[BC] DRM vs. IBOC

[Rich Wood]

------ At 10:06 AM 7/7/2006, Powell E. Way III W4OPW wrote: -------

>But it has one of the very serious downfalls that also
>plagues IBOC. It requires a strong pristine signal to
>decode. ANY analog interference kills it or if you
>don't have a superb signal, it drops out.

Who came up with the story that digital was an improvement over 
analog? As an analog signal diminishes the noise increases but it's 
still, very often, listenable. A digital signal either disappears, as 
with satellite under bridges and trees, or with hybrid IBUZ reverts 
to analog. Secondaries die. Since many owners won't be converting to 
IBUZ, analog will always be with us.

One of the reasons for digital, allegedly, is to correct for less 
than pristine signals. How do we find pristine signals when the 
digital is 1% of the analog power? My experience with an IBUZ 
receiver was that mode switching happened often in mountainous New 
England. Will I have to move back to New York where I had a direct 
view of Empire to find such a signal? Or to one of the plains states?

Will I only be able to listen to digital only IBUZ in a stopped 
vehicle? I'd hate to be the Emperor's tailor.

Rich