I'd much rather have analog satelite tv signals as well, but for the most 
part, they don't exist any more either.  I'd much rather have a signal with 
a little or a fair amount of background hiss in the audio, as to have no 
audible signal at all.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Butch Bussen" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: HD radio


> As far as I'm concerned what it offers is a way to open the door to
> charge for radio as dtv did as well.  I've been around some of it when I
> lived in Vegas, and just as we found with dtv, it takes a nmuch stronger
> signal to get hd radio.  I'm really tired of this mentality we've gotten
> shoved down our throats, if it is digital, it is better.  I'd take an
> analog cell phone any day, but they don't exist any more.  Just my two
> or three cents.
> 73
> Butch
> WA0VJR
> Node 3148
> Wallace, ks.
>
>
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2011, Howard Traxler wrote:
>
>> What does the HD technology offer in the way of improved sound, clearity 
>> of
>> channel, coverage area, etc.?  I've not yet heard an HD signal so don't
>> really know what to expect.  As an old man, the frequency response of my
>> ears isn't much better than the 15KHz of normal FM broadcast.  Am I 
>> really
>> missing anything?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> The Other Howard, WA9RYF
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gerry Leary" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, July 31, 2011 7:44 AM
>> Subject: Re: HD radio
>>
>>
>>> Hey Tom,
>>>
>>> HD is quite popular here.  At least there are a lot of stations.  I 
>>> don't
>>> have an HD radio, but I can find a lot of HD stations using my Iphone. 
>>> I
>>> don't know what they will use as a catch, but my thoughts are that
>>> Commercial radio will get so bad that they will be able to charge for HD
>>> memberships.  I don't know why I never paid much attention to it. Gerry
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "tom behler" <[log in to unmask]>
>>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 6:36 PM
>>> Subject: HD radio
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi, all.
>>>>
>>>> I am not sure if this will be considered by some to be "off topic", but
>>>> last
>>>> evening, I heard something on an FM broadcast station that has 
>>>> confirmed
>>>> my
>>>> long-standing suspicions about where commercial FM radio is going 
>>>> today.
>>>>
>>>> I simply thought it might be of interest to others.
>>>>
>>>> By way of introduction, I have noticed that the quality of many normal
>>>> non-HD FM stations seems to have deteriorated over the past few years,
>>>> especially in larger metropolitan areas.  By declining quality, I mean
>>>> more
>>>> commercials, less music, and what seems to be a much less diverse
>>>> play-list.
>>>>
>>>> My theory had always been that normal non-HD FM stations were simply
>>>> being
>>>> operated for those who hadn't yet made the switch to HD radio, as kind 
>>>> of
>>>> a
>>>> necessary evil.  It just seemed to me that more resources and efforts
>>>> were
>>>> being put into HD stations, so as to come up with a better-quality and
>>>> more
>>>> appealing product.
>>>>
>>>> As many of you may know, I am currently traveling throughout the east
>>>> coast,
>>>> and am now spending some time with my wife's mother in the Trenton, New
>>>> Jersey area.
>>>>
>>>> Last night, I was listening to W O G L--98.1 FM in Philadelphia.  In 
>>>> the
>>>> past, that station had been an excellent oldies station, with what I
>>>> think
>>>> had been very good ratings.
>>>>
>>>> Now, the station has more of a "classic hits" format, with lots of 
>>>> talk,
>>>> commercials, and other stuff between the music.
>>>>
>>>> Anyway, shortly before the top of an hour, the station ID was played,
>>>> followed by a message that said something like this:  "If you want more
>>>> music, more oldies from the 60's and 70's, and more home-town DJ's, 
>>>> tune
>>>> to
>>>> W O G L HD1".
>>>>
>>>> To me, this indicated, at least in this case, that the HD option was
>>>> clearly
>>>> being promoted over the normal non-HD programming.
>>>>
>>>> Am I onto something here, or totally "off base"?
>>>>
>>>> And, please:  to those in the broadcast business (like Lou )WA3MIX), I
>>>> mean
>>>> no offense whatsoever by these observations.
>>>>
>>>> HD radio has not yet arrived in the part of semi-rural west-central 
>>>> lower
>>>> Michigan where I currently live, but if I lived in a bigger metro area, 
>>>> I
>>>> have the feeling that HD radios would quickly be added to my wish list.
>>>>
>>>> 73 from Tom Behler:  KB8TYJ
>>
>>