"HD Radio Shouldn't Be This Hard"

[KB1OKL]

I'm sure most of you already realize this but A certain poster here posts in a lot of other areas in this forum too and also antagonizes the posters in those areas, best thing is to just ignore him, he goes away when he doesn't get any attention. I think people sometimes call them trolls.

 

[mmnassour]

[glow=red,2,300]I have no reason to believe that's true. The American system of broadcasting is funded by advertisers. So dismissing the sales concerns ignores the most basic motivation for content creation. [/glow]

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The FCC regulates space/frequency . They don't care about sales, content or anything else except for the regulation of space/frequency.


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I don't think Janet Jackson would agree with that! ;D

 

[TheBigA]

The FCC regulates space/frequency . They don't care about sales, content or anything else except for the regulation of space/frequency.

You ignored my point: The FCC doesn't fund broadcasting. The government doesn't fund broadcasting. Advertisers do. So one shouldn't ignore the advertisers when discussing broadcast policy.

But the FCC is the reason why AM is in the mess it's in. They are the ones who eliminated clear channels. They're the ones who over-licensed the band. They're the ones who approved IBOC. And along the way, they've lost sight of their primary purpose, which was to regulate the airwaves.

 

[nd2023]

The FCC also doesn't do anything about pirates anymore.

 

[audioguy]

Oh yes they do! Please visit this page: http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/

 

[RadioMan203]

The FCC also doesn't do anything about pirates anymore.

I thought that too, since there's a Caribbean pirate that has been operating in Bridgeport for months and they haven't been shut down yet - I pick them up several towns away.

 

[Randal Marshall]

The government doesn't fund broadcasting.

Not exactly true either. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has funneled millions of dollars to public radio stations so they can install HD radio. Public radio stations, for the most part, have embraced HD radio and added HD-2 and HD-3 programming to many of there stations. Programming that is not otherwise commercially viable.

 

[TheBigA]

The government doesn't fund broadcasting.

Not exactly true either. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting has funneled millions of dollars to public radio stations so they can install HD radio.

That's a very small amount of money, and its strictly for digital conversion. It's a short term grant with limited time frame. It's not government subsidized broadcasting. THAT is what I'm talking about.

 

[Carmine5]

The latest Radio World (9/22) published two letters from engineers, one being none other than Ronald Rackley, in response to Tom Ray's article relating their own irritating mode-hopping experiences with AM-HD. Mr. Rackley suggested that HD Radios should have a switch to turn HD off when that happens as it could very easily cause listeners to change stations or tune out AM altogether and switch to FM or to their iPods.

Both indicated that a 2 mV/m signal strength seems to be the magic point where this problem starts occurring. For a 50 kW station like WOR that represents a large area (it also means that AM-HD is virtually useless for a 1 kW station).

In addressing Tom Ray, one engineer said, "Welcome back to the real world."

http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/newbay/rw_20100922/#/32

 

[dumber than a box of hair]

Oh yes they do! Please visit this page: http://www.fcc.gov/eb/FieldNotices/

Oh no they don't.

The Field Notices issued to pirates, if you actually take the time to read them, are either NOUOs (Notices of Unlicensed Operation) or NALFs (Notices of Apparent Liability for a Forfeiture), which most pirates just laugh at. If you travel to the cities listed and tune across the band, you notice that almost without exception the cited pirates are still there, daring the FCC to actually collect the fines listed in the NALFs or to shut them down. The number of pirates who have actually been raided and jailed and their equipment confiscated is almost zero. And if by some chance a pirate who gets an NOUO decides to shut down, don't worry...another will take his place shortly.

There are a few areas...New York City and south Florida, to name two...where multiple pirates operate with impunity and where almost every FM frequency is being used. I'd absolutely love for the FCC to prove me wrong, but I'm not holding my breath for that to happen.

 

[local oscillator]

I recently checked the Field Notices to find that earlier this year the FCC had visited a pirate in my market of whom I was unaware. I did a bit of research and found that he was a ham operator with an Extra Class license -- someone who should know better. About ten years ago, there was another pirate in my market that I reported to the local Field Office. After several visits, they brought the federal marshals with them and physically removed the offending equipment.

 

[JohnnyElectron]

What's really funny is that some pirates are better than the licensed locals! They actully have functioning RDS encoding! Decent audio processing and stereo separation. That's what cracks me up about these illegals - many are wannabe broadcasters, and they actually do a decent job, but 'forgot' to get a license.
We had a well know pirate SW of Detroit - a Reverend - he selected a frequency with no interference, so the FCC couldn't get him for interference, only for no license - and they actually recently granted him a LPFM license so he could continue to spew his far right wing propaganda 'hate everyone' & end of the world stuff - perfect for the shortwave bands

 

[Don Juannn]

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The FCC regulates space/frequency . They don't care about sales, content or anything else except for the regulation of space/frequency.
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They have revoked license for double billing...which is sales issue. Also enforcement of the "lowest unit rate"..which is sales as well.

They will investigate issues of equal time or "wardrobe malfuntion" which is content.