Surprise! Surprise!  The FCC shoots its load  again!

--Lou K2LKK




At 12:29 AM 8/23/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>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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