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   From: robban@clubtelco.com   
      
   On 18/08/13 10:03 PM, Greg Goss wrote:   
   > Gene Wirchenko  wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Tue, 30 Jul 2013 18:13:50 +0000 (UTC), tmcd@panix.com (Tim   
   >> McDaniel) wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> In article ,   
   >>> David DeLaney   wrote:   
   >>>> Dave, and I don't know if anyone's mentioned the   
   >>>> digitalness/push-buttonness of radio tuning now, vs the old   
   >>>> turn-the-knob-and-it-creeps-analogically. and who knows what he'd   
   >>>> make of the SEEK button   
   >>>   
   >>> (Since radio isn't usually important, I didn't want to consider it as   
   >>> an actual impediment.)   
   >>   
   >>       Another difference.  I have seen road signs saying to tune to a   
   >> certain AM frequency for traffic conditions.   
   >   
   > I remember that the highway conditions stations were often out-of-band   
   > by a bit, say 1610 KHz.  But now that I'm thinking of it, can you even   
   > get there on a digital radio?  I guess that they must be in-band   
   > nowadays.  In the analog era you could generally tune past where the   
   > band should end by a bit.   
   >   
      
   As far as I'm concerned, digital radio is still in the crap stage. I've   
   only got one digital radio, but the only place I can get it to work is   
   in one of my bedrooms - not a place where I want to listen to radio. It   
   has quite a long antenna for a portable set, but it's not good enough.   
      
   As for FM radio, which is only marginally connected to digital radio, I   
   never listen to it because every station is music, music, music. I like   
   talking, though talk-back gets irritating.   
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   Robert Bannister   
      
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