05-13-14 12:34 Roy Witt wrote to Ed Vance about AM Revitalization   
      
    RW> @MSGID: <5372983D.420.amtradio@capcity2.synchro.net>   
    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   
      
   -snip-   
    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.   
      
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