[BC] Split level combine and the loss of the analog-only transmitter

[Kent Winrich]

On 4/23/07, RichardBJohnson at comcast.net <RichardBJohnson at comcast.net> wrote:


Politely snipped......



If you still love radio engineering, you need to do it as a hobby. It
> can't be your primary means of support anymore. This may sound cruel,
> but radio is obsolete, even TV is going away. Even satellite
> broadcasting is only temporary. Where we are going is "fiber fiber
> everywhere." You can't even get telco to fix POTS anymore because
> they are working on fiber installations. With optical multiplexors
> and fiber, every household will have simultaneous one-way bandwidth
> of 1.3 gigabit per second and 600 megabits per second outgoing. That
> will handle all media for the next fifty years. The AM transmitter
> sites can be sold off as Wall Mart parking lots and the TV and FM
> mountain tops either converted to wind-generator farms or "restored
> to their natural beauty!" Just watch! I hate it, but it's true.
> --
> Cheers,
> Richard B. Johnson


I look forward to them running fiber to my car and every where I go.  :-D

Kent