Well, the 700 MHz portion of the TV band is being realocated in the United
States for Public Safety use, but those of us on the boarder of Canada it
will be a few more years, and this is in addition to the Nextel Rebanding
that again near the Canadian Boarder will be off a few years, but that is
right around the corner as well.





On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, John Miller wrote:

> TV has to go all digital I think in 2 years and I know those with Comcast
> cable, Comcast plans to have it all done in a year, I talked to them about
> it, It really makes no sense to me to do that though just going to cost the
> consumer more money and radio being radio, I'll stick with XM and probably
> not bother.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Dave Marthouse" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 7:52 PM
> Subject: Re: AM STEREO RADIO!!!
>
>
> Jeff,
>
> The theory is that as America transfers to digital radio the process will be
> accomplished in two stages.  The first is what we are in now, the hybrid
> stage, where digital and analog will coexist.  The second stage will be full
> digital where the analog signals will go away and the complete signal will
> be digital.
>
> I think it will be a very long time till we get to full digital on the
> broadcast bands.  This hybrid stage particularly on am will in my opinion be
> a total mess do to co-channel and adjacent channel issues.
>
>
> Dave Marthouse N2AAM
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>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 6:43 PM
> Subject: Re: AM STEREO RADIO!!!
>
>
> > That is what I figured, but won't there be a day when they'll be stuff
> > that will be just HD?  Only a few stations in the area where I am have HD,
> > but not everything.  How does it sound in comparison to FM?
>