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HD DX

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> Received at 7:05am (CDT) this morning on a Boston Acoustics
> Receptor HD and 260-foot center-fed antenna.
>
> Only the "text ID" was received digitally, the audio was all
> analog.
>
> Fort Wayne is roughly 330 miles away.

You probably still had some nighttime skywave. 330 mile stereo during daylight groundwave was no big deal with C-Quam. I could hear KMKI 620 Plano in Lubbock - full stereo - little if any static with a Sony SRF-A1 and a small loop. It is unfortunate that we are now saddled with this inferior IBOC technology.
 
> It is unfortunate that we are now saddled with this
> inferior IBOC technology.

Eh... it'll fail. Once you get everyone screaming bloody murder because they can't hear their favorite news/talk station over all the "static that didn't used to be there", stations will start pulling the plug on their IB(A)C systems. It's garbage, and it'll end up as such.<P ID="signature">______________
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> You probably still had some nighttime skywave.

Absolutely. There's not even a hint of WOWO (analog or digital) right now at noon local.

> 330 mile stereo during daylight groundwave was no big deal with
> C-Quam.

With the high North Texas ground conductivity, certainly. Around here, not so much so. WHAS Louisville (about 150 miles) has a decent analog signal but subject to some static. WSB Atlanta (250 miles) is ESP to non-existant.

Mind you, I'm no fan of the IBOC system, but I don't think claims of routine 300+-mile daytime reception will hold water in most of the country, especially those parts where people actually live<grin>.
 
> Mind you, I'm no fan of the IBOC system, but I don't think
> claims of routine 300+-mile daytime reception will hold
> water in most of the country, especially those parts where
> people actually live.

I think you just P.O.'d everybody living in the western 2/3 of the country. And what a slam against Lubbock - a modern city of 200,000, with another 100,000 or so living in small towns nearby, a major university, many amenities attracting visitors from a hundred or more miles away. And a couple of dozen radio stations that dominate discussion on the "Texas" board.

Gad - every time I read those magazines that describe the "best" places to live - I want to throw up. Invariably its some liberal Eastern town where the cost of living is through the roof, you freeze your ____ off half the year, diversity has gangs next to upscale housing neighborhoods, and there are more XXX theaters per capita than other places. Oh and they have good Jazz stations on NPR. Maybe good for the author of those articles - but not somewhere I'd ever live. Give me wide open spaces, warm weather, conservative family oriented people, classical music (not lame jazz) on NPR, and good DX'ing any day.
 
Give me wide open spaces, warm weather,
> conservative family oriented people, classical music (not
> lame jazz) on NPR, and good DX'ing any day.
>
Come to L.A. - two full time classical music stations and a full time jazz station :)

John
 
> Eh... it'll fail. Once you get everyone screaming bloody
> murder because they can't hear their favorite news/talk
> station over all the "static that didn't used to be there",
> stations will start pulling the plug on their IB(A)C
> systems. It's garbage, and it'll end up as such.

I'll make no comment on FM IBOC because I'm not an FM listener. On the AM side, I've been reading postings on the Community Radio board by AM station owners who are discovering AM Stereo and adding it to their stations. They like its excellent fidelity, the lack of fees to use the technology, and the fact that new portable, home, and vehicle AM Stereo receivers are readily available. Last but not least, it's 100% compatible with existing monaural AM receivers.

The station owners also comment that the new AM Stereo exciters have better audio quality than the 1980s versions. These stations are actually (*gasp* for AM) broadcasting music again, with kudos from their listeners. They also point out that even AM news/talk stations can now add music programming during weekends and other times with "sparse gleanings" for talk programming and attract listeners who don't usually listen to AM radio.

Word about AM Stereo is spreading by way of out-of-market travelers who didn't know their vehicle radios were AM Stereo-capable, who heard these stations and were stunned ("AM can *really* sound this good?" is a common question they get by telephone and e-mail). These station owners' suggestion to other AM station owners is simple: clean up your audio chain, process it only as needed, and broadcast in AM Stereo. Who knows, AM Stereo could become an overnight success that was 20 years in the making! :) -- Jason
 
> > Eh... it'll fail. Once you get everyone screaming bloody
> > murder because they can't hear their favorite news/talk
> > station over all the "static that didn't used to be
> there",
> > stations will start pulling the plug on their IB(A)C
> > systems. It's garbage, and it'll end up as such.
>
> I'll make no comment on FM IBOC because I'm not an FM
> listener. On the AM side, I've been reading postings on the
> Community Radio board by AM station owners who are
> discovering AM Stereo and adding it to their stations. They
> like its excellent fidelity, the lack of fees to use the
> technology, and the fact that new portable, home, and
> vehicle AM Stereo receivers are readily available. Last but
> not least, it's 100% compatible with existing monaural AM
> receivers.
>
> The station owners also comment that the new AM Stereo
> exciters have better audio quality than the 1980s versions.
> These stations are actually (*gasp* for AM) broadcasting
> music again, with kudos from their listeners. They also
> point out that even AM news/talk stations can now add music
> programming during weekends and other times with "sparse
> gleanings" for talk programming and attract listeners who
> don't usually listen to AM radio.
>
> Word about AM Stereo is spreading by way of out-of-market
> travelers who didn't know their vehicle radios were AM
> Stereo-capable, who heard these stations and were stunned
> ("AM can *really* sound this good?" is a common question
> they get by telephone and e-mail). These station owners'
> suggestion to other AM station owners is simple: clean up
> your audio chain, process it only as needed, and broadcast
> in AM Stereo. Who knows, AM Stereo could become an
> overnight success that was 20 years in the making! :) --
> Jason
>


Now if you could only get CQUAM receivers.......
 
C-QUAM AM Stereo receivers (Re: HD DX)

They're readily available. I bought my Sony AM Stereo Walkman from www.audiocubes.com.

WNMB in North Myrtle Beach ordered quantities of AM Stereo Walkmans and boomboxes from them, and one of their consumer electronics store sponsors has arranged to stock them.

The station has also acquired a cache of Radio Shack TM-152 AM Stereo home tuners that it is selling to listeners at cost. -- Jason

> > > Eh... it'll fail. Once you get everyone screaming
> bloody
> > > murder because they can't hear their favorite news/talk
> > > station over all the "static that didn't used to be
> > there",
> > > stations will start pulling the plug on their IB(A)C
> > > systems. It's garbage, and it'll end up as such.
> >
> > I'll make no comment on FM IBOC because I'm not an FM
> > listener. On the AM side, I've been reading postings on
> the
> > Community Radio board by AM station owners who are
> > discovering AM Stereo and adding it to their stations.
> They
> > like its excellent fidelity, the lack of fees to use the
> > technology, and the fact that new portable, home, and
> > vehicle AM Stereo receivers are readily available. Last
> but
> > not least, it's 100% compatible with existing monaural AM
> > receivers.
> >
> > The station owners also comment that the new AM Stereo
> > exciters have better audio quality than the 1980s
> versions.
> > These stations are actually (*gasp* for AM) broadcasting
> > music again, with kudos from their listeners. They also
> > point out that even AM news/talk stations can now add
> music
> > programming during weekends and other times with "sparse
> > gleanings" for talk programming and attract listeners who
> > don't usually listen to AM radio.
> >
> > Word about AM Stereo is spreading by way of out-of-market
> > travelers who didn't know their vehicle radios were AM
> > Stereo-capable, who heard these stations and were stunned
> > ("AM can *really* sound this good?" is a common question
> > they get by telephone and e-mail). These station owners'
> > suggestion to other AM station owners is simple: clean up
> > your audio chain, process it only as needed, and broadcast
>
> > in AM Stereo. Who knows, AM Stereo could become an
> > overnight success that was 20 years in the making! :)
> --
> > Jason
> >
>
>
> Now if you could only get CQUAM receivers.......
>
 
> Give me wide open spaces, warm weather,
> > conservative family oriented people, classical music (not
> > lame jazz) on NPR, and good DX'ing any day.
> >
> Come to L.A. - two full time classical music stations and a
> full time jazz station :)
>
> John

Left coast and high cost of living? No thanks, I'm already stuck in a blue state as it is :)<P ID="signature">______________
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> > Give me wide open spaces, warm weather,
> > > conservative family oriented people, classical music
> (not
> > > lame jazz) on NPR, and good DX'ing any day.
> > >
> > Come to L.A. - two full time classical music stations and
> a
> > full time jazz station :)
> >
> > John
>
> Left coast and high cost of living? No thanks, I'm already
> stuck in a blue state as it is :)

I know a lot of good people in LA - some conservative as anybody in the "Bible Belt". In entertainment, too.
 
> > > Give me wide open spaces, warm weather,
> > > > conservative family oriented people, classical music
> > (not
> > > > lame jazz) on NPR, and good DX'ing any day.
> > > >
> > > Come to L.A. - two full time classical music stations
> and
> > a
> > > full time jazz station :)
> > >
> > > John
> >
> > Left coast and high cost of living? No thanks, I'm
> already
> > stuck in a blue state as it is :)
>
> I know a lot of good people in LA - some conservative as
> anybody in the "Bible Belt". In entertainment, too.

Oh, I know they're there... my cousin David is one of them ("Big Wave Dave" ring a bell?). I just would rather not be drowned out by the drivel of a thousand libs to my one voice at any given time :)
<P ID="signature">______________
radiodude.jpg

http://theradioblog.blogspot.com</P>
 
> > I know a lot of good people in LA - some conservative as
> > anybody in the "Bible Belt". In entertainment, too.
>
> Oh, I know they're there... my cousin David is one of them
> ("Big Wave Dave" ring a bell?). I just would rather not be
> drowned out by the drivel of a thousand libs to my one voice
> at any given time :)

Yes, I remember that show--has it really been 13 years since it was on? I think there are more "closet cons" in Hollywood than one might think, although a few actors like Jerry Doyle and Charlton Heston are open about it.

Heston once told a humorous story about phone calls he got on the first night of the L.A. riots, from nervous anti-gun actors who are his neighbors in Beverly Hills (he did not name them, at their requests).

They could see the mayhem and fires spreading in their general direction, and they asked him if they could borrow shotguns from him to protect themselves. He reassured them that the police could probably handle the situation but offered to teach them how to shoot defensively, and several of them took him up on his offer. -- Jason
 
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