[BC] DA Bandwidth

[Rich Wood]

------ At 11:28 PM 5/31/2006, Barry McLarnon wrote: -------

>The FCC will probably legalize full time jamming of adjacent channels (aka
>hybrid IBOC) in their next R&O, but its use won't be mandated in the
>foreseeable future.  There is still an opportunity to just say no.  I
>don't expect that the industry heavyweights pushing this system will admit
>their mistake and back off, so it will be up to the others to complain
>long and loud that they're getting screwed.

I don't think the option to "just say no" is really an option if 
you're being clobbered by someone else. People don't seem to realize 
that a clobbered station can lose an audience in a very short time. 
Far shorter than any litigation. If you do get clobbered your 
lifespan may be very short.

I hope Steve Davis' promise that his stations will do no harm doesn't 
get overruled at the top. It'll be interesting to see WHYN, 
Springfield, MA, (560) go IBUZ full time with so many stations within 
20KHz relatively close by. There's 540 on Long Island, 570 in New 
York and 580 in Worcester, MA. Since we still don't know if the IBUZ 
signal obeys the same directional laws of physics as analog, 
coexistence might be tough. I wish I still had the Kenwood tuner. I 
spent most of my time listening to FM and didn't listen for any 
problem between WTAG, Worcester at 580 and WHYN at 560. Clear Channel 
owns both of them, so it may be moot point.,

With God on their side (Salem) I'd watch out for WMCA at 570. Their 
fringe signals overlap. I picture an increase in lightning strikes in 
the Springfield area.

Rich