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Unfortunately we use the proprietary HD Radio spec in the US. The company requires paying a license to use it and so many stations and manufacturers don't support it.

I wish we used DAB instead.

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I meant IBOCDAB which is the 47 CFR 73.402 (b) statute specifying HDR. You can thank corrupt politicians and their lobbyist buddies for mandating proprietary, pay-to-play shit. The whole thing is protectionist bullshit masquerading with an ostensible veneer of utility making homologation more expensive and complicated.

Also, do you speak for more than yourself or are you the royal "we"? Seems like pointless othering.

> I wish we used DAB instead.

DAB sucks big time. Sound quality is 0.

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