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[QUOTE=&quot;Piggie, post: 24902, member: 2941&quot;]It's too ingrained already to go away. Probably the one point is if channel 5 and 6 were to be vacated and radio grab that 12 MHz, then digital only stations could be licensed there.&nbsp; As many bad things as I can say about IBOC, it's not going away soon. Someday, sure, NTSC is all but gone. Mono is gone. While not a lot of people have IBOC receivers the number is increasing. I really don't know the danger of a 10 db increase of the digital subbands, but 10 db adds a lot of fade margin and range. Stereo FM came along, the difference channel was plagued with noise, and few receivers were Stereo. Then AM Stereo, and few stations were stereo, only a couple of radios.&nbsp; Then it was more common.&nbsp; Color TV sub carrier put herringbone on BW TVs. Then they had traps for the 3.58 MHz carrier. Some of the newest FM tuners are better than anything we have ever been able to buy, and in the presence of digital with digital built it also to add to the value. Could they have done better, oh yes no doubt.&nbsp; Is IBOC doomed? I doubt it. As soon as the car radios at Wal-mart and new cars all have them, people will listen to it.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE="Piggie, post: 24902, member: 2941"]It's too ingrained already to go away. Probably the one point is if channel 5 and 6 were to be vacated and radio grab that 12 MHz, then digital only stations could be licensed there. As many bad things as I can say about IBOC, it's not going away soon. Someday, sure, NTSC is all but gone. Mono is gone. While not a lot of people have IBOC receivers the number is increasing. I really don't know the danger of a 10 db increase of the digital subbands, but 10 db adds a lot of fade margin and range. Stereo FM came along, the difference channel was plagued with noise, and few receivers were Stereo. Then AM Stereo, and few stations were stereo, only a couple of radios. Then it was more common. Color TV sub carrier put herringbone on BW TVs. Then they had traps for the 3.58 MHz carrier. Some of the newest FM tuners are better than anything we have ever been able to buy, and in the presence of digital with digital built it also to add to the value. Could they have done better, oh yes no doubt. Is IBOC doomed? I doubt it. As soon as the car radios at Wal-mart and new cars all have them, people will listen to it.[/QUOTE]

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