[BC] Battery Powered HD possible

[Rich Wood]

------ At 09:50 AM 3/12/2009, Mark Earle wrote: -------

>A puff release about a chip being released to manufacturers.
>Of course, no mention as yet of a practical device using this chip, nor costs.

All of us know how unreliable the headphone cable is as an antenna 
for analog receivers. Since it's necessary to install an antenna 
larger than what you'd expect for a clock radio to receive IBUZ, how 
will these devices keep a lock on the signal. I can picture a jogger 
with a portable IBUZ pocket radio: left foot on the ground is analog. 
Right foot is IBUZ. We should test to see if the mode can switch fast 
enough. I'm willing to test it with an elderly person with a walker 
rather than a marathon runner. Let's give the system a fighting chance.

>Rumor: Citadel is turning off HD to save (electric) expenses.

If you owned a company whose stock literally became a penny stock 
worth only one cent I think you'd look for ways to cut back. Remember 
that Citadel has to keep enough cash coming in to pay the $11 million 
(plus personal tax payments) compensation to the top doood. Someone 
calculated that the stock value of the entire company is about $3 
million, just a tiny fraction of the value of one of their radio 
stations. I think I know what we can do with Hillary Clinton's 
"overcharge" reset button.

Even if I had a company flush with cash I'd shut this albatross off.

Rich