity and maybe a receiver rollout, all at the
same time.

If this is intentional, it could be (1) for "official listeners" to
gather some reception quality data and (2) to see what, if
any complaints, are made from listeners who are not part
of this process. Although it is not clear to me what kind of
process might exist to gather such "unofficial" complaint
data. And, "data" does not mean "anecdotal data" which
is what DXer reports would be considered. Though it is
certainly possible these lists are being watched to see
what type signals/problems are being reported. (so be
nice).

I thought of this yesterday but did not want to post after
just a single night. Now after hearing it for 2 nights, well, it
is like at 9:02 AM when the second plane hit the WTC,
all the assumptions changed at that moment. I.e.
accidentally leaving it on for one night, not being an
accident after 2 nights. But, you never know.

- Bob                       2348 est


> CX to the west from here are mediocre tonite.. so maybe the same for
you.
> However, eastern cx are very strong and some TA's are in.
>
> I could barely hear WFAN by deeply phasing WSCR and 680 was still
useless !
> Tomorrow I'll look for emails of the QRMed stations. I'll bet the
western
> fringe of WFAN's coverage can be badly hashed up by WSCR.
>
> 73 KAZ Barrington IL

> > WSCR is not as strong here as they were last night.  As a result,
> > they are not bothering WCBM significantly, but the IBOC hiss is
still
> > audible.  WFAN is being hiss on pretty heavily.
> >
> > Bill Harms
> > Elkridge, Maryland

> > On 1 Apr 2006 at 20:24, Brett Saylor wrote:
> >
> >> At 8:30pm EST 660 and 680 are definitely trashed here in Central PA
> >> tonight (4/1) due to the IBOC from 670. I can salvage some of each
> >> depending on the antenna used, however; the E-W EWE seems to be
able to
> >> null the noise best of all.

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