[BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.

[Craig Bowman]

Frank,

The frustration is that either the commission does not understand the 
interference issues or does not care and both cases are frustrating.  
CODEC issues notwithstanding, the system generates interference to 
adjacent allocations on both AM and FM and the commission, the primarily 
reason for its existence is to stop stations from interfering with other 
stations has their head up their respective keisters and will not pull 
them out for political reasons.  I do not know, maybe they are all 
Vampires and shy away from the light, they most certainly are living off 
the blood of the broadcasting community!  They might have a reflection 
but I would not bet on it.

We have two different issues here.  A. Can the audio quality be 
improved?  I'm sure it can and will.  B. Can the interference be 
eliminated? Not with the current system.


Craig Bowman


padrino wrote:
> Steve,
>
> I fully understand your position...and...I'm not defending the HD Radio
> platform, although I could see where some may think so. I do not profess
> to be heavily entrenched in the RF side, but if it's not as good as it
> needs to be, I'm sure there's a tweak in there somewhere. (Yes, I'm an
> optimist.)
>
> My point to this, most new tech requires hand-holding when first released.
> As a developement company we understand this discipline. I'm not ready to
> throw out the AM method...yet. If, after further study, research, and
> effort, there are still issues that broadcasters can't live with, then
> we've got a new discussion.
>
> -Frank Foti
>
> Broadcasters' Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net> writes:
>   
>> 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
>>     
>
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