The FCC people that just got paid off.  That's who!
--Lou K2LKK



At 02:27 PM 8/23/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>     Bob and all:
>
>For what it's worth, my two cents worth on the whole thing is that this is
>really sad.
>
>I can't figure out who, other than the marketers of HD radio, are
>benefitting from this whole thing.
>
>Considering the quality of AM radio today, I am not sure the general public
>will be shouting for joy over this ruling.
>
>You just have to wonder who's running the FCC today anyway!
>
>I'm all for technological progress, but is this really productive and
>beneficial to the general public as a whole?
>
>73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:29 AM
>Subject: FCC aproves HD A M broadcasting 24 hours a day
>
>
> > Hi,
> > I know that this topic is not strictly amateur related, but I'll bet that
> > 99.9% of us have done a lot of swl work and have listened to dx stations
> > on
> > the A M broadcast band.  The days of looking for DX on the A M band may
> > end
> > forever on September 14.  On that date, the FCC will allow HD stations to
> > broadcast 24 hours a day.  Below is some quoted material from the Radio
> > Mag
> > online.
> > "FCC Update
> > FCC logo 1
> > IBOC Rule Changes Kick in Sept. 14
> > Publication of the FCC's Second Report and Order in the Federal Register
> > on
> > Aug.
> > 16 means that the long-awaited IBOC digital radio rule changes will become
> > the law
> > of the land on Sept. 14.
> > Among the most controversial new provisions will be the green light for
> > 24-hour HD
> > Radio hybrid operation on AM. Critics of Ibiquity's implementation of AM
> > IBOC digital
> > transmission have charged that many stations currently serving a
> > significant
> > audience
> > within secondary nighttime coverage areas will lose that service area to
> > digitally
> > generated adjacent-channel interference. In a separate but related move
> > announced
> > just this week, the FCC appears to be addressing AM owner coverage
> > anxieties
> > by tendering
> > an NPRM that would grant new FM repeater privileges to eligible AM
> > licensees.
> > Among other key provisions set to go into effect include the right for FMs
> > to commence
> > HD Radio multicasting without experimental authority grants and use of
> > separate FM
> > antennas for HD Radio hybrid operation without STAs.
> > Other matters, such as specific public service requirements, limitations
> > on
> > and regulatory
> > fee assessments for digital subscription services, and what role
> > multicasting will
> > play in any new ownership equation remain to be addressed by future
> > rulemaking.
> > Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> > Skype Name: bobtinn
> > Life is full of challenges, that's what makes it interesting!
> >
>
>
>
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Louis Kim Kline
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