Spam: WCBS Newsradio 880 in HD, FM that is!

[Dan.Strassberg]

But reception of the HD-n (where n>1) subchannels is particularly
problematic in cars. If you lose sync with the digital stream and you
are tuned to the main HD channel (HD-1), the receiver automatically
falls back to analog, and if everything has been set up correctly, the
fallback is not very noticeable, if not entirely aesthetically
pleasing (frequency response changes; stereo switches to mono). With
the n>1 subchannels, no analog stream carries the same content, so my
understanding is that the fallback is to silence. I've seen reports
(from HD radio proponents campaigning for higher subchannel power on
the FM band) that claim that, with the current power levels,
reliability of the digital streams is simply unacceptable and coverage
areas are much smaller than for the main analog stream. Hence,
listening to HD-n (n>1) streams at home or at work MAY be OK (though
not necessarily), but listening in a moving vehicle is unlikely to be
acceptable unless you are very near the transmitter.

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Dan Strassberg (dan.strassberg@att.net)
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Larry Weil" <kc1ih@mac.com>
To: <boston-radio-interest@tsornin.BostonRadio.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 3:48 PM
Subject: RE: Spam: WCBS Newsradio 880 in HD, FM that is!


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Don A [mailto:donald_astelle@yahoo.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, October 02, 2008 3:27 PM
>> To: Larry Weil; 'Todd Glickman';
>> boston-radio-interest@tsornin.BostonRadio.org
>> Subject: Re: Spam: WCBS Newsradio 880 in HD, FM that is!
>>
>>
>> >> As of 3:00am this morning, WCBS Newsradio 880 (AM) in NYC is
>> >> available on WCBS-FM's HD-3 channel.
>> >
>> > I wish they would do the same thing with WBZ here.
>>
>>
>> Why?  Are there any places you can't get WBZ?
>
> Well, I can get it at home in Salem, NH, but with much interference,
> especially if my kitchen light is on.  HD-3 channels, though usually
> not the
> same bandwith as HD-1 and HD-2, still sound much better than AM.  I
> do have
> an HD tuner, but the WBZ AM signal usually is too weak or has too
> much noise
> to allow HD reception.
>
> So what is it you are objecting to if one of the CBS stations did
> put BZ on
> an HD-3?
>
> Larry Weil
> Lake Wobegone, NH
>