HD -radio in the "far away" suburbs, anyone?

Question

We live out here in the boondocks.

My crank-radio (the one which they give to the troops) picks up two lousy FM stations. Even the high-quality Radio-Shack DX-398 (SANGEAN) world-receiver struggles.

Does anyone have real life experience if an HD-Radio would make this situation worse (I mean, no "radio" at all), or does HD technology improve reception in a weak signal situation?

Also, can anyone comment from the perspective of a radio-ham who understands the technology?

Thanks a lot!

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Note, we have an "alternative" now, which is listening on-line and re-broadcasting with a $19.- Wall-Mart FM transmitter. This, so that every radio in the house can tune in to the "program" running on the PC. A pain, everytime you change the station, you spend a few minutes resetting the PC.

Answer 1

The thing with HD radio is that it is all or nothing. When the radio can decode the digital signal, you hear full fidelity. When it loses enough signal that it can't error correct, you hear nothing. Not all areas of the country have HD radio available, and unlike tv, there is no time limit for radio to convert to HD.



The better way may be to put up an external antenna. If any of your radios have an external antenna connector, this is probably a better solution.

Answer 2

HD radio, just like HDTV, is a different freq. than regular radio or over the air TV. You have to get a special antenna. As far as better reception, I don't think so.

Answer 3

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