[BC] IBOC History

[Cowboy]

On Thursday 14 July 2005 13:14, Richard Fry wrote:
> Barry:
> >So ... someone close to the tech:
> >         how about a little history?
> ___________________
> 
> Well, I was the guy who had to come up with a way to combine the FM A&D txs 
> in what I think was the first over-the-air IBOC broadcast demo, done in New 
> Orleans maybe in conjunction with an NAB Fall  Radio Show close to 15 years 
> ago, now.  A Harris TV tx was used for the digital part, and a 10dB hybrid, 
> dummy load etc to combine it with an existing analog FM tx.  I thought at 
> the time that there must be a better way to combine the two txs, but we went 
> ahead with it as being expedient for the purpose.  Who'da thought we'd still 
> have it around??

 So, YOU'RE the guy ?

 CRUCIFY HIM !!
 :-)

 Richard, I still think there's a better way, but I haven't stumbled on it just yet, either.