HEllo EArl,

On Tue 2038-Jun-22 23:14, Earl Croasmun (1:226/600) wrote to Richard Webb:

-> OF course they have, and  all one needs do is look at the
-> history.  But, we eschew terrestrial broadcasting for the
-> cable, and willingly give them this kill switch.  I'd be
-> willing to bet there are homes where they don't have
-> anything for reception of terrestrial radio or television
-> broadcasts.

EC> And if they were to dig out the rabbit ears that probably came with
EC> their TVs years ago, they would find them useless now that TV has
EC> gone digital.
OF course, and whole wavelengths are now not used.  Consider this.  Try to
do the type of thing we were doing with voa,
radio free Europe, etc. in a culture where everybody's
sucking all their infotainment down the hose.

THen there's good ol' iboc "in band on channel" digital
signals in the am broadcast band.  Where at one time you
could listen to one of the big powerhouses, wwl, who, wls,
etc. on your battery operated portable at night, iboc has
degraded am reception to near useless in many cases.
GOing to be another few cases of "don't know what you've got till it's
gone" in a few years methinks.


Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+