[BC] Another Method for Digital Radio Broadcasting

[Kent Winrich]

I haev done a little rading on this.  It seems most interesting.  especially
the fact that you can put on channel repeaters.

On 12/14/06, Mark Humphrey <mark3xy at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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
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