... If you're hearing the IBOC hash of a local station as a "nice soft hiss", either you're using a receiver with poor sensitivity or one that has very little...
... Since when are the IBOC broadcasts illegal? As to why not continue to improve analog radio, it is a mature technology that has little room left for...
... I know modern audio processing is a controversial subject, and tastes in processing vary widely, but I don't understand why "the type of audio processing...
... FM's pre-emphasis curve provides up to a 17 dB boost of the high frequencies. In order to accommodate this while still achieving good modulation levels,...
... to ... and ... I'm not against new technology but trying to implement it in the already crowded AM band in a hybrid mode is the reason why we have these...
... Interesting, I don't know about the sensitivity issue one way or the other, but I took the effect I was hearing to be the result of good AGC, not poor. The...
Well my hopes for an AM Stereo station in the Salt Lake City market have now been let down. The "big switch" occurred today. KALL-910 moved the news-talk...
... You would have less of a probelm with cassette tapes if you used 120 usec equalization, rather than the more popular 70 usec equalization. ... As I said,...
... That's not an issue when you record your own cassettes. But pre- recorded cassettes, especially those from Sony Music Entertainment that no longer use...
IBOC broadcasts have ALWAYS been illegal...it violates NRSC regulations. It also violates interference standards; it causes massive ACI. Besides, IBOC is NOT...
The only way we can look to the future, JSG, is to restore ownership limits. IBOC is SIMPLY NOT GOOD ENOUGH when analog is SUPERIOR. 73 and good DX from Eric ...
Coming soon.... I am about to leave for work, but wanted to let everyone know that I will be posting a review of both Ripflashes this morning. The short...
OK, here are my observations on the Trio and the standard Ripflash: (both of these record both "on the fly" line in recording without a computer, or by USB PC...
With the FCC hell-bent on removing the last "winner own-all" rules, we all need to comment to the FCC on NOT removing the 'cross-ownership' bans that exist. If...
Where is the docket for that? I have trouble navigating some of the FCC website because so much is there. By the way, does anyone know if WALE-Greenville,...
I have the standard Ripflash and used it a few times to record some talk shows on the radio. Like you said the buttons and menu is a bit tedious but it was...
PogoProducts has another mp3/wma recorder coming out in May: http://www.pogoproducts.com/radio_yourway.html This mp3/mwa recorder also has in internal AM/FM...
Thanks to all the great traffic here, I have actually received an AM stereo signal. I can't get enough signal to get quieting, but my MCS 3050 turns on the...
... Huh, come again? How do you figure that "IBOC broadcasts have ALWAYS been illegal"? The NRSC doesn't make law, it doesn't even make regulations, it only...
... That message was referring to the fact that 1530 WSAI is no longer "testing" IBCO during nighttime hours. WSAI may or may not have also discontinued use...
... As you mention, in a directly-connected configuration, the Terk is very selective and directional. One tip -- looking at the front of the antenna (with...
... Unless this station (which you seem reluctant to identify?) is transmitting the IBOC sidebands at a reduced level, the amount of interference caused is far...
Much like AM Stereo, RDS (Radio Data System) is a useful but much under-appreciated broadcasting technology. Despite being virtually universal in Europe, it...
... What might I ask is a "PTY" button, and for that matter what does an RDS button do? My wife's car has an RDS feature, although I haven't studied it...
... Seriously, now... "PTY" is Program TYpe... a feature of RDS which allows you to have the radio automatically search for stations of a specific format, and...
... so ... For FM, this is not as silly as it sounds. All subcarriers, along with the baseband audio, must measure a total of 100% modulation-- Each...
... (rare, ... RDS, ... did ... an ... haven't ... it ... buttons ... There may be several "pages" of RDS text, and you can cycly through them or turn off the...
