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Guy Wire
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by Guy Wire
RW Online's Masked Engineer
Who is that masked man? It's Guy Wire, who, with his trusty soldering iron and riding astride his cluster's remote van, fights a never-ending battle for truth, justice and the radio way. Guy Wire is the pseudonym of a veteran engineer who prefers to remain anonymous. He welcomes your comments and questions. E-mail him at: gwire@imaspub.com.
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5.1 Surround Sound Music Needs a Jumpstart
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by Guy Wire, 3.31.2005
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It's Time to Move Toward a Standard for Radio
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Keeping Score on Satellite Radio
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by Guy Wire, 2.09.2005
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The Dog Star suddenly looks like a balloon in search of a pin.
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An Open Letter to Leonard Kahn
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by Guy Wire, 12.27.2004
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Guy Wire Says If CAM-D Is to Show Itself As a Viable Alternative, Kahn Must Win Over Industry Forces That Can Make It Happen
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The 5 kHz AM Reality
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by Guy Wire, 11.18.2004
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C'mon, Boys, Wake Up and Smell the Radio
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Let's Break Down the Anti-HD Radio Arguments
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by Guy Wire, 10.11.2004
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It continues to amaze me how many knowledgeable broadcast engineers and industry observers persist in calling HD Radio a flawed system not worthy of replacing analog and are forecasting its failure and demise.
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Avoid the AM IBOC Train Wreck Ahead
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by Guy Wire, 8.04.2004
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We've recently heard and read in some trade publications about a growing number of stations losing coverage to new AM IBOC operations...Many of the stories suggest that AM HD Radio stations may not be operating legally within the NRSC mask and are spilling over into adjacent channels, allegedly wiping out secondary coverage areas of complaining stations.
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Unspinning the LPFM Threat
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by Guy Wire, 4.13.2004
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Everyone saw this coming. The NAB, aka the National Association of Existing Broadcasters, came out with guns blazing against LPFM upon the first inkling that thousands of new FM stations could be shoehorned into the existing FM band
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Overhauling EAS
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by Guy Wire, 2.24.2004
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Fortunately some key government folks charged with emergency alerting and management appear to have agreed with my analysis and are calling for a complete overhaul of the EAS system.
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Sobering Realities for Engineers
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by Guy Wire, 1.08.2004
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The New Year is a good time to look back and ponder what we've accomplished over the past year, no matter if it was good, bad or ugly.
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HD Radio Is Here to Stay
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by Guy Wire, 11.12.2003
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It took about 13 years for digital radio in the United States to evolve into something really worth doing...Like it or not, HD Radio will likely become radio's ticket to tomorrow.
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Ibiquity Charts a New Course
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by Guy Wire, 8.28.2003
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In recent months, a mixed bag of both promising and disturbing news has flowed fast and furious out of Ibiquity.
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Fixing the HD Radio Breakdown
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by Guy Wire, 6.11.2003
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We were just getting ready to leave the on-ramp and join all the other electronic media racing down the digital super highway. Uh-oh.
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Shifting the Paradigm: IBOC Is Not Your Father's Radio
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by Guy Wire, 3.31.2003
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It's amazing what some think HD-R will deliver over analog in the way of advantages and better performance - equally amazing that others believe the same digitally inspired innovations will instead be disadvantages and degrade radio listening everywhere.
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HD Radio Ship Sets Sail
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by Guy Wire, 2.03.2003
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Like a proud admiral smashing champagne over the bow of a sleek new battleship, Ibiquity President and CEO Bob Struble launched HD Radio on its maiden voyage into uncharted digital waters at January's CES Show in Las Vegas.
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Reflections and Predictions on Satellite Radio
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by Guy Wire, 12.02.2002
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As we celebrate the holiday season and the close of 2002, the urge to look back over how the fledgling satellite radio technology has fared and where the players in this game are headed begs indulgence.
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A Better Way to Implement AM IBOC
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by Guy Wire, 10.14.2002
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Will the controversial invention now called HD Radio steadily grow and gather more speed as it courses down the slope of radio technology history? Or will it break apart encountering too many obstacles and fall by the wayside with earlier contestants like FM Quad and AM stereo?
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Soaking up the waves. RF might hurt you.
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by Guy Wire, 8.14.2002
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Other than this obvious effect of tissue heating, we still don't know what the long-term implications or risks to human health really are regarding absorption of broadcast RF.
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Building a Better Model for Ibiquity
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by Guy Wire, 6.19.2002
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It's like we're all watching a troubled sci-fi movie: "The Day the IBOC World Stood Still." Digital audio broadcasting for radio is being counted on heavily for the industry's survival in this all-digital electronic era. But the only developments I hear regarding Ibiquity's proposed rollout of IBOC nowadays are from broadcasters, and they are not too positive.
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A Bumpy Ride for Ibiquity at NAB2002
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by Guy Wire, 4.25.2002
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It wasn't quite what the Ibiquity Digital brass had been hoping for. The long-awaited official rollout year for IBOC at the NAB spring show hit at least two major snags...
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Deriving the Real IBOC Equation
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Masked Engineer Guy Wire Recovers from a Cold DAB Shower
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by Guy Wire, 3.13.2002
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My colleague Skip Pizzi spends a lot of time gazing at the crystal ball of new technologies. In his March 1 article in Radio World titled "FMX + RBDS = IBOC," Skip is challenging and articulate. For many in this industry, his analysis is disturbing. He may have succeeded in dousing the IBOC rollout later this year with a cold shower. But I think that this time, Skip's crystal ball might have a few cracks.
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