[BC] HD Radio fees - alternatives

[WFIFeng@aol.com]

In a message dated 04/25/2007 11:31:26 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
craig1 at shianet.org writes:

> They are not Ibiquity certified.  Ibiquity charges a fee to certify 
>  transmitters and Bernie does not want to have to raise the price of 
>  his transmitters just for Ibiquity certification since such a small 
>  percentage of AM broadcasters are using the system.  As I understand 
>  it, the certification fee is substantial.

As are *all* of the fees/expenses related to this "It Bothers Other Channels" 
system.

In the CRTECH Forum, someone was mentioning a "live demonstration" of FMeXtra 
done at their station by Lyle Henry. It looked *very* promising. The 
in-the-field report he gave was that it had absolutely no discernable impact on main 
signal, and the setup was incredibly easy. Basically, just hook it up to the 
SCA input of the TX, set the injection level, audio levels, and go.

Even if it doesn't gain widespread, mainstream adoption, it most certainly 
would be a very viable option for subscriber-based services, and a very good 
quality replacement for traditional SCA.

Mono stations (there are a few!) can run up to 6 sub-channels.

Willie...









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