[BC] I got my HD radio

[Robert Orban]

At 09:47 PM 12/8/2005, you wrote:
>From: Rich Wood <richwood at pobox.com>
>Subject: Re: [BC] I got my HD radio
>To: Broadcast Radio Mailing List <broadcast at radiolists.net>
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>------ At 03:52 PM 12/8/2005, Robert Orban wrote: -------
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> >If there is ANY L/R clipping appearing in the HD channel processing
> >of a station, then someone made a big mistake setting up the
> >facility or the processing. In Optimod HD processors, there are no
> >clippers in the HD channel so you couldn't purposely add L/R-domain
> >clipping even if you wanted to. L/R clipping is just about the worst
> >thing you can do to a low bit rate codec because the codec starts
> >wasting bits trying to encode the clipping distortion.
>
>Radio shack has experienced a run on Y adapters. When you receive
>your radio you'll discover there's one processor feeding both. Robert
>has discovered that in New York and I've unearthed it in New England.
>It appears that stations are trying very hard to make analog and
>digital sound the same.

If they are doing this and they have one of the all-in-one processors from 
Orban or others, they are wasting the capability of the processing. With 
our FM/HD processors, a given output can be switched from FM analog to HD 
processing with far less effort than it takes to install a Y connector. 
It's incomprehensible to me why a broadcaster who had such a box would not 
take advantage of its full power.

I know for a fact that many west coast stations with 8500s are using them 
as designed.

Bob Orban