Re: [IRCA] Greetings from Florence

2017-11-27 Thread Andrea Lawendel
Hi Michael, buona sera! I've enjoyed your florentine report on IRCA's mailing list and on behalf of the small Italian community devoted to serious AM band DX I wish you a warm welcome in our country! Living in a crowded urban area, albeit largely built at least two centuries ago, will not help you

Re: [IRCA] Norway to end FM broadcasting by 2017

2015-04-20 Thread Andrea Lawendel
Patrick, Norway's phasing out of FM radio is being done in favor of digital radio "multiplexes" based on Eureka 147 standard, aka DAB+ (which accomodates up to 20 stereo or mono programs per single 1.5 MHz wide channel, using MPEG4 compression). DAB+ networks operate in VHF band III. A number of s

Re: [IRCA] Some auroral unIDs - Spanish

2012-03-16 Thread Andrea Lawendel
On 16/mar/2012, at 06:47, Mike Westfall wrote: > The 790 is definitely Catholic. The priest is leading the rosary and > Hail Marys, etc. > > On Thu, Mar 15, 2012 at 11:21 PM, Chuck wrote: > >> 790: mentions of "cristianos" and "navidad" but I can't tell if it is >> Catholic or what. > Firs

Re: [IRCA] DRM vs IBOC

2007-03-25 Thread Andrea Lawendel
On 3/25/07, Scott Fybush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > My pleasure. I'm hoping some of the Europeans who lurk on the list might > chime in with some more detailed observations about how DRM works in > real-world conditions over there. Pronto. >From a purely (analog) DX oriented POV, Scott,

Re: [IRCA] The sky is not falling, and the hobby's far from dead

2007-03-22 Thread Andrea Lawendel
On 3/23/07, Paul Crankshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Here in Europe there are a few DRM stations which I presume are the > equivalent of IBOC. Paul, I believe IBOC it's even worse. DRM as pure digital modulation maintains a spectral occupancy of 9 kHz, which is bad in cases like the one you