Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-18 Thread Tim Kridel
Patrick Martin: Of course you could always download a program or record one to CD or cassette or to an IPOD and listen in the car, jogging, or whatever. But in time wireless internet will become a reality. Maybe transmitted via cel type towers? Who knows? But once that happens things will indeed

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Neil Kazaross
And now, the end is near, and so I've reached the final curtain. Isn't that how that song goes ? 73 KAZ who will be spending more time in the evening working out, since his DX hobby will be ruined in a few years. With luck I can live another 50 years or so and watch the AM band die almost

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Patrick Martin
Yes, and it end it The FCC did in their way... Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager ___ 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

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Patrick Martin
KAZ, At 58, if my health holds up, I should last another 30 years. My grandfather died at 86 and my father at 87. The way things are moving, it will not take long if IBOC goes 24/7 to totally kill the AM band. I talked to a friend I have known since college. Rocco is not a DXer, but loves

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Eric Floden
I wonder if people like Rocco and those who like to listen and drive or listen from rural areas (i.e., no internet connections) won't have a bit to say if there is a dialogue in your country on this. If the Garrison Keillors and Andy Rooney types would or could energize anything . . . ef On

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Milspec390
Rocco's numbers are legion. They've plenty to say about HD, none of it good. They'll not be maginalized by HD flacks nor will they tolerate 90s spin from a complicit FCC. Not everyone is as stupid as the FCC. I say that based upon statements of FCC personnel. I learned of DXng from

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread kevin redding
Since the GOP is loved by the bubbas in the south, and when they can't listen to the radio OR watch TV, the corporate president, W and the GOP will get a rude welcome. I say turn off analog today. Turn it off right this second if its that good. Turn off analog now. Don't wait. Do it now.

Re: [IRCA] [NRC-AM] Re: Here it Comes....FCC To Release IBOC Rules Next Week

2007-03-17 Thread Patrick Martin
Of course you could always download a program or record one to CD or cassette or to an IPOD and listen in the car, jogging, or whatever. But in time wireless internet will become a reality. Maybe transmitted via cel type towers? Who knows? But once that happens things will indeed change. Patrick