[BC] IBOC AM Quality

[padrino]

Dana,

I know that most are listening to the content. But, the topic was about
audio quality, and that's what my response was geared towards. Content, in
my view, is a whole seperate dialog.

-Frank Foti

Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net> writes:
>AM IBOC completely goes away in thunderstorms. The IBOC carrier is MORE
>sensitive to lightning then the analog one is!
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>Frank- Most who listen to AM could care about its quality. They're
>listening
>because of its CONTENT.
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>-D 
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>------ Original Message ------
>Received: Fri, 23 Mar 2007 12:54:29 PM EDT
>From: "Powell E. Way III W4OPW" <w4opw at yahoo.com>
>To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
>Subject: Re: [BC] IBOC AM Quality
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>--- padrino <padrino at telos-systems.com> wrote:
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>> Odd...That is not the reaction I have received from
>> radio listeners about
>> AM. Their common complaint is that the audio is
>> dull, in comparison to FM,
>> CDs, or even records, when those were popular. Not
>> to mention that most
>> people do not like static interference that affects
>> AM.
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>My Zenith "High Fidelity" has a wide enough AM to be
>almost as good as the FM section. It MAY be. I just
>don't have any station that simulcasts AM and FM.
>There will be static. However, if the thunderstrom IS
>severe enough, you WILL INDEED hear the static on FM.
>I'd expect IBOC tu belch in that case. 
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>> Even though there is no free lunch, in any tech, HD
>> on AM is perceived by
>> *most* who hear it as an improvement over
>conventional AM >audio.
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>That's true if you listen to a muffled radio. 
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>> I support Jim's original comments, as those parallel
>> what I have heard
>> from casual consumers who have heard HD on AM.
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>> -Frank Foti
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>I hear artifacts on the MW IBOC. It's better than the
>muffly AM on the Accurain.....but....
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