Re: HD Hypocrisy

On Sep 11, 1:31 am, garyarn...@xxxxxxx wrote:
HD Radio is the ONLY solution I can come up with in order to listen to
ANY AM station in my city - even the very powerful signals - while in
my home office, where I spend a good deal of time. With dimmer
switches, electronic air cleaners, computer, etc. etc. the noise level
wipes out all signals. I have to go to another room in the house if I
want to listen to AM analog. HD Radio is a blessing for me.

So, because you can't hear any analog signals in your home office,
you're content to support HD, which will allow you to hear what you
want to hear while effectively wiping out everything on analog. I see.
And of course, when you leave your home office, your options will be
limited by all the familiar limitations plaguing HD.

And this sounds like a good deal to you?

Have you ever heard of internet radio? I think you'll find that it's
quite effective in your home office environment.



With so many complaining about the interference it causes on analog
signals - someone please tell me which analog station(s) in the Fresno
area are getting this interference. I can't locate ANY analog station
with ANY interference when in a "quiet" room in my home, and there are
MANY HD stations broadcasting in Fresno.

That's odd. I travel a fair amount and almost never find myself in a
place where the interference isn't very noticeable.

I use both the CCRadio and
the CCRadio-SW and just don't have that problem, or at least haven't
been able to identify it.

Don't worry. You will. Just give it a little time.


I understand some of the complaints, but the industry isn't concerned
with those who dx. In fact, I have the problem with television
signals. When I moved to the Fresno area from Sacramento, I paid
$1,000 for a large tv antenna installation so that I could pick up the
major stations from Sacramento, about 180 miles from me. Shortly
after paying $1,000, the low-powered stations started appearing all
over the dial and wiped out channels 3 and 13 from Sacramento, channel
12 from Santa Barbara, channel 8 from Salinas, etc. But that's life.
TV and Radio are for the masses, NOT just the few who dx as a hobby.
HDTV has solved the tv problem for me as now I get channels 3 and 13
on digital tv. HD Radio solves the problem I have with too much
electrical noise on AM.

DXers may be one thin slice of the population, but the option to DX is
one that many people value, whether they (currently) DX very often or
not. Besides, it's only a small slice of the population who ever gets
around to visiting Lake Tahoe. So, should we allow Ibiquity to turn it
into a chemical dump? (It would be really, really convenient for a lot
folks if we did turn it into a chemical dump, you understand. There's
a whole lot of chemical waste out there...).



No one really cares about the hobbiest. We are left out of the
picture when technology changes.

I wouldn't even think of MW DX as the realm of hobbyists in the way
that SW DX is. A lot of people don't even have the foggiest idea what
SW is, let alone what SW DX is. Very few people in the US listen even
to strong signals on SW, let alone weak ones. The situation's (very)
different with MW.

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