[BC] More important: the Nighttime Answer

[Paul Smith W4KNX]

Speaking of nitetime IBUZ, you could have gotten a good idea of what is
going to come.  WOWO in Ft. Wayne had their IBOC on the other nite late and
it was interfereing with WHAM in Rochester within less than 100 miles from
Rochester.  I could even hear the IBUZ here in Florida while trying to
listen to WOAI. Granted skywave cx were excellent, but this is what you can
expect with nitetime AM IBUZ.  In fact now that sunset is coming early and
skywave is coming in late afternoons, now, you can hear IBUZ skywave from
numerous stations now before 6:00 PM IBUZ shutoff time.

Paul Smith
Sarasota, FL

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Subject: [BC] More important: the Nighttime Answer


------ At 06:47 AM 11/14/2005, DHultsman5 at aol.com wrote: -------

>Hey man thanks for one of the best posts in a while.   In the mix  of
>IBOC/IBUZ arguments it was good to get back to something technical.

Ask yourself which one has the greatest impact on our future. I see
guessing which station is more powerful is trivia. If everyone
explained how it got to be powerful it would be technical. Include
lots of formulas.

Isn't IBUZ technical? Isn't trying to figure out how to use it at
night technical? Wouldn't it be interesting to see which stations
will have to modify their facilities? I would think so, since many on
this list will make a fortune redesigning IBUZ sites.

Personally I would have drowned Capt. NEMO after the first few
hundred messages in AF and dumped the game show trivia in with the
religion on AF. There's certainly more Intelligent Design in a
transmitter site than in Creationism.

Maybe we should guess how many years it'll take to replace 1.5
billion receivers with IBUZ. Forrester says 9.7 million households by
2010. By my calculations, at that rate, all will be replaced in 154.6
years. Even the satellite services combined haven't made the 9.7
million mark after nearly 5 years. That's with aggressive promotion,
a significant selling proposition and cheap receivers.

Why doesn't anyone care about how we'll deal with nighttime IBUZ?

The other all-encompassing issue is the processing of IBUZ. I've
travelled to Boston, Springfield, Hartford and Albany with a very
good HD receiver and audio system. I'm amazed at the hodgepodge of
processing I'm hearing. It takes me back to the very early days of FM stereo

I realize the Program Directors who lurk here can't participate for
fear of losing their jobs. I'll be happy to act as a conduit and keep
your identity confidential if this issue is concerning you. I can't be
fired.

Rich


Rich Wood
Rich Wood Multimedia
Phone: 413-303-9084
FAX: 413-480-0010


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