The local Imus affiliate, that I can barely receive on AM, has their
AM station now on a HD subcarrier on FM, which it turns out I can
receive fine; so that's an increase in my standard of living.

I got the Sangean HDT-1 AM/FM HD radio, which is the biggest tuner
I've ever seen. It's sort of interesting, and a pretty good
receiver, though you get no adjustments you get to make.

Here's WJR 760 on AM in Detroit, as received in Central Ohio by
and R8B, and then the HDT-1, and then back, using exactly the
same antenna via a splitter, and so seeing exactly the same signal

http://rhhardin.home.mindspring.com/hdradio.ram

It's pretty impressive. That's at around 16:00, when the sun is
getting low and other stations are starting to return on the same
frequency.

There are, however, only 4 HD stations on AM, and only 4 on FM, and
the programming fare is no better (save for Imus, my own personal
taste).

I think you'd have to always have an external AM and FM antenna.
If you've got $200 to blow and another receiver for serious stuff,
and want to just sort of play around, this is entertaining, though.

--
Ron Hardin


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