Re: [IRCA] IBOC 8- SECOND DELAY

2007-08-13 Thread Powell E. Way III W4OPW
--- Patrick Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pete, One thing out here on the coast, I get no IBOC hash on FM, as far as I can tell. I don't have my old FM Yagi up any longer, so I don't know if I would hear any on that. But I have heard FM IBOC does cover better than AM,. The FM still

[IRCA] IBOC 8- SECOND DELAY

2007-08-12 Thread Pete Taylor
KPLU-88.5 Tacoma has a repeater near Seattle on 88.1 and the repeater's audio is 8 seconds ahead of the mother signal presumably because 88.5 is IBOC. I have seen many comments relating to the limited range of the IBOC signal on AM but I don't recall seeing anyone comment on what must

Re: [IRCA] IBOC 8- SECOND DELAY

2007-08-12 Thread Scott Fybush
Pete Taylor wrote: KPLU-88.5 Tacoma has a repeater near Seattle on 88.1 and the repeater's audio is 8 seconds ahead of the mother signal presumably because 88.5 is IBOC. I have seen many comments relating to the limited range of the IBOC signal on AM but I don't recall seeing anyone

Re: [IRCA] IBOC 8- SECOND DELAY

2007-08-12 Thread Craig Healy
Obviously, this can be highly disconcerting when the delay between analog and digital isn't matched properly. I heard that today while demo'ing an IBOC receiver on the WOWO digital signal, which apparently has no delay on the analog. It wasn't pretty! WBZ-1030 had no delay on the analog side

Re: [IRCA] IBOC 8- SECOND DELAY

2007-08-12 Thread Patrick Martin
Pete, One thing out here on the coast, I get no IBOC hash on FM, as far as I can tell. I don't have my old FM Yagi up any longer, so I don't know if I would hear any on that. But I have heard FM IBOC does cover better than AM,. 73, Patrick Patrick Martin KAVT Reception Manager

Re: [IRCA] IBOC 8- SECOND DELAY

2007-08-12 Thread Scott Fybush
Craig Healy wrote: WBZ-1030 had no delay on the analog side for quite a while. Reason being that traffic and on-scene reporters took their cues from the live feed. Eventually WBZ got a separate real-time system for cues and whatnot. Probably why WOWO isn't set that way. It's not easy to