Hi all,
Well, I did a more thorough scanning of my local A M band this morning after
the sun came up. I did here digital sidebands on WKAR in East Lansing which
is about 75 miles northeast of me and I think I did here 2 Chicago stations
with digital signals, but they were pretty weak here. WBBM and 670khz both
sounded like they had weak digital sidebands. I can't copy 950 WWJ here at
all during the day.
Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 10:11 AM
Subject: Re: Digital AM
Well,k, I would have thought you would have caught a digital signal on FM,
but nothing has been heard on teh stations that claim they are
broadcasting in HD, and I have heard that the actual HD radio itself,
sounds like CD on the right receiver.
On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Matthew Elliff wrote:
> i looked up iboc for springfield missouri. it said it was on the web. yes
> the audio quality isn't as good as it is without the digital signal. we
> have
> no am digital yet. i'm not sure how to tell you what the sound is like.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 8:23 AM
> Subject: Re: Digital AM
>
>
> > Really? The stations that say they are broadcasting in "HD radio" I
> > can't
> > tell the difference. Is that what your station is doing, and what are
> > you
> > hearing?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, 31 Oct 2005, Matthew Elliff wrote:
> >
> >> hi. we have one fm station here in springfield missouri that's testing
> >> digital. it's ktxr, and man it sounds awful on an analog reciever! it
> >> shuts
> >> off at sunset.
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Jeff Kenyon" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 7:38 AM
> >> Subject: Re: Digital AM
> >>
> >>
> >> >I think that it will be a very long time before everything goes
> >> >digital
> >> >on
> >> > AM and FM exclusively, because again pepole will have to spend the
> >> > money
> >> > and right now wiht it all being expensive now, that is still a ways
> >> > out.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Sun, 30 Oct 2005, Steve Dresser wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Bob,
> >> >>
> >> >> Most broadcast stations are still in the testing phases with the new
> >> >> digital mode, so they're not advertising yet. They have to find out
> >> >> such things as how impervious this broadcast mode is to selective
> >> >> fading, etc. I believe that the plan is to eventually go all
> >> >> digital
> >> >> and eliminate the analog modes on both AM and FM, but I'm not
> >> >> absolutely sure of that. If that's what finally happens, they'll
> >> >> probably use the same band plan as now, but cram a whole lot more
> >> >> signals in since there won't be any analog modulation to take up
> >> >> space.
> >> >>
> >> >> Steve
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sunday 10/30/05 15:21 Bob Martin wrote:
> >> >> >So that's what I may have been hearing on WTOP, 1500 in Washington
> >> >> >DC.
> >> >> >It's
> >> >> >sort of a rushing noise, a bit like older TV sets used to put out
> >> >> >on
> >> >> >the
> >> >> >AM
> >> >> >bands. If that is the source, I have never heard WTOP advertise
> >> >> >that
> >> >> >they
> >> >> >are broadcasting digital and there wouldn't seem to be an advantage
> >> >> >since
> >> >> >they ar 24 hours news unless AM stabelizes reception for a given
> >> >> >distance.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >Is there a listing of U.S. stations broadcasting digital?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >73
> >> >> >Bob Martin
> >> >> >KC3FI
> >> >> >
> >> >> >PS Hope this letter doesn't bounce due to format. Changed mail
> >> >> >program
> >> >> >and
> >> >> >settings.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >>
> >
>
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