[BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.

[Gary Glaenzer]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnson, Richard" <rjohnson at analogic.com>
To: "Broadcasters' Mailing List" <broadcast at radiolists.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 10:12 AM
Subject: Re: [BC] IBOC "secrets" and my opinions.


(in part)

So, I think that instead of complaining that the new
technology is not compatible with 85 year-old radio
design, some entrepreneur(s) should take the bull by the
horns and develop a decent radio. They don't actually
need to get such a radio into production. Leave that
for the Pacific rim. What they need to do is generate
the "IP" intellectual property with as much as possible
embedded into a single chip. Then they license this
technology and, perhaps, the chip design. There are
lots of "radio" engineers who are now quite versed
in software. A development kit and some (sometimes
not too) pleasant software debugging time, would
establish the viability of the digital radio approach
for conventional AM. Then you could attract some
investors. All words and ideas presented here are
placed into the Public Domain. Get to work!

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What to do about the much-speculated 'royalty' for the IBOC decoder chipset
?

I've read the figure of 40-45 bucks PER RADIO here-abouts in past postings

Is that figure accurate ?

If so, it would appear to be an insurmountable obstacle:  a 40-buck set of
chips in a 15-dollar clock radio; even if someone came up with an
alternative-design decoder, Ibiquity would no doubt tie it up in court

Gary