An energy-saving transmitter technology the FCC is letting AM stations use...
An energy-saving transmitter technology the FCC is letting AM stations use has some drawbacks, a law firm with radio clients noted. Modulation dependent carrier level (MDCL) control technology, which the Media Bureau said broadcasters can seek waivers to use (CD…
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Sept 14 p18), isn’t “perfect,” lawyer Harry Cole wrote on Fletcher Heald’s blog. “Audio distortion or decreases in the signal-to-noise ratio in the receiver may occur, along with slight erosion of coverage at the fringes of the station’s protected service area,” he wrote, citing the bureau’s recent public notice. “Testing is still on-going relative to the compatibility of MDCL with hybrid AM IBOC on various types of receivers,” he wrote of in-band/on-channel digital radio.