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In a message dated 06/02/2006 3:07:55 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
bdm at bdmcomm.ca writes:

>  Five/six years ago, nobody (with the 
>  exception of a few insiders) reallly knew about the true nature of this 
>  system.  Thanks to a lot of hype and a carefully crafted evaluation of the 
>  technology, a lot of folks were misled.

Mea Culpa, here. Based on the little snippets of info I saw back then, I 
thought it was going to be a good thing. Boy, was I ever wrong.

>  What's been happening in the past 
>  few years is essentially a field trial, albeit a limited one (less than 3% 
>  of AM stations participating) that avoids worst case conditions (night 
>  operation).  Even under those limited conditions, it has become evident to 
>  many observers that there are severe fundamental problems in the system 
>  design.

...and that's an understatement.

>  Use of this system is not mandated, and this is not an 
>  irreversible process.  When rational people discover that they've embarked 
>  on the wrong course, they don't plow recklessly ahead, they stop and look 
>  for better alternatives.

We can hope... we can hope.

>  IBOC is like a drug that got conditional approval from the FDA on the 
basis 
>  of data submitted by the manufacturer. ...

Excellent analogy! We've even witnessed this very thing happen in the past 
year or so! There was an arthritis pill (Vioxx) that was heavily marketed, and 
apparently, it did benefit some users... but it killed others! Finally, it got 
pulled. Although the FM system seems to hold some promise, the AM IBUZ system 
is a nightmare, because of the *very* nasty "side effects"- it kills your 
neighbors.

The Emporer's attire will be recognized, eventually.

Willie...