[BC] Did David tap Goliath in the Head?

[Mark Humphrey]

It would also be interesting to know if IBOC receivers
have trouble recovering WBCT's digital signal due to
this increase in offset.  

Taking HAAT into account, WBCT is grandfathered to
operate with roughly 12 dB more power than the current
Class B limit --  so if their IBOC carriers are down
30 dB, their digital coverage should slightly exceed
that of a "normal" B, unless the receiver chokes the
strong analog signal.  

Clear Channel seems to have made a politically-correct
decision in this case.

Mark



--- Tom Bosscher <tom at bosscher.org> wrote:

>     Anybody read the article in Barry's Radio Guide
> about WHMI, on 93.5, 
> verses concerned for IBOC interference from the 320
> KW ERP WBCT on 
> 93.7?  Well, today I was looking at the signals, and
> WBCT is running the 
> IBOC carriers 30 db down! I thought I was  reading
> the analyzer wrong, 
> but switching it to two other Grand Rapids area FM
> Iboc's show the 
> proper 20 db down. If I had a bizarre monitor
> antenna and or feedline 
> mismatch on the analyzer, the upper and lower
> sidebands would be very 
> different. But they were very symmetrical.
> 
>     Keep in mind that WBCT is a grandfathered class
> B, not a C. Is this 
> situation something that was negotiated? To my frame
> of mind, if WBCT 
> accepts this as the way it will be, it has set a
> huge precedent.
> 
>     Inquiring minds want to know.
> 
>     tom bosscher, snooper of the spectrum
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> This is the BROADCAST mailing list
> To send to the list, email: broadcast at radiolists.net
> For sub changes, archives and info on this other
> lists: http://www.radiolists.net/
> 



		
____________________________________________________
Sell on Yahoo! Auctions ? no fees. Bid on great items.  
http://auctions.yahoo.com/