<div dir="ltr">Overall I don't have a big problem with it - it's reasonably balanced. I guess if we are being picky, if they want to talk about multipath fading on FM, then it ought to also be balanced with night-time ionospheric fading on AM.<div><br></div><div>I saw someone mention that they were considering allowing extra power on AM, which may help viability a bit. But I did not see it in writing. Anyone else know for sure?</div><div><br></div><div>Glyn</div><div><br></div><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Glyn Roylance - Principal Consultant<div><a href="http://www.a-bc.co.uk/" target="_blank">Associated Broadcast Consultants</a></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 7 July 2016 at 13:55, Ian Hickling <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:transplanfm@hotmail.com" target="_blank">transplanfm@hotmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
<div><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000">Can I draw your attention to Ofcom's Licence Application announcement of yesterday:<br></font><a href="http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/radio/community/1602026/July16_Invitation_for_CR_applications_on_AM.pdf" target="_blank">http://licensing.ofcom.org.uk/binaries/radio/community/1602026/July16_Invitation_for_CR_applications_on_AM.pdf</a><font color="#000000"><br></font>Have a careful read of Section 2, Technical matters - where Ofcom outlines some of the differences between the AM service it is offering and the better-know FM platform.<br>It's pleasing to see that some of the disadvantages of AM against FM that we have been flagging up have been accepted and laid out by Ofcom.<div>These two sections are particularly interesting:<div><i><br>2.5 These factors have led to a general move from AM to FM listening. Listeners prefer
the better audio quality; stereo with a much wider audio bandwidth and less impulse
noise. Transmitting aerials are much smaller, a few metres at most, and can be sited
more easily on existing structures and rooftops.Broadcasters can process the signal
in order to produce the ‘sound’ of their station. In addition, other services such as
RDS can be broadcast within the FM signal. There is also no loss of coverage due to
night-time interference. Many new radios, especially those with DAB, now no longer
have the ability to demodulate AM signals. </i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>2.6 FM is not a panacea and its more line-of-sight signal propagation can lead to areas
of poor or no coverage, especially in hilly terrain. In many such cases AM services
will give much more contiguous coverage. FM can also suffer from signal reflections
which can cancel out the wanted service. </i></div><div><br></div><div>The first is a very far appraisal, but doesn't really go far enough.</div><div>The second I feel is more like a knee-jerk reaction to all this irritating anti-AM opinion.</div><div>Views?</div><div><br><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="line-height:22.72px;background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="Calibri" size="3"><span style="line-height:22.72px"><span style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ian Hickling</span></span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:17.9867px"></span></font></p></div><p style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><span style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(34,34,34);background-image:initial;background-repeat:initial"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Partner</font></span><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;line-height:22.72px"><br style="line-height:22.72px"><br style="line-height:22.72px"><a href="http://www.transplanuk.com/" style="line-height:22.72px;font-weight:inherit;color:blue" target="_blank"><span style="line-height:22.72px;color:rgb(17,85,204);text-decoration:none"><img border="0" src="http://www.transplanuk.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/transplan_UK_weblogo_190x60.png" style="line-height: 22.72px; border: none;"></span></a></span></p><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="2"><i style="line-height:22.72px"><span style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Office: 016 3557 8435 (07h to 22h GTS)</span></i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34);line-height:17.9867px"></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><font size="2"><i style="line-height:22.72px"><span style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Car: 075 3098 0115 (only responds when driving)</span></i><span style="line-height:17.9867px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"></span></font></p></div><div style="line-height:21.3px;color:rgb(68,68,68);background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><p style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><i style="line-height:22.72px"><span style="line-height:22.72px;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font size="2">6 Horn Street, Compton, NEWBURY, RG20 6QS</font></span></i></p></div></div></div><div><br>
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