Yes, that I imagine is right. And yes it was apparently the old April fool trickery. Barry On 4/2/08, John Willkie <johnwillkie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Barry; > > > > I think L-band usage is still as problematic in the U.S. now as it was in > 1990. > > > > John Willkie > > > ------------------------------ > > *De:* opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:opendtv-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *En > nombre de *Barry Wilkins > *Enviado el:* Tuesday, April 01, 2008 12:16 AM > *Para:* opendtv > *Asunto:* [opendtv] DAB+ in the USA > > > > I have just noticed an interesting development where the FCC is apparently > permitting trials of DAB+. Going to use SFNs as well. > > See: http://www.wohnort.demon.co.uk/DAB/ > > That being the case and if successful, that would be very good news > internationally. The pricing of receivers would be expected to take a sharp > nose dive and the available range increase greatly. So I'm hoping it > succeeds as we (here) are only going to piggyback off the Australian market > at present. All the feedback I have to hand is that IBOC is not popular in > the US and that it is practically dead like the HD DVD. Can someone confirm > or otherwise? > > Barry Wilkins >