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   Greg Goss   wrote:   
   >Robert Bannister  wrote:   
   >   
   >>On 18/08/13 10:03 PM, Greg Goss wrote:   
   >   
   >>> 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.   
   >   
   >I meant digital tuning on traditional AM analog radio.  I'm not sure   
   >if you do to, or are talking about stuff like XM.   
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   Satelite radio is distinct from "digital" radio, although both are   
   digital technologies.  Ditital radio (in the US anyway) uses the same   
   FM spectrum as conventional FM.  Usually it seems that the stations   
   will continue to broadcast in FM analog, repeat that broadcast on their   
   main digital signal and then have additional programming on their secondary   
   digital signal.  It seems to work pretty well for me in town, but seems   
   to fade a bit quicker than standard FM.  I also wish my raido had a feature   
   for "ignore the digital signal for this station" so I could keep a station   
   longer heading out of town..   
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