[Electronics-talk] HD Radio

[James Aldrich]

Hello!

I can agree with you about program content!

My area has two AM HD radio stations which are gospel AM stereo and one FM 
public station with one HD stream.  Radio Shack still isn't selling any HD 
radios here.  I would say more of the problem is nobody is putting HD radio 
stations on the air in this market on FM and the content presently on AM is 
limited!  I can hear the signals on my radio just fine!  I do know that 
there is opposition to this new technology within the industry and they 
certainly don't have their act together with it in many areas!  I've heard 
HD streams on 50 thousand watt stations at night, KSL Salt Lake City, KFAB 
Omaha NE and KOA Denver.  The streams may come in for a few seconds to five 
minutes at times but I can hear those particular streams.

The problem is more to which radios are being used and how well they 
perform!  I do agree that one should have a fairly strong signal coming in 
before the HD streams can be detected.

Jim Aldrich


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jude DaShiell" <jdashiel at shellworld.net>
To: "Discussion of accessible electronics and appliances" 
<electronics-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 2:23 AM
Subject: Re: [Electronics-talk] HD Radio


hd radios where they work have more channels on them than standard radio.
The problems with hd radio are first the extra channels aren't worth
listening to because too much corporate interference has had radio formats
effectively neutered in America since the 1960's and beyond.  A wider
variety of programming used to be available and the extra stations are
being filled up with nothing more creative than you can now hear on your
normal radio.  One of the reasons for this is that existing carriers were
given their own hd channels and so far as I know new competition hasn't
yet gotten into that radio spectrum yet.  The signals are digital as
opposed to analog so are narrower too.  The second problem with hd radio
is that it does not and never will work in all sections of America.  If
you want to find out if you live in one of these black holes, visit your
local radioshack and see if they're selling hd radios yet.  If the answer
is no, you live in an hd radio black hole and until you move into a
covered area there's no reason for you to buy one of these sets yet.
Source for low quality channel content information is the washingtonpost
newspaper.




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