[BC] Band Migration

[Robert Meuser]

If there was ever a chance of a new band it would be digital - period.

R

Phil Alexander wrote:
> On 22 Jan 2006 at 14:33, WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:
> 
>  > In a message dated 01/22/2006 10:00:54 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>  > dynotherm at earthlink.net writes:
>  >
>  > > Now, if you want to talk about putting up 3,000 ft towers
>  > >  and hang half a megawatt ERP on them, maybe ... maybe there
>  > >  is an idea there if someone is willing to foot the bill.
>  >
>  > Keep the 50Kw Clears on AM for just that reason.
>  >
>  > I'm talking about moving all of the "Mom and Pop" stations, "graveyard"
>  > channels, Daytimers, flea-night power stations, super-directionals, 
> etc, to a new
>  > VHF band. Open up the MW band for what it was *meant* to do: Cover 
> huge areas.
>  > Use VHF for what it was meant to do: Cover *local* areas.
>  >
>  > That's what I think should be done.
> 
> I doubt you would get much cooperation from the higher power Class B's,
> many of whom now have 50 kW daytime with 5, 10 or more at night.
> Some of these are on Class A channels (consider WHB) some on Class B
> channels (consider WWJ). Some of these have highly directional signals.
> Others are directional only at night.
> 
> Possibly, you could move Class C stations to a new FM band and give
> them the equivalent coverage with a Class A FM license, but unless you
> can closely duplicate the present coverages of Class B and Class D AM
> stations you are sure to run into the complaints that "I didn't get
> enough coverage," or "You gave so-and-so too much coverage and upset
> competition in the market." This is how we came to the IBOC "solution"
> in the beginning - - preservation of the coverage status quo, or at
> least the appearance of that. It is this reality that stops technically
> better solutions cold and dead.
> 
> 
> Phil Alexander
> 
> 
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