[BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.

[Steve Newman]

Frank...

As an analogy to the FCC decision; If my doctor said it would be better to 
walk off a cliff than to remove my bad kidney and live, what choice do you 
think I would make? (I actually had this done last year so it's VERY fresh 
in my mind) Just because it's FCC has spoken doesn't make it right. At the 
risk of getting political here, look at some of the decisions that are 
coming out of D.C. these days. I'm getting sick of making lemonade. With 
greed at an all time high I'm sure Ibiquity isn't going to re-invent the 
square wheel they designed. The AM model is not right. Make it right or (and 
I could live with this one) say it can't be done on the AM band without 
consequences. I see this as a "back to the drawing board" scenario or 
canning it for AM. That's my point. I'm not soured on the idea. If you 
caught my other post, I'm very excited about the prospect of the digitizing 
on the AM band but it has to work as advertised. Is that too much to ask? 
Looks to me like we have a round hole with a square peg. We need the right 
tool for the right job. Bending things to make them fit just doesn't work. 
That method only put strain on something else down the line.

Steve


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "padrino" <padrino at telos-systems.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Cc: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 24, 2007 10:14 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.


> Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net> writes:
>> > > Right. But, Frank, you gotta have sugar to make lemonade, and so far
>> > > I don't see any in the kitchen.

>   But, now, the FCC has made their comment, and it
> has strength. Whether you like it or not, it is here. Now what? My take is
> that it comes down to the developers of the system and receivers to see to
> it that we make the most out of it. That's where the lemonade comes in. :)
>
> Again, it will come down to the creative/innovative types who will find a
> way to do this. Let's not sell innovation short.
>
> -Frank