05-13-14 12:34 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about AM Revitalization

 RW> {at}MSGID: 
 RW> Greetings Ed!
Howdy! Roy,

 RW>> Clipped from the ARNewsline (found in the HAM echo);

 RW>> RADIO RULES:  FCC COMMISSIONER PAI WANTS AM REVITALIZATION
 RW>> SHOULD BE COMPLETED BY END OF OCTOBER

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 EV> To me it doesn't sound Wise to make Analog AM Broadcast Stations
 EV> cease operating.

 RW> If they were replaced by digital stations, that would mean that
 RW> millions of analog radios would be obsolete.

 EV> Is that what the FCC is proposing?

 RW> That may be their long range plan, but I don't think it will
 RW> happen in our lifetime.

I began thinking about years ago when the FCC was deciding which of
the Color TV Broadcasting System Ideas would become part of the Rules.

IIRC there was a much better system than the one the FCC finally chose
but IIRC it wasn't compatiable with the Black and White TV standard in
use so they chose the system that was Compatiable so B&W TV Sets could
watch Shows that the studios produced in Color.

Than would be a tough Nut to crack, I'd think, for a Digital (AM?)
Broadcast Band Mode to still allow older Analog Mode Radios to coexist
with the new system.

I have no technical knowledge of Digital Broadcasting TV or Radio, all
of the Digital things I know anything about 74xx Series IC and some
things about PCs.

I only got interested in 74xx Series ICs after I read about TTL Chips
in a issue of Popular Electronics in the 70's, and found out as
Illogical as I am that I could understand some of the simple AND OR NOT
Logic after reading the article.

... May all your bugs find windshields.
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