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Article #624Re: HD RADIO is no worse than DAB or DRM radio
From: David Eduardo
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:12
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:12
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"Brenda Ann" <brendad@shinbiro.com> wrote in message news:opWdnYRe4orx957anZ2dnUVZ_tqtnZ2d@giganews.com... > > "Telamon" <telamon_spamshield@pacbell.net.is.invalid> wrote in message > news:telamon_spamshield-018536.19505502102007@newsclstr03.news.prodigy.net... >>>> > > Plus: If a smaller station can't afford multiple program, then they >>> > > don't need to do anything. They can just limit themselves >>> > > to 1 high-quality channel (300 kbps). >>> > >>> > Gee, maybe if some independant station can't afford multiple >>> > programming, >>> > they'll have even have trouble justifying buying the IBOC hardware. >>> >>> It's not that expensive. No more expensive than a mono to stereo >>> upgrade for an FM station. >> >> Really. Just how expensive is it? > > I'm pretty sure that the IBOC hardware (and the license to use it) costs > considerably more than the <$1000 it takes to buy a stereo encoder for a > commercial FM station.. For that matter, a pretty good quality stereo > encoder can be bought for <$200 from some of the companies that supply > LPFM and (gasp!) pirate operators. Going stereo on FM doesn't take any > modification to the transmitter itself, just a piece of outboard gear in > the audio chain. IBOC requires modifications to the transmitter Not necessarily. Some FM stations, like the ones on the Hancock in Chicago, have separate HD transmitters and antennas, and the analog transmitters and and common antenna are untouched. Many individual stations have separate FM HD transmitters and a separately hung antenna. > (plus the station loses all it's SCA's.. which are a good source of > additional INCOME, especially for small and/or public radio stations.) No, they don't. KLVE in LA has HD, HD-2, SCA and FM Extra.
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