Question for the DX'rs

[HD_Ready]

If terrestrial radio is so bad why do you spend so much time complaining that you cant get every station that exsist?

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

Take a look at the title of your thread, then take a look at your post - do you see something wrong ? :

 

[SUPERCASTER]

If terrestrial radio is so bad why do you spend so much time complaining that you cant get every station that exsist?

According to HD supporters anyone who ever listens outside the city grade contour, gets called a DXer. Since everyone has done that (driving around) at one time or another you are fighting the entire radio listening public. That is just an asinine position.

 

[IBOCRocks]

If terrestrial radio is so bad why do you spend so much time complaining that you cant get every station that exsist?

That is just an asinine position.

So is saying that this board was overrun by pro-IBOC Psycho-Terrorists. You never did explain to us how you came to that conclusion.

Sorry...you claming that anything is an asinine position is a joke.

BTW...if you've ever listened to HD, you'd know that your above "point" doesn't validate anything. But let's not let reality get in the way of a good rant, mmmkay?

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

"So is saying that this board was overrun by pro-IBOC Psycho-Terrorists. You never did explain to us how you came to that conclusion."

Why, don't you post that blog for the fifth time !

 

[1q2w3e]

If terrestrial radio is so bad why do you spend so much time complaining that you cant get every station that exsist?

According to HD supporters anyone who ever listens outside the city grade contour, gets called a DXer. Since everyone has done that (driving around) at one time or another you are fighting the entire radio listening public. That is just an asinine position.

Another time that you ASS-U-ME.

I am a DXer and support HD radio. Many of my engineering friends are in the same boat. Next question please. And I would stop assuming that you can speak for all HD Radio supporters. You have NO CLUE.

 

[HD_Ready]

Take a look at the title of your thread, then take a look at your post - do you see something wrong ?

Did I mis spell DX?


Let me rephrase the question.... ???

If terestrial radio is so bad.....why do you even want to pull in more terestrial stations?

 

[SaynotoIB0C]

you spelt it right......I was just being dumb and not answering questions, I'm very sorry sir

 

[IBOCRocks]

Take a look at the title of your thread, then take a look at your post - do you see something wrong ?

Did I mis spell DX?


Let me rephrase the question.... ???

If terestrial radio is so bad.....why do you even want to pull in more terestrial stations?

Honestly, the anti-IBOC crowd doesn't know what they want anymore. They used to, but it's kind of just been reduced to quoting Amazon sales figures and ranting about conspiracies. Audiophile seems to be one of the precious few who actually wants to have an intelligent discussion.

And my favorite thought:

50% of the anti-IBOC crowd reads talking point #7:
"IBOC has awful coverage - it uses 1/10th the power of analog"

50% of the anti-IBOC crowd reads talking point #8:
"IBOC interferes with first-adjacents"

OK...

Which is it? Is it so weak it's useless, or so powerful that it's interfering?

Then there's talking point #9:
"You need a seven foot dipole!"

So - how can a signal that can only be heard with a 7-foot dipole interfere with anything?

Comedy gold, I tell ya! ;D

 

[SUPERCASTER]

And my favorite thought:

50% of the anti-IBOC crowd reads talking point #7:
"IBOC has awful coverage - it uses 1/10th the power of analog"

50% of the anti-IBOC crowd reads talking point #8:
"IBOC interferes with first-adjacents"

OK...

Which is it? Is it so weak it's useless, or so powerful that it's interfering?

Both are true. But if you are the expert you claim to be, in both digital and analog transmission, I'm sure you already know that. So why the constant fabrications, red herrings, and deceptions?
If HD Radio were even 10% as wonderful and compatible as you and other supporters claim, why all the necessity and 200 million dollar promotional campaign to decieve, misdirect, and misrepresent?
If HD Radio is such an engineering triumph, then why is there need for all the lawyers, lobbyists, and political manipulations?
Why not just have an honest, impartial, and complete engineering study of digital broadcasting systems and effects on interference, coverage and analog radios, with hybrid radio transmission?
If you have a quality, reasonably priced product that fills an urgent need, and does no harm, there should be no need for all the spurious advertising, promotional hype, and political machinations.
High duty cycle digital signals cause great interference to analog signals even when they are at -30, -40, or even -50 db or more, yet the digital signals can be weak enough to frequently drop numerous data packets and mute, fallback to analog, or cause rebuffering, and annoying program interruptions.

You ridicule AM stereo and Leonard Kahn, but after 4 years of rollout promotion, and over a half billion dollars wasted, there have been far more AM stereo radios sold then HD Radios.
Since hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars are involved in promoting and deploying this destructive fiasco, this HD Radio thing sure beats the $600 hammers, $1200 toilet seats and bridges and railroads to nowhere, for which politicos are so well known.

 

[SayNoToIBOC]

SaynotoIB0C, you have been reported to management for your username - masquerading as, SayNoToIBOC.