Hey All,
I was aware that Japan 's FM band went down to 76 Mhz.It apparently worked out for the Japanese a lot of years ago."More power to the Japan", but things are a lot different now compared to when they extended FM.
I am not really sure what is fueling the Brazilian extension though. Is it mostly low power translators ?? Is there THAT much of a long term future market in 1930's style/ over the air/ 76 Mhz FM analog technology ?
Isn't the REAL lucrative (greedy) future on 800 or 900 (or higher) Mhz) (or fiber optic) were folks are forced to PAY for it ?
Will this new FM band be like our local WMEX 1510- "ME TV Radio" (run by Me TV) ? 'MEX is LITERALLY 3 minutes or more of the same repeating commercials all about "Me" Tv shows (What time Gilligan's Island is on , etc) grudgingly punctuated by maybe 2 minutes of music. PURE TORTURE.
I am going to wire FIVE 1510 Kc traps in series so that I NEVER even have to hear two seconds of it as I quickly tune by
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(OT-WMEX was once an early and very influential rock station. "How the mighty hath fallen". The "Me Tv" folks have soiled this call sign .The FCC should retire WMEX, and give them something like WBAD instead . Nauseating stuff.I'd rather listen to 12 straight hours of my local TIS. I hope Brazil doesn't wind up with content like this).
Don't get me wrong, I am in favor of ALL broadcasting if , in my opinion, it is "useful" or desired by the general public. If Brazil can actually get more listeners onto conventional FM , great.Is there a lot of public "enthusiasm" for this move ? I HOPE so, but don't know for sure.
OR is this a "push" from the Brazilian broadcast business without a huge actual need ? I am not sure either way (and probably shouldn't guess) whether this actually good for or really desired by the Brazilian PEOPLE (or not) . I'd need more info.
A band extension is a rather straightforward event with little in the way of new technology required, other than buying an extended receiver.
I have heard that Brazil is also home to a LOT of FM pirates. Is this just going to make more room for them ?
I am just a bit gun shy from past experiences about who really wants these things, that's all.
Remember the AM stereo systems ( PLURAL), IBOC, shortwave DRM,digital TV and maybe another 1 or 2 other
"misguided" technologies that were "solutions in search of a problem" or simply just NOT desired by the general public.
The Brazilian extension may not fall into this category, but....
Just sayin'.
K