[BC] From NAB Newsletter

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

Isnt that what Canada is doing?  Many of the lower power and some high power
AM's have traded AM for an FM assignment.  And many of those would be
equivalent to our Class A stations.

Paul Smith
W4KNX
Sarasota, FL


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> In a message dated 07/18/2006 5:40:18 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> kwinrich at gmail.com writes:
>
> > I dont think anyone is suggestiing that 800 million receivers NEED to be
> >  replaced!
>
> If about 50% of all AM stations light-up with IBUZ, and it gets 24 hour
auth,
> they will. Analog AM will be utterly useless at that point. The
interference
> will be absolutely unbearable! Also, from what I'm reading lately, IBUZ
> doesn't survive skywave very well, (if at all) so once you're outside the
stations
> NIF you've got zilch.
>
> The best possible solution is the least likely to be implemented: drop TV
> channels 5 & 6, and extend the FM band downward. Assign freq's to all of
the
> "smaller" AM's so they can serve their respective markets 24/7 with
equivalent
> coverage areas to their old AM. (and add FM IBOC) Then leave only the
Clears &
> big Regionals to populate the AM band, doing what it does best- long
distance
> coverage. Best solution... Least likely.
>
> Willie...
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