[BC] NYC IBUZ on 660-880

[Kevin Tekel]

Mark Humphrey wrote:
> So far, my drive tests with the JVC have shown that a predicted field
> strength of 10 mV/m (6 dB higher than "city-grade") is necessary for
> better than 50 percent AM digital coverage while driving roads with
> overhead power lines.   Maybe the HD Alliance needs to undertake a
> fundraising campaign to pay the utilities to replace those leaky
> insulators!    In quiet areas, around 5 mV/m is sufficient, unless
> there's a thunderstorm within 20 miles.  Frequent static crashes wreak
> total havoc on the decoding process.

Somewhere, Major Armstrong is reading this and laughing.  Even with all
the latest gee-whiz digital technology, we still can't get AM radio to
match up to the benefits of his 70-year-old invention!


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