[BC] IBOC Query

[Craig Bowman]

Ibiquity is not technically a subcarrier (thus the necessity to buy a 
new transmitter).  Not the least of which is because the energy is all 
in the adjacent channel.  The DRE system (FM- Xtra) does use the regular 
FM Subcarrier region for its digital system and requires nothing more 
than the encoder to be on the air right now. 

If everything goes as planned, I will have DRE on the air in Lansing, MI 
for the Michigan Association of Broadcasters convention in March with 
receivers on the floor.  The really good news is that it is compatible 
with Ibiquity since it is all on channel.


Craig Bowman
Durand, MI

WFIFeng at aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 02/01/2006 5:58:58 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
>richwood at pobox.com writes:
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>>Let's be really, really conservative and assume everyone 
>> won't replace the multiple analog receivers they currently use. With 
>> a population of nearly 298 million people, that leaves 297 million to 
>> go just to have access to the entire population, as we do now. That's 
>> close to when analog can go away.
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>> Rather than negativism I prefer to think of this as realism. I think 
>> there's a real difference from what regularly appears in puffy press 
>>releases.
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>Rich, I agree with you completely. I just cannot imagine everyone going out 
>and dumping working radios. The recent price drop of the BA unit 
>notwithstanding... $300 is still a *lot* to pay for a table radio with minimal benefit to 
>the average listener.
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>The way it seems to me, is that HD2 is just a high-fidelity SCA service. It 
>may have some value in that respect- leasing-out the HD2 "SCA" to another 
>program provider, perhaps ethnic programming/music or whatever. You still have to 
>consider the cost of the receivers, tho... and the fee$ to IBORG.
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>Willie...
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