Bob,

That doesn't surprise me because so little energy is being directed to the 
digital signal (only 10% of the carrier power).  A few months ago, when I 
was visiting my folks in Connecticut, I tuned in a Boston station that I 
knew was broadcasting HD during the day.  The station was about 100 miles 
away, but I could copy it easily in analog.  I then tuned to either side, 
expecting to hear the familiar roar of HD, but heard absolutely nothing. 
That pretty much convinced me that DX-ing wouldn't be much of a problem when 
HD came on at night.  If you think of it, low power AM stations operating 24 
hours a day have already wrecked most DX-ing on the broadcast band, so 
there's little reason to beat our collective breasts about deteriorating 
conditions.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 23:13
Subject: HD Radio is alive at night and DX is still available too!


> Hi All,
> This is the second night that the FCC has allowed A M broadcasters to
> broadcast HD radio after sunset.  There are not a lot of stations on the
> digital band wagon yet, but I have heard about 6 stations with strong 
> enough
> signals to occasionally trigger the digital mode in my HD radio.  The one
> that comes in the best here in southwest Michigan is
> W H A M 1180khz in Rochester NY.
> As to D X ing, though the band has some additional hiss on it, D X ing has
> not been impacted as much as I thought it would be.  What do you think?
> 73
> Bob, [log in to unmask], K8LR
> Skype Name: bobtinn
> Life is full of challenges, that's what makes it interesting!
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