[cma-l] AM for CR

[Ian Hickling]

Quote - "AM isn't an equivalent platform to FM, therefore; and you'd be crazy to want to use it."
With your standing in the Industry James, I sincerely hope that the Officers at Ofcom and the DCMS who read these threads have taken your view on board.

Ian Hickling
Partner

Office: 01635 578435  (7am-11pm UK time)Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS
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      On 17/02/16 02:45, James Cridland wrote:

    
    
      
      AM is being switched off all over Europe, including here in the
      UK.
      

      
      AM receivers are being removed from cars (BMW one of the
        first), will never be in most microprocessor-powered
        electronics, like mobile phones.
      

      
      The sound quality is relatively dire, the electricity costs
        are huge, the interference is growing, the user experience
        lacking, the audience is falling away. Many AM masts are nearing
        the end of their life cycle.
      

      
      AM isn't an equivalent platform to FM, therefore; and you'd
        be crazy to want to use it.
      

      
      (It is still quite large in Australia, for coverage reasons,
        incidentally, but I still worry about its future here too).
      

      
      

        

        
          On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 12:36 AM Ian Hickling <transplanfm at hotmail.com>
            wrote:

          
          
            
              We have been trying for over 8 months now
                to together a reliable and predictable  AM transmission
                system together for a Client (sadly not a CMA Member)
                who insists on taking an AM frequency rather than
                pushing Ofcom for FM.
                We're now looking at a 600W transmitter from
                  Bulgaria.

                  Can I ask for some views please?
                  Does anyone have anything positive to say
                      about Ofcom's policies of:
                  
                    
                      Offering AM as an equivalental platform to FM?
                      Offering only AM if an Applicant wants greater
                        coverage than a 5km radius
                      Offering AM licences on a countrywide basis in
                        the second half of 2016
                    
                    

                    
                    Thanks for whatever you can contribute
                  
                  

                    
                      Ian Hickling

                      
                      Partner

                      

                      
                      Office: 01635 578435  (7am-11pm UK time)
                      Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when
                          driving)
                      6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS
                    
                  
                
              
            
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