Al Klein wrote:
On Sat, 25 Mar 2006 12:09:50 -0600, "JSF" wrote:


What happened to forward error correction to help in bit loss.


Ever hear a new Motorola digital radio? I'd guess there's some ECC or
FEC in there.

Of course they don't cost $400, and they don't scan 30-2000 MHz, or
1000 channels, but they sound better than analog if the system is set
up properly.

Then, again, why doesn't your cell phone have FEC? Same reason? Only
1 channel effectively, and some of them are pretty expensive when they
first come out.

FEC would be fine but there's always a tradeoff between bandwidth, power
and price.

Cheers.

Ken