Vivvo CMS 4.1 http://www.rbr.com/ ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. http://www.rbr.com/files.php?file=rss_logo1_757997737.jpg http://www.rbr.com/ http://www.rbr.com/features/viewpoints/24810.html VIEWPOINTS Mon, 07 Jun 2010 10:23:00 -0400 HD-AM needs to be killed right now. Form a single line, and no pushing and shoving, please. The late Bob Townsend, who resuscitated Avis Rent-A-Car with the famous “We Try Harder!” VIEWPOINTS Tue, 08 Jun 2010 08:18:19 -0400 BRAVO, BRAVO, BRAVO! http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com VIEWPOINTS Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:13:40 -0400 The divide-and-conquer tactic may have been part of Struble's plans from the beginning - pitting broadcasters against one another gives Struble more control. He has caused nothing but chaos, and I hope he reaps the rewards of what will surely come back at him. VIEWPOINTS Tue, 08 Jun 2010 20:18:56 -0400 Respectfully, I disagree with Mr. Savage. HD-AM has had no negative impact on our signal, on our neighbor's signals, nor required maintenance of any kind. We had the benefit of designing our antenna system for HD and we have the latest software. We are also on the west coast where spacing is less of an issue than for AMs on the east coast. I don't believe it's realistic or wise to force AMs to convert, but for those who want to convert, it should be an option available to them. Our system sounds terrific, and it's working for us. VIEWPOINTS Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:52:07 -0400 Let's face the facts, HD has been an abject failure, time to put it out of it's misery. VIEWPOINTS Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:17:17 -0400 The comments from Andrew (above) highlight exactly what is wrong with the HD implementation. It was done as a one-size-fits-all process. The reality is that adjacent-channel interference is different everywhere. There are many other differences. For example, on FM the higher ERP stations have way better digital coverage than the ones with low ERP and high elevation for the same class of license. You can't arbitrarily take analog coverage and say "digital needs to be X db down". There are many more examples besides the two listed here, and we're starting to see the real-world effects of these mistakes. http://hdradiofarce.blogspot.com VIEWPOINTS Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:50:27 -0400 "Another Editorial Rant about HD Radio""AM HD Radio critics have hailed how the AM HD carriers do not fit within the NRSC-2 passband and permissible FCC emission mask. If true, this would be illegal. However, iBiquity was careful to design these carriers to fit within the NRSC-2 mask. They took advantage of a 'legal loophole,' in that the NRSC-2 mask was never designed for continuous energy to be contained within the two outer (lower and upper) sidebands of any given AM radio station... This hissing sound steps onto the station's first and second adjacent neighbors."http://meduci.com/"Statement of Jeff Littlejohn SVP Engineering Services Clear Channel""The current AM allocation rules require Co-Channel stations to provide 20:1 protections to each other and first adjacent channel stations to provide 2:1 protection to each other. While this works fine in an all-analog environment, it does not seem to be sufficient in the presence of IBOC. The energy above 10 KHz from the proposed Hybrid IBOC signal significantly exceeds the energy present in the current analog AM signal. For this reason, the amount of energy provided to a first adjacent station is significantly more detrimental than our current allocation rules allow for."http://www.am-dx.com/clearchannelrprt.pdf VIEWPOINTS Mon, 14 Jun 2010 08:02:34 -0400 Hey Andrew Skotdal - take a little trip out of your own back yard. You may be enjoying the AM digital party but in virtually all the entire known world it's causing major interference issues. I'm sure it's happening in your area as well but you chose to ignore it. I suggest you do a little more homework on this and then get back with me and we'll go over it again. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/ethantudorw VIEWPOINTS Wed, 11 Aug 2010 00:54:14 -0400 I just want to say, the JUMP BACK to AM is not really a "Jump Back", it's a RETRO thing, by a RETRO guy that thinks there is GREAT content out there to support an AM Station again! Since I have had my show "The NeverHood", I have had, Mark Lester, Davy Jones, Adam Savage, Alison Arngrim, Patrick Labroteax, Paul & Storm, Wil Wheaton, James Best, Meeno Peluce, and OTHERS on for a GREAT talk show! I'm willing to head this if anyone E-Mails me at ethantudorw@gmail.com, or CALLS me at 310-406-5835....I want an AM Station for all of us Geeks/Nerds that enjoy, RPG, Blogging, Tweeting, and just using our IMAGINATION. Lets make it ours...Contact me...-Ethan Tudor W. www.blogtalkradio.com/ethantudorw http://http://www.swato.ru/ VIEWPOINTS Tue, 12 Oct 2010 12:41:27 -0400 Respectfully, I disagree with Mr. Savage. HD-AM has had no negative impact on our signal, on our neighbor's signals, nor required maintenance of any kind. We had the benefit of designing our antenna system for HD and we have the latest software. We are also on the west coast where spacing is less of an issue than for AMs on the east coast. I don't believe it's realistic or wise to force AMs to convert, but for those who want to convert, it should be an option available to them. Our system sounds terrific, and it's working for us.