[BC] SCA ON TRANSLATORS
Dana Puopolo
dpuopolo at usa.net
Wed Nov 13 10:54:21 CST 2013
I think we can put a final rest to this by an FCC decision involving FM Extra.
That system used AAC coding on SCAs and provided a stereo digital audio
program channel with quality and coverage superior to IBUZ - with no adjacent
channel interference, no coverage loss and an average installation time of 15
minutes, and a cost of well under $5000.00. The FCC ruled that SCA is still a
private broadcast service and essentially banned public reception of FM Extra.
In essence, Ibquity's lawyers got to the FCC, and stuck it to FM Extra. To put
it simply, *corruption* ruled the day! Beaten down, FM Extra put themselves up
for sale. They were bought (and killed) by: Ibquity!
See how it works in America? The ones with the biggest lawyers win, especially
when the FCC is involved.
One more reason why the FCC needs to be eliminated and replaced with something
run by engineers, not lawyers.
Lyle Henry can give us more details I'm sure...
-D
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