Tom,

I suppose IBOC could be a good use of the spectrum if the AM band were
being used in the same way FM is, but it's certainly a waste of time and
money for the present programming.  From a practical standpoint, I wonder
how well IBOC can survive static and other types of QRM.  Maybe that's one
of the things they're trying to find out.

Steve

On Sunday 3/27/05 22:13 Tom Behler wrote:
>     Wow, that's amazing and very disconcerting about WBZ!
>
>It makes you wonder what the powers that be are thinking--but maybe, we
>don't want to know!  Or, maybe we know already--The almighty dollar in place
>of sensible use of spectrum.
>
>Oh my, I'm getting sinical here;  maybe I should just go to bed now.
>
>It's going to be a long week anyway.  HI!  HI!
>
>Best 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Sunday, March 27, 2005 8:13 PM
>Subject: Re: Digital Signals on the Broadcast Band?
>
>
> > Tom,
> >
> > No, yo0ur dial cord isn't slipping.  WBZ here in Boston broadcasts this
> > way, and the noise can be heard 30 KHz above and below their center
> > frequency of 1030.  Given the current 10 KHz spacing of AM stations in the
> > U.S., I don't see how they can even think about a practical implementation
> > of this broadcasting mode.  Then again, we're talking about the folks who
> > scrapped clear channels in favor of economic interests.
> >
> > Steve
> >
> >