Originally published January 20 2006
First digital AM/FM radio receiver debuts
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The Receptor Radio HD is a high-quality table radio that not only receives regular AM and FM stations, but also the new digital versions. The receptor uses the only approved system in the United States created by iBiquity.
Howard Stern might be leaving terrestrial radio at the wrong time.
With the release of the first real digital AM/FM radio receiver, satellite radio may have some real competition to worry about.
You may not be aware of it, but a number of your local stations have already begun to broadcast a HD signal, in addition to the analog signal you've been listening to for years.
For the past few days I have been testing the first digital, terrestrial, table/clock radio to hit the market --- Boston Acoustics' Recepter Radio HD.
My immediate first impression is that satellite radio broadcasters better start worrying.
The iBiquity system allows U.S. radio stations to broadcast one or more digital feeds on the exact same frequency they use for their regular (analog) signal.
Your new HD radio receiver sorts the different signals and lets you listen to the best one you can receive.
I wasn't impressed hearing iBiquity's early attempts at digital broadcasts at the last few Consumer Electronics Shows, but the sound quality of HD on the Recepter HD has won me over.
For those of you who need to see numbers, here are some: The main Recepter HD box is 4.4 by 7.6 by 6.75 inches, with an extension speaker that is 4.4 by 4.4 by 6.0 inches.
You plug in the wire FM antenna (or your preferred external antenna), plug in the external stereo speaker, attach the AC adapter and you're all set.
Included in the box are an external AM loop antenna and a long extension cord for the second speaker.
For instance, here in New York, Infinity Broadcasting switched their top-10 rated oldies station WCBS-FM to their new "Jack" format.
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