Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-05 Thread José Dumoulin
Hi Jim I'll let you off. Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose. José Jim Lux a écrit : Different mindsets of the investors? On one hand, maybe they're trying to increase ear-share, and the more people that can listen, the more ads you can sell. The ROI comes from the transmitters of

Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-04 Thread Jim Lux
At 07:49 PM 10/3/2006, Frank Brickle wrote: Barry Jablonski wrote: The NYC stations are bombarding my QTH with kilowatts of AM HD radiation -- why is it that, I, as an experimenter/hobbiest can't decoded their freely radiated signals? I think that the protocols are in the public

Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-04 Thread Barry Jablonski
Hello, Jim and Frank, I appreciate your through and scholarly response to my simply questions. Having practiced EE for more than thirty years now, I am fully aware and respect the patent system. Most of my employers would give you a letter of appreciation and maybe even a plack (sometimes

Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-04 Thread Frank Brickle
Barry Jablonski wrote: I guess that my simple question is: how is iBiquity Digital different than DRM? With DRM (an international digital standard) I can buy (as I have...) their official decoder -- -- From

Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-04 Thread Jim Lux
At 07:35 PM 10/4/2006, Barry Jablonski wrote: Hello, Jim and Frank, I appreciate your through and scholarly response to my simply questions. Having practiced EE for more than thirty years now, I am fully aware and respect the patent system. Most of my employers would give you a letter of

[Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-03 Thread Barry Jablonski
I'm just curious, is there any software out there that can decode the HD radio channels on the various AM broadcast band stations? It's interesting to look at the two additional channels on the panadapter but kind of disappointing not being able to listen to them. The same would apply to HD

Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-03 Thread Frank Brickle
iBiquity uses a proprietary codec which requires substantial license fees. Until and unless the patents are liberated somehow, there will not be a GPL HD radio codec. 73 Frank AB2KT Barry Jablonski wrote: I'm just curious, is there any software out there that can decode the HD radio channels

Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-03 Thread Jim Lux
At 12:54 PM 10/3/2006, Frank Brickle wrote: iBiquity uses a proprietary codec which requires substantial license fees. Until and unless the patents are liberated somehow, there will not be a GPL HD radio codec. For receiver only: $25K up front license fee plus $6/unit for sell price above $150 US

Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-03 Thread Barry Jablonski
Thanks, Jim and Frank, I fully understand your responses. But for one moment, please amuse me. Frank, I know you are my neighbor, Jim, you are not here in NJ. The NYC stations are bombarding my QTH with kilowatts of AM HD radiation -- why is it that, I, as an experimenter/hobbiest can't

Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-03 Thread Frank Brickle
Barry Jablonski wrote: The NYC stations are bombarding my QTH with kilowatts of AM HD radiation -- why is it that, I, as an experimenter/hobbiest can't decoded their freely radiated signals? I think that the protocols are in the public domain. What am I missing? Patents. The protocols may

Re: [Flexradio] Software decoder for BCB HD AM signals...

2006-10-03 Thread Jim Lux
At 07:15 PM 10/3/2006, Barry Jablonski wrote: Thanks, Jim and Frank, I fully understand your responses. But for one moment, please amuse me. Frank, I know you are my neighbor, Jim, you are not here in NJ. The NYC stations are bombarding my QTH with kilowatts of AM HD radiation -- why is it