[BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.

[Glen Kippel]

If I might add an observation -- this weekend I ran two remotes, and we are
set up to go with either analog and digital cell phones.  When I ran with
digital, the complaint was that there was a "raspy, gargly" sound to it.
The analog had a hissy sound in the background, but the operator at the
station said it sounded better.  So, I guess stations just have to name
their poison -- noise on AM, multipath on FM, or clean but raspy digital
artifacts.  Take your choice.  Nothing is perfect.  But I think the sound of
digital may adversely affect TSL.

On 3/25/07, Kevin Tekel <amstereoexp at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> Frank Foti wrote:
> > 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.
>
> IBOC received preliminary FCC approval in 2002.  It has now been five
> years since then, and aside from a change in codecs and the addition of FM
> HD2 channels, the system is basically the same as it was back then, and
> still has all the same flaws.  How much more time should we wait for
> improvements to be made, all the while iBiquity grows richer, until we
> give up on it?
>
> Just like the Digital Compact Cassette (DCC), sometimes adding "Digital"
> to an existing analog medium just isn't the right idea -- an
> unfortunately, we may not realize that until it's too late to save the
> medium itself.
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