[BC] The FCC approves IBOC 24/7

[Tom Taggart]

1. Typically the effective date of any FCC rule would be 45 days 
after publication in the Federal Register. Usually two month process.

Hence no nighttime IBOC yet, except where folks forget to turn the thing off.

2. It's no surprise this was approved, this way the Commission can't 
be blamed for killing off IBOC, as they were for the death of AM 
Stereo when they failed to approve a standard. After a year of noise, 
it will probably die on its own anyway.

3. Interference, for the Commission, does not exist unless it can be 
either defined in terms of "1's" and "zeros," for the computer 
geeks--or can be documented on paper for the lawyers.

4. The interference complaint process in the rules will come down to 
"my D.C. lawyer can beat up your D.C. lawyer."

5. With #3 and #4 in mind, if you anticipate interference from an 
adjacent IBOC station, now is the time to take measurements and roll 
tape...err,store audio files. In other words, get a "before" that you 
can compare to the "after" when the IBOC skywave comes rolling in. Of 
course, document times, locations etc. as you would for a DA field 
measurement. Once the interference starts, you send the paper 
comparisons to the FCC for their complaint process. They will do 
nothing. Then you sue the bejesus out of the offending station in 
your local court on a trespass or malicious interference with 
business theory and use the recordings for a before and after demo 
for the court.

6. If all else fails, jumper cables and rubber gloves work.
Not recommended for jamming stations above 5 kw.
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