[BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.

[Wayne]

Oh My!!  What a challenge!  To design a radio that everyone will 
like!  To do so is an astronomical task. needing Variable bandwidth 
IF filtering, continuous filter tuning, continuous noise floor 
adjustments, how to mix without generating filter products to deal 
with, creating enough dynamic range to deal with a variable noise 
floor, phase linear detection, and then we have to deal with an 
outside source of smooth electricity, with benign noise 
characteristics.  After all this we will have to find an Audio Guru, 
such as our own Bob Orban to come up with a creditable audio 
component to feed into the yet to be designed speaker, to deal with 
an audio system created by others over which we have no control at 
the transmission end. That's just for the AM.  A Collins R-390 comes 
to mind as a place to start!

Wayne Woollard
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Wood" <richwood at pobox.com>


>------ At 10:02 AM 4/20/2007, Cowboy wrote: -------
>
>> > What the industry really needs is a decent AM radio using
>> > modern technology.
>>
>>  This, of course, would negate nearly all of the complaints
>>  about the transmission technology, and render the whole
>>  issue mute.
>
>That's nothing we need to worry about until such a receiver is in 
>the hands of every current analog listener. However good the 
>receiver is, it's going to take time to replace what's out there and 
>still operating properly.
>
>>  That would cause list traffic to be reduced about 85%
>>  and can not be tolerated !
>>  ;-)
>
>The list is safe.
>
>Rich