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March 22, 2008.

The trades report what many broadcasters have learned the hard way. HD radio won't work through an array with 65 degree towers. Won't work at night either. Can't run it at night anyway...too much litigation and court ordered injunctions from stations receiving increased interference. Add problems resulting from impulse (lightening) and broadband noise (powerlines), it's just not worth the problems. Tall or short towers, it just won't work.

Lawyers for iBiquity have asked licensees to file their "proof of claim" for refund of their license fees in the U.S. Bankruptcy court.

The Congressional investigation of the FCC and staff continues.

Broadcasters who have bought an equity position in iBiquity scramble to distance themselves, fearing loss of licenses under the RKO General case.

Other than that, everything is just dandy.
 
> March 22, 2008.
>
> The trades report what many broadcasters have learned the
> hard way. HD radio won't work through an array with 65
> degree towers. Won't work at night either. Can't run it at
> night anyway...too much litigation and court ordered
> injunctions from stations receiving increased interference.
> Add problems resulting from impulse (lightening) and
> broadband noise (powerlines), it's just not worth the
> problems. Tall or short towers, it just won't work.
>
> Lawyers for iBiquity have asked licensees to file their
> "proof of claim" for refund of their license fees in the
> U.S. Bankruptcy court.
>
> The Congressional investigation of the FCC and staff
> continues.
>
> Broadcasters who have bought an equity position in iBiquity
> scramble to distance themselves, fearing loss of licenses
> under the RKO General case.
>
> Other than that, everything is just dandy.
>

I think you have something there in terms of the engineering challenges. I think time will tell about the other stuff...my opinion is that it's unlikely.

I think it's a great post though! :)<P ID="signature">______________
</P>
 
> The trades report what many broadcasters have learned the
> hard way. HD radio won't work through an array with 65
> degree towers. Won't work at night either. Can't run it at
> night anyway...too much litigation and court ordered
> injunctions from stations receiving increased interference.
> Add problems resulting from impulse (lightening) and
> broadband noise (powerlines), it's just not worth the
> problems. Tall or short towers, it just won't work.

I'm curious. Which trades are reporting litigation by stations suffering interference? Most of us believe that's going to happen when an interfering station refuses to solve the problem within the "victim" station's protected contour. So far, the only lawsuit I've seen is from Kahn Communications.

> Lawyers for iBiquity have asked licensees to file their
> "proof of claim" for refund of their license fees in the
> U.S. Bankruptcy court.

I missed that. Has iBiquity recently filed for bankruptcy?

> Broadcasters who have bought an equity position in iBiquity
> scramble to distance themselves, fearing loss of licenses
> under the RKO General case.

The HD Dominion appears live and well, as well as the Keystone Kops can be, passing out deceptive information (claims of CD quality, a revolution no one knows about, etc). I've Googled everywhere and find no information on companies wanting out of their investments. Most of the major companies are members and their employees are cheerleading to beat the band.

Please source this information.

Rich
 
> > HD radio won't work through
> > an array with 65 degree towers.

Short towers need to be fattened.
Large multitower arrays need to be broadened electronicaly
by replacing narrow L/C constants with long coaxial delay lines.
These things can be done affordably.<P ID="signature">______________
Proud 2 B a pioneering satellite radio subs¢riber
Ai4i is always on the trailing edge of technology
______________</P>
 
> > The trades report what many broadcasters have learned the
> > hard way. HD radio won't work through an array with 65
> > degree towers. Won't work at night either. Can't run it
> at
> > night anyway...too much litigation and court ordered
> > injunctions from stations receiving increased
> interference.
> > Add problems resulting from impulse (lightening) and
> > broadband noise (powerlines), it's just not worth the
> > problems. Tall or short towers, it just won't work.
>
> I'm curious. Which trades are reporting litigation by
> stations suffering interference? Most of us believe that's
> going to happen when an interfering station refuses to solve
> the problem within the "victim" station's protected contour.
> So far, the only lawsuit I've seen is from Kahn
> Communications.
>
> > Lawyers for iBiquity have asked licensees to file their
> > "proof of claim" for refund of their license fees in the
> > U.S. Bankruptcy court.
>
> I missed that. Has iBiquity recently filed for bankruptcy?
>
> > Broadcasters who have bought an equity position in
> iBiquity
> > scramble to distance themselves, fearing loss of licenses
> > under the RKO General case.
>
> The HD Dominion appears live and well, as well as the
> Keystone Kops can be, passing out deceptive information
> (claims of CD quality, a revolution no one knows about,
> etc). I've Googled everywhere and find no information on
> companies wanting out of their investments. Most of the
> major companies are members and their employees are
> cheerleading to beat the band.
>
> Please source this information.
>
> Rich
>
Rich,

Look at the date on the original post. It's a joke.
 
> >
> Rich,
>
> Look at the date on the original post. It's a joke.
>
Oooh. Good gotcha on Rich.
 
> > > HD radio won't work through
> > > an array with 65 degree towers.
>
> Short towers need to be fattened.
> Large multitower arrays need to be broadened electronicaly
> by replacing narrow L/C constants with long coaxial delay
> lines.
> These things can be done affordably.
>
That doesn't do anything about hearing the IBUZ up to 60 kHz away from the main channel.

If you want a paperweight that will be useless really soon, get an HD radio.<P ID="signature">______________
17-year-old radio geek
Location: Princeton Junction, NJ
AIM: KewlDude471
WWPH 107.9 FM: http://wwph1079fm.no-ip.org</P>
 
> If you want a paperweight that will be useless really soon,
> get an HD radio.
>


Really? I hope you're willing to back that up, what with the FCC ready to approve IBOC any day now.

Does that statement have any basis in reality, or are you flame-baiting?<P ID="signature">______________
</P>
 
> If you want a paperweight that will be useless really soon,
> get an HD radio.
>
Actually, I was considering a Blackberry!<P ID="signature">______________
Proud 2 B a pioneering satellite radio subs¢riber
Ai4i is always on the trailing edge of technology
______________</P>
 
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