radio groups possibly pulling back on licensing for AM HD

[DaveBayArea]

At this time, all commercial stations could re-map to 540-1400, and the 1400-1700 could be LPAM, hobbyist pt 15 and existing
low power services as Traffic, talking house, aiport info, municpal info, etc.

I've always wondered how the "tropical" shortwave bands - 2300-2500 KHz and 3200-3400 KHz - are allocated in the US. Presumably for international broadcasting right now, but I suspect they are not used at all. Also, there's the band from 25.7-26.1 MHz which is currently classified as a shortwave band, but also available for part 74 RPU in the US. Likewise, it is under-utilized. DRM did some tests in Mexico City on this band. More info here:

http://www.ehu.es/tsr_radio/dmdocuments/MW_SIMULCAST_TESTS IN_MEXICO_DF.pdf

Family Radio of Oakland applied for an experimental license to use this band for DRM transmission, but they were turned down last Fall. Any of these options seem more viable technically than the Ibiquity system.

Just please somehow recognize that MW hasn't the proper resolutionto run data reliably at the rate ibiquity would
like to run it.

DRM seems to have already taken that into account with their system of variable bit rate. Again, it looks like they have a jump on Ibiquity.

Dave B.

 

[SUPERCASTER]

Is Citadel dumping HD from their AM stations? WJR has been analog-only 24/7 for sometime now, so I hope that they're not paying premiums to iBiquity when they're not even using their technology.

If so, I haven't seen a public statement about it. Citadel's DOE ordered some time ago that his group's AM stations not use HD during nighttime hours, but I don't believe they've dumped it altogether. If they had, I'm betting it would have been all over the industry periodicals.

I think given all the pressure to push HD at all costs by certain ahemmm... partys, these companies are all afraid to be the first to publicly dump IBOC, it's just dieing a slow death as the Yugo did. Since when are big corporations brave enough to do something as ballsy as saying to iBquity: Your system sucks.

I think you just invented the HD Alliance's next ad campaign:
"Pimp your Yugo with HD radio. The perfect match!"