[BC] Interesting IBUZ article & WTWP

[Kevin Tekel]

Jerry Mathis wrote:
> Now here we are. Still got stations that can't operate at night, that
> are losing coverage daily to the higher noise floor and steel buildings
> going up, radio receivers that are more and more deaf, and frequency
> response now down to about the same as POTS, and that are in danger of
> losing large chunks of their coverage if the big boys light up digital.
> ALL OF WHICH could be fixed by moving to another band.

We think alike.  For years I've promoted the idea of moving smaller AM
stations to VHF (either in a new band in the largely abandoned VHF-Low
30-50 MHz region, or as part of an extended FM broadcast band), while
keeping the largest AM stations on the existing mediumwave band --
including frequency changes, power increases, and pattern improvements
once the smaller stations move off the band, to provide solid regional
daytime coverage and vast, un-interfered nighttime skywave coverage.

Right now, even without a new band in the works, the best thing we can do
for AM radio is not any kind of digital system, but rather to clear out
the "graveyard channels" and upgrade the true "clear channels" to at least
100 kW.

And yes, LED traffic lights are horrible mini-hash generators.  Many of
them even ruin the lower half of the *FM* band with buzzing interference!
I tried complaining loudly about them a few years ago, with virtually no
response.  Oh well...




 
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