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Article #651Re: HD RADIO is no worse than DAB or DRM radio
From: Brenda Ann
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:09
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2007 10:09
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"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 (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.)
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