Money controls everything.
--Lou K2LKK



At 01:59 PM 8/24/2007 -0400, you wrote:
>     Very well said, Butch, and again, like I said yesterday, you really
>wonder who's controlling what here?
>
>And, sadly, I think I know the answer, and it's not the general everyday
>public and their preferences.
>
>73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Friday, August 24, 2007 1:33 PM
>Subject: Re: FCC aproves HD A M broadcasting 24 hours a day
>
>
> > Where did you get the idea digital runs less power.  I've never read that.
> > The problem with digital radio is the same problem with all digital
> > formats.  It is either there, or it is not and it takes a very very good
> > signal to noise ratio to work.  Under the same conditions, analog will be
> > more dependable and reach farther.  Any of you remember the good old
> > analog cell phone days.  Once in a while the signal would get noisy, but
> > you could still copy.  You could also wonder around and find a hot spot.
> > Can't do that at all with digital.  I hate the audio on today's digital
> > cell phones, but they can cram more subscribers on a single channel, and
> > that is the name of the game.  The motto seems to be "digital is better".
> > Well some times it is, and some times not.  Look ahead a bit.  Do you
> > really think we'll still have free radio once everything goes digital?  I
> > doubt it.  The format will be in place to make radio pay radio.  Look at
> > the control that can be exercised.  I get satellite on direct tv, and
> > because they know my zip code, the games are blacked out here in Vegas.  I
> > don't have a clue why, as we can get them on the same channel locally that
> > is uplinked to the satellite.  The point is that with digital, all of this
> > is so easily controled.  Adds can even be targeted to specific areas or
> > zip codes.  To me, it is kind of scarry.
> > 73s
> > Butch Bussen
> > wa0vjr
> >
>
>
>
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