[BC] IBOC power Increase For FM stations

[Paul Ford]

Warren Schulz, WLS

The best common sense I've seen regarding this matter for a long time.

Paul Dean Ford, P.E.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2009 at 7:29 PM, Warren Shulz <warren.shulz at citcomm.com>wrote:

 >
 > That IBOC power increase is more bad science.  By iBiquity's own
 > admission the 1% power was selected to prevent interference to analog.
 > If we have 80% IBOC receiver deployment it would make sense. But, with a
 > 1% deployment its nut to kill analog performance for the 1% IBOC radios
 > rolled out.
 >
 > If I dial an analog radio with a RF signal strength meter the hiss of
 > IBOC carriers cover the entire Chicago FM dial.  Going to 10% power will
 > kill analog reception resulting in a sea of carrier hiss.    In Chicago
 > few have the capability to go to 10% without yet another transmitter
 > plant rebuild.