---- Bruce Portzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > IBOC has reached all the way to Dillingham, Alaska. > > From the KDLG website http://kdlg.org/post/21/kdlg-goes-high-definition > in a blog post dated April 2, 2008. > > "KDLG has made a major improvement to its on-air signal. You can now > hear KDLG in full quality High Definition. All you need is to purchase a > new HD compatible radio to experience this new sound quality.
Correct me if I am wrong, you west coast fellows, but I am pretty sure I read that KDLG is Public Radio. All of these NPR stations on FM are among the major cheerleaders for HD and I think ultimately it is the taxpayer that is fronting all the money for this, and not the stations. I see that WOI 640 in Iowa is due to add HD, and, arent they also non-commercial? > You may > ask, “What is the difference from what I already receive on my current > radio?” Well our AM signal now sounds as good as FM quality does but > with all the signal coverage benefits AM currently has. If they get "all the signal coverage benefits AM currently has" they they arwe doing something that not even my local WFLA-970 can do, as they suffer daily lack of lock on the HD signal at my indoor location, using an Accurian. This is a 25 kW signal at 2-and-a-half miles distant. We should track this issue and see how that pans out. The WFLA dropouts and fallback to analog seem to be thunderstorm-activity related, so perhaps KDLG will avoid that fate after all. Incidentally on FLA, the fallback, that was perfectly timed a few days ago has now drifted about maybe 20 ms out of step so the quick double audio can be heard easily as the HD loses lock and regains it, which can get annoying. I need to try and spend some time checking the other local signals for this effect. It's a subtle thing to look for. Any one else note this and can tell if it varies in time over some few days? If my experience is any guide, it's not too hard to force an unlock (on AM) by moving the antenna, though in my case I don't need to touch the antenna, it just happens. > With a new HD > radio you can get up to date weather alerts that stream across the > radio’s LED screen and artist and title info for what is currently playing." I don't know of any HD station that "streams weather alerts" but I suppose it is more useful than just static displays of song titles. Weather alert: "snow today cold tonight" Yeah that really rocks ... One Miami area FM is actually putting "pirate radio" on a HD sub- carrier. That's actually a pretty creative idea. I have long felt that one of the Tampa stations should run Arabic language on their HD-2 to serve the many who are of Arab descent that live here (mainly in the Temple Terrace area). And then advertise it heavily in the ethnic papers, such as al-manbar. That would sell radios. > I wonder how easy it is to buy an HD radio in Dillingham? What is the population there? What supports the local economy? Will they run HD at night in January when it is dark for 22 hours every day? Fascinating, I tell you. My tax dollars at work. I flew over the Dillingham area once a few years ago on the way to Narita on a NWA 747. There ain't a whole lot to see except for tundra. - Bob > Bruce _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] 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: [email protected]
