[BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.

[Paul B. Walker, Jr.]

I live/work in a COL with a population of 5750 people, county population of
26,000 and coverage population of just over 50,000 people. Some towns around
here, like Promised Land, SC...Ninety Six, SC and McCormick, SC only have a
200 or 300 people.

It seems that IBOC/HD is being used/implimented in much larger areas where
the population/coverage area is 10x what mine is, where people can afford
it.

You think people around here even know what IBOC/HD is? Let alone be able to
afford an HD Radio?

Enough said.

Paul Walker
WABV-AM 1590 Abbeville, SC
"Proudly Serving The Savannah Lakes Region Since 1956"
www.wabv1590.com


On 3/27/07, Gary Glaenzer <gglaenzer at hqradio.com> wrote:
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Johnson, Richard" <rjohnson at analogic.com>
> To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:12 AM
> Subject: Re: [BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.
>
>
> (in part)
>
> So, I think that instead of complaining that the new
> technology is not compatible with 85 year-old radio
> design, some entrepreneur(s) should take the bull by the
> horns and develop a decent radio. They don't actually
> need to get such a radio into production. Leave that
> for the Pacific rim. What they need to do is generate
> the "IP" intellectual property with as much as possible
> embedded into a single chip. Then they license this
> technology and, perhaps, the chip design. There are
> lots of "radio" engineers who are now quite versed
> in software. A development kit and some (sometimes
> not too) pleasant software debugging time, would
> establish the viability of the digital radio approach
> for conventional AM. Then you could attract some
> investors. All words and ideas presented here are
> placed into the Public Domain. Get to work!
>
> =================================
>
> What to do about the much-speculated 'royalty' for the IBOC decoder
> chipset
> ?
>
> I've read the figure of 40-45 bucks PER RADIO here-abouts in past postings
>
> Is that figure accurate ?
>
> If so, it would appear to be an insurmountable obstacle:  a 40-buck set of
> chips in a 15-dollar clock radio; even if someone came up with an
> alternative-design decoder, Ibiquity would no doubt tie it up in court
>
> Gary
>
>
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Paul B. Walker, Jr.
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