[BC] Another Method for Digital Radio Broadcasting

[Mark Humphrey]

On 12/13/06, David L. Hershberger <dave at w9gr.com> wrote:

> There is another way to do digital radio broadcasting - use DTV
> transmitters.  Comments are welcome.

Dave,

Isn't this similar to the approach taken in Japan?  I believe the
Japanese use the same means of transmission (ISDB-T) for both TV and
digital "radio" services.  Like A-VSB, it supports mobile reception as
well as on-frequency repeaters, but the ISDB modulation scheme is
different.

Do you know how many bits/sec an A-VSB channel would provide?

It sounds like a workable technical solution for "truly portable"
digital radio, but I'm afraid the "defenders of the status quo" here
in the US will take legal steps to block that use.

Mark