Bob Young wrote: > Shame on you, IBOC is very questionable on FM radio as it's range is > about 5 miles with an outside antenna and is totally useless and is > harmul inteference on AM. You have been sold a bunch of malarkey and > fell for it.
With all due respect... If DXers don't want to be taken seriously by the FCC, letters like this are a great way to make sure that happens. I'm not sure where your claim about FM IBOC is coming from, but it's simply not true. With an indoor wire dipole antenna (the sort that's long been a standard accessory with a home FM receiver, and is now being shipped with HD radios such as the BA Recepter and the Accurian), FM HD is good about to the 60 dBu contour. That's 25 or 30 miles for a class B FM, 12-15 miles for a class A. With a rooftop antenna, I can easily hear FM HD from a class A signal about 30 miles out (WISY 102.3), and from a B about 50 miles away (WLKK 107.7). Real-world Boston example that Bob should be able to relate to: with the BA Recepter and a cheap pair of TV rabbit ears, I had no trouble a year or so ago in hearing then-WKLB 99.5 Lowell MA in HD from Newton (Waban), MA, in the shadow of the TV towers. Keith McGinnis and Jeff Lehmann can vouch for that; they were there and heard it. Point is, the FCC, for all its many flaws, does not respond well to alarmism, especially when it's demonstrably not in keeping with the facts. s _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
