I'm told by a friend of mine who has one that the Sony tabletop HD radio is
quite good. Sorry, I don't have a model number for you but I can't imagine
they have many. I'd like to play with one for a while before I take the
plunge. Lou WA3MIX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: HD Radio is alive at night and DX is still available too!
> Tom,
>
> Unless you're really hot to trot, I'd wait. Some people are speculating
> that HD radio won't last on AM because it's not really practical. You'll
> spend between $200 and $250 for a tabletop HD receiver, or you can get a
> tuner to connect into an existing stereo system for $200.
>
> The reason for the signal attenuation is that the sidebands from the
> adjacent channel station at 860 are swamping the radio's AGC circuits,
> probably because the station itself is overmodulating. That's pretty
common
> with AM stations; they usually modulate at 110% or better if they can get
> away with it. On analog stations, you'll notice that their audio
splatters
> over to the adjacent channel for the same reason. Of course, you may not
> notice the attenuation as much because the audio peaks aren't as constant,
> but it's still there.
>
> Steve
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:41
> Subject: Re: HD Radio is alive at night and DX is still available too!
>
>
> > Steve:
> >
> > The hiss goes away if I switch the Super III. to narrow mode, but so
does
> > the signal strength. And, yep, I know that the Super III. isn't the
> > greatest radio for A M dxing. Actually, the Super II. was better, and a
> > good communications receiver with SSB capability would be the best.
> >
> > One of these days, I'll invest in one. I actually have been thinking
too
> > of
> > getting a good HD A M radio receiver, but don't quite know what to look
> > for
> > in terms of affordability and capability at this point. Here in
> > semi-rural
> > central lower Michigan, there aren't many digital AM stations yet
anyway.
> >
> > 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
> > To: <[log in to unmask]>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:27 PM
> > Subject: Re: HD Radio is alive at night and DX is still available too!
> >
> >
> >> Tom,
> >>
> >> Does the hiss go away if you switch the Super Radio III to narrow mode?
> >> Come to think of it, I'm not sure how much you can expect from that
radio
> >> for adjacent channel rejection anyway. You'd probably be better off
with
> >> a
> >> real communications receiver in SSB if you want to play that way.
> >>
> >> Steve
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "T Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> >> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >> Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 12:10
> >> Subject: Re: HD Radio is alive at night and DX is still available too!
> >>
> >>
> >>> Well, Bob, I think you're basically correct, although I did notice
> >>> something interesting last night, which I hope isn't a sign of things
to
> >>> come.
> >>>
> >>> I noticed, with my GE Super III (which is analog, of course), that one
> >>> of
> >>> the strongest digital AM signals here in west-central lower Michigan
is
> >>> WJR
> >>> A M 760 from Detroit. I have noticed now that, because of the
sidebands
> >>> associated with their digital signal, WSB in Atlanta (A M 750) is
> >>> greatly
> >>> attenuated, with a lot of hiss.
> >>>
> >>> It remains to be seen, of course, how all of this will play out, but
> >>> things
> >>> as far as A M dxing aren't completely dead yet, for sure.
> >>>
> >>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Bob Tinney" <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >>> Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 11:13 PM
> >>> 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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