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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><div>Quote - </div>"AM isn't an equivalent platform to FM, therefore; and you'd be crazy to want to use it."<div><br></div><div>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.<br><br><div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="3"><b>Ian Hickling</b><br></font></div><font style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);font-size:12pt;" size="3"><font style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);background-color:rgb(255, 255, 255);">Partner</font></font><br><br><a href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" target="_blank" style="color:rgb(17, 85, 204);"><img alt="" src="https://ci4.googleusercontent.com/proxy/2SkDsnIzSZgRbNnNKBSiwxiFhFQWRGV55mTjVL23fulnJpstZmYxeKrrYefY4qxiSgkMrAETld64XINLXCsujE_zI5gAsQyWeCWvHixcrNYtar3Sij4YlVBgN2NSQ-n2DsgZvrnpWZlfwCQ=s0-d-e1-ft#http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png"></a><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">Office: 01635 578435 (7am-11pm UK time)</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when driving)</font></i></div><div style="color:rgb(34, 34, 34);font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;font-style:normal;font-variant:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;widows:1;word-spacing:0px;"><i><font size="3">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</font></i></div></div><br>-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------<br><div><div class="ecxmoz-cite-prefix"><br>
On 17/02/16 02:45, James Cridland wrote:<br>
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AM is being switched off all over Europe, including here in the
UK.
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<div>AM receivers are being removed from cars (BMW one of the
first), will never be in most microprocessor-powered
electronics, like mobile phones.</div>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>AM isn't an equivalent platform to FM, therefore; and you'd
be crazy to want to use it.</div>
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<div>(It is still quite large in Australia, for coverage reasons,
incidentally, but I still worry about its future here too).</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, 17 Feb 2016, 12:36 AM Ian Hickling <<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>>
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<div dir="ltr">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.
<div>We're now looking at a 600W transmitter from
Bulgaria.<br>
<div>Can I ask for some views please?</div>
<div><span>Does anyone have anything positive to say
about Ofcom's policies of:</span></div>
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<li>Offering AM as an equivalental platform to FM?</li>
<li>Offering only AM if an Applicant wants greater
coverage than a 5km radius</li>
<li>Offering AM licences on a countrywide basis in
the second half of 2016</li>
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<div>Thanks for whatever you can contribute</div>
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<div><b>Ian Hickling</b><br>
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Partner<br>
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<div><i>Office: 01635 578435 (7am-11pm UK time)</i></div>
<div><i>Carphone: 07530 980115 (only responds when
driving)</i></div>
<div><i>6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</i></div>
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