A different tack .... was: [BC] One other IBUZ zzz

[JYRussell@academicplanet.com]

F'rinstance... with all the monies that fly around, and all the people 
involved... one thing I've not heard of or seen here yet... is how the 
IBOC/HD impementation could be moved along a bit with "loaner" equipment. 
Ha ha you say.  While I don't grasp *all* of the legal ends of this stuff, I 
am bright enough to know that some of the entities that are interested in 
making HD or IBOC have some rather deep pockets.
SO... as an analogy...

   If satellite companies can afford to have BUCHES of hardware out on loan, 
lease, barter, whatever... why could some of that thinking not be applied to 
this digital issue on the more terrestrial level?  Mom & Pop can't afford 
all the hardware, the test-n-tune, antennae, Tx modifications... so... what 
if one company got busy, and set up it's own coast - to - IBOC/HD stuff... 
then leased/loaned/sold the recievers to the users?  Like Jeff Weltons ideas 
about the removable thumb drive, or whatever... Joe Q. Public only has to 
percieve a small piece of consistant and improved value to be "hooked".

   Everybody says there aren't enough receivers out there.
Everybody talks about how to design good ones.  If you designed your entire 
TX network, and the recievers that gave your listeners the sound you 
wanted... your investment would be pretty big... but all the folks that 
stayed with you as listeners would NOT hear the IBUzzz on the analog end.

   We can already sell WeatherRadios, and such with our calls on them... why 
not our own IBOC/HD stuff.??
Jason
> However, there are a lot of companies trying to enhance terrestrial 
> broadcasting, with a lot of expenditure. Whether we agree or not, we have 
> to admit they are trying. (The cynical will merely point to the "jamming," 
> a real issue, but not one that cannot be "handled.")  Manufacturers 
> respond to demand. Surely that is not bad, is it?
>
> One thing is for sure. If folks simply repeat that the situation is not 
> optimal, we get nowhere.