AM IBOC proceeding comment with chicago info

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Here is an interesting comment that talks about the effect of running IBOC on the big 50K AMs in the Chicago area. For you RF freaks like me in the audience. Watch the wrap.

http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/prod/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6518012181

 

[RockManAC]

> Here is an interesting comment that talks about the effect
> of running IBOC on the big 50K AMs in the Chicago area.
> For you RF freaks like me in the audience. Watch the wrap.
>
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/pro> d/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6518012181
>

Link.. Your link doesn't work, at least not on FireFox on Mac. Prompts me to d/l receive.cgi

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[Link]

> > Here is an interesting comment that talks about the effect
>
> > of running IBOC on the big 50K AMs in the Chicago area.
> > For you RF freaks like me in the audience. Watch the
> wrap.
> >
> http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/pro>
> d/ecfs/retrieve.cgi?native_or_pdf=pdf&id_document=6518012181
>
> >
>
> Link.. Your link doesn't work, at least not on FireFox on
> Mac. Prompts me to d/l receive.cgi
>
> -A
> I tested it on another computer and the link in my original email works with IE. However the "link" takes about 1 minute to load up. I guess I am getting old...

 

[jegrant]

> Link.. Your link doesn't work, at least not on FireFox on
> Mac. Prompts me to d/l receive.cgi
>
> -A
>

The link worked fine for me in Safari on the Mac - because I have a PDF Plugin installed.

http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/

(This plugin uses the OS X built-in PDF functionality, which I find to be much faster than the Adobe Reader.)

 

[RockManAC]

> > Link.. Your link doesn't work, at least not on FireFox on
> > Mac. Prompts me to d/l receive.cgi
> >
> > -A
> >
>
> The link worked fine for me in Safari on the Mac - because I
> have a PDF Plugin installed.
>
> http://www.schubert-it.com/pluginpdf/
>
> (This plugin uses the OS X built-in PDF functionality, which
> I find to be much faster than the Adobe Reader.)
>

I got it to work, but only after downloading the file and renaming it to a .pdf...


Btw.. Am I the only Mac guy who does not like Safari?

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[jegrant]

> Btw.. Am I the only Mac guy who does not like Safari?
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> -A
>

No... I don't use Safari exclusively. I use Firefox around 50-70 percent of the time. That plugin I linked to works in all Mac browsers (including Firefox) except Internet Explorer, because its Mac version is so old that only a much older version of the PDF plugin will work.

I also use another browser called Camino. It is based on Gecko (the same engine under the Firefox hood) but designed to be more "Mac-like". I don't really use it too much lately, because I've come to rely on the functionality of Firefox extensions for certain sites.

Back on topic: I doubt that IBOC will help AM much. If it's only going to improve sound quality in the daytime, and it requires a new expensive radio, I think the only ones who will benefit are rich AM music station listeners. Now, looking at the pool of AM music stations, and then their listeners, and then the small subset that can afford and will buy a new IBOC radio - I don't see it helping ratings any.

It will improve the service of the station for those can afford it - but also cut the audio bandwidth (IIRC) for analog listeners. It may prove most popular in markets where the dial is crowded and certain formats that would benefit from better quality (such as Classical or Jazz) are forced onto AM due to a lack of available FM channels. Particularly if the above mentioned stations are public stations and find a way to sell/give IBOC radios to their members.

 

[Rocco]

There are a number of problems with iBiquity IBOC "HD Radio", and I think our station manager is going to skip it.

I noticed that the IBOC people are starting an ad campaign because on another radio site there is an ad that says "John Gehron gets it". I can't think of what he would "get" except for co- and adjacent channel interference, and drop-back to analog when a listener is beyond the range where digital would actually be of some benefit....not to mention competing with himself and the rest of the market (if multi-casting), cutting the pie up even more.