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Offline NJQA

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What is replacing Short Wave radio?
« on: March 08, 2020, 1238 UTC »
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Offline ChrisSmolinski

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Re: What is replacing Short Wave radio?
« Reply #1 on: March 08, 2020, 1408 UTC »
I do not see DRM being anything more than the ultra niche market it is today. It requires a very strong signal to reliable decoding, and well before that point a regular AM signal sounds pretty good.  That said, the recent addition of DRM in the KiwiSDR software is certainly an improvement over past implementations, certainly.
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Re: What is replacing Short Wave radio?
« Reply #2 on: March 08, 2020, 2035 UTC »
IDK, give me wideband AM back on the Kiwis anyday.  If RCI had been running conventional AM, at least I could have heard them.  With DRM all I got was the occasional blip of audio.

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Re: What is replacing Short Wave radio?
« Reply #3 on: March 09, 2020, 2051 UTC »
Time was when every 3rd worlder carried a sw portable, now they carry iphones just like the 1st worlders.
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