In article , tony sayer
wrote:
In article , Jim Lesurf
scribeth thus
Well, what they *could* have done is:
1) Carried out some decent research on the how much this crops up, and
how that varies with circumstances.
They don't seem to do that or much of it anymore;(..
Alas, I agree. Indeed, it now seems close to impossible to even talk to
anyone involved with the engineering side of what the BBC transmit!
2) Investigated measures to help reduce problems.
Well -what- in practice can they or anyone reasonably do other then to
use the best RX directional aerial they can muster and hope they have
someone who can deal with it. Our local rigger has been rigging for
years but I rather doubt he'd have anything for assessing it.
That is one of the problems.
Well just what sort of percentage of the population find it a problem
in practice?..
Hard to tell for various reasons.
Indeed, but you very rarely hear complaints about it perhaps because it
isn't as obvious as say ghosting on analogue TV...
....and my experience in the past is that many people seemed either not to
notice ghosting, or assumed it was 'normal'. Given that it is much more
obvious than the effect on FM sound radio it is hardly surprising that most
people have no idea there might be a problem.
What is less understandable is that the broadcasts have remained shtum
about this, as have the consumer mags.
And how many tuners around now have the required outputs on them
anyway?..
Although my Audiolab T8000 has the REVOX B261 or Denon's haven't!..
Very few do. My CT7000 does, and even allows you to indicate multipath on
its meters, but is unusual in many ways.
Ah!, Your getting old like a lot of us ... who do know better;-))
I must confess to getting old. But I am less sure it means I know much more
that I did. :-)
Slainte,
Jim
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