Bilbo,

All good, thanks for the reply.

I have forgot the details, perhaps Jeremy can pop in and help us, but the HD power is limited to a small percentage of the analog power to prevent the analog signal being degraded. BIG issue with running a hybrid system. If they flash cut to a all digital system like DAB in Europe, this could have been avoided. Also, when the FM HD and TV digital signals were turned on, the noise floor of the ALL bands increased like insane. One of my Ham friends ran a test and it was insane. I read research that a local University did and it was the same. Just piss poor execution of the bad technology.

Sadly, people are engrained for FM, they have no appetite to learn HDx. When the loop went away, if they actually did a campaign to inform and educate people to listen to WKQX-HD2, I can *assure* you there would be a million questions why they are hearing alternative and not harder rock. (Flash Cut as I mentioned above). Why would people go buy (if they can find it) an HD radio to listen to the LOOP with its teeth pulled on a hard drive? Better off listening online or SXM and remember the past as memories. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Z