[BC] IBOC AM ?

[Mike McCarthy]

Atmospheric lighting won't have much effect.  The error correction scheme 
used is designed to account for random instantaneous loss of packets. 
Unless you are in an incredible lighting event with 60 or more strikes a 
minute, it's unlikely you'll even notice it beyond maybe a mild burp.

Of course, if the tower is hit and the TX folds back, then that's a 
different story.  You may have a momentary switch back to analog since the 
lightning strike will have hit the tower 7 seconds before the analog audio 
is sent.

MM

At 09:05 PM 12/6/2005 -0600, Ron Cole wrote
>Question: What effect if any does Lightening have on IBOC AM Reception?
>
>Since Lightening has severe effects on AM Listening how does IBOC react.
>Does the digital signal survive or do I get a mute/blend to analog just
>after the analog pop.
>
>Ron