IBOC in Omaha

[mhawk]

KHUS 93.3's IBOC signal returned to the air recently (not sure when - just got back from an 8 day vacation).

Omaha is still "lucky" to only have three local IBOC's:

91.5 KIOS
93.3 KHUS
99.9 KGOR

However, KEZO 92.3 might as well have IBOC, as the are emitting strong spurs on 92.5 and 92.1.

-mike
Omaha, NE

[Dave-OR]

Mike's comment about KEZO is one of the reasons I'm (sort of) yawning about the potential for IBOC in my area. The locals here are already so annoyingly strong, and sloppy in their engineering, that first-adjacents are not available for any kind of DX other than Es or the absolute strongest Tr. For example, my 95.1 takes out 94.9 and 95.3 no matter what I try to do with it; trapping it with my MFC trap just nukes the adjacents anyway.

What would kill me is if IBOC + sloppy engineering leads to loss of second adjacents and additional intermod. Now that would be bad!

Dave