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WSCR AM HD Gone?
- Thread starter ThaSaint
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Didn't somebody mention they've had trouble getting parts, or justifying the expense for parts? One of those sounds familiar to me.
Is that only the case for encoding HD on a subchannel? There wasn't any noticeable delay with the AM HD signal.
AM HD does have an encoding delay of several seconds. It should, however not be noticeable unless you're in studio, because HD broadcasters are supposed to delay their analog signal to match the HD delay exactly.
AM or FM stations have to. There is like a 8 second delay for the digital stream, so one needs to delay the analog to match.
AM HD in hybrid mode has always been garbage technology. A properly engineered 10 kHz analog signal sounds as good or better than an HD hybrid mode signal from a fidelity standpoint.
So glad Entercom has ditched, at least for now, the hash-o-matic!
WWJ 950 and WXYT 1270 in Detroit turned off their HD exciters in March and have been broadcasting exclusively in analog ever since. Both widened their analog bandwidth spectrums within days of turning off the HD exciters.
So glad Entercom has ditched, at least for now, the hash-o-matic!
WWJ 950 and WXYT 1270 in Detroit turned off their HD exciters in March and have been broadcasting exclusively in analog ever since. Both widened their analog bandwidth spectrums within days of turning off the HD exciters.
Of course WXYT-AM is largely superfluous at this point.
I was just driving around listening to WWJ and the HD is back on, constantly switching between analog and HD. When I got home, I checked it on my Sangean HDR-14, and it easily locked on the HD signal on AM 950 WWJ. The Sangean did not sense HD on WXYT 1270.
Amazing that Jock Fritz bought WXYZ-AM for about $3 million in 1984 and changed it to WXYT. Ten years later, along with an FM he had bought for around $5 million (in a package with AM/FM in Toledo and Saginaw) sold for a total of $55 million; those were the opening days of consolidation and Fritz was a very smart seller.
I'll be darned - indeed, 950 WWJ's IBOC is on again!
WXYT's is still off.
I turned off HD on both AM and FM in my car several weeks ago. Many of the FM HD streams sound terrible in my market; poor bass response and improperly processed high treble. WRIF sounds particularly awful in HD. I have no use for any of the HD2 or HD3 feeds locally. (WDRQ-HD2 plays some decent music, but the audio fidelity is truly reprehensible making the station unlistenable.)
WXYT's is still off.
I turned off HD on both AM and FM in my car several weeks ago. Many of the FM HD streams sound terrible in my market; poor bass response and improperly processed high treble. WRIF sounds particularly awful in HD. I have no use for any of the HD2 or HD3 feeds locally. (WDRQ-HD2 plays some decent music, but the audio fidelity is truly reprehensible making the station unlistenable.)
Obviously a good businessman.
The delay is much longer than 8 seconds. It is even considerably behind the radio.com Internet stream.
One can set the analog delay to much longer delay if they choose. The standard is eight seconds.
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