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Old May 20th 08, 11:45 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
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Default Who Buys HD radio

You dumasses, I'm just point out the facts. You can't walk into any best buy
or wal-mart and hear a live HD radio playing. Without an outside antenna. It
might be a problem for stores to install exterior antennas to demonstrate
live HD-Radio reception. But don't worry, the dumasses at iBiquity have a
plan! They've placed demonstration modules in stores (RDMs) that connect to
up to 10 HD Radios at a time to walk consumers through a simulated demo
delivered through the radio's own speakers. A small black box, whose flash
memory stores and plays back an endless-loop recording. The box connects via
cable to HD Radios on display, and signs or displays by the radios urge
customers to tune the radio to 88.1MHz on the FM dial to hear the demo and
view metadata on the radio's display. It's like a lower power part 15 rig.
I can't make this up!